KCBS Radio In Depth

As the Whitehouse warns that key Covid programs will need to ramp down due to a lack of funding, on this edition of KCBS In Depth, we consider the potential impact on our ability to respond if cases begin to surge once again. 

Guests: 

• Dr. Amesh Adalja, senior scholar, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security 
• Dr. Monica Gandhi, infectious disease physician, UC San Francisco 

Host: Keith Menconi 

On this edition of KCBS In Depth, we discuss why many companies have decided to continue giving employees a remote work option, even as the Covid risks fade. And in the second half, we also consider why -- during this moment of widespread workplace change -- some people are rethinking their relationship with work entirely. 

Guests: 

• Nick Bloom, professor of economics, Stanford University
• Jonathan Malesic, author, "The End of Burnout: Why Work Drains Us and How to Build Better Lives"

Host: Keith Menconi

In the wake of Governor Newsom's state of the state address delivered on Tuesday, on this edition of KCBS In Depth, we check in on the current shape of California politics. 

Guests: 

• Lara Korte, reporter covering California politics, The Sacramento Bee
• Severin Borenstein, professor of energy, business and economics, UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business
• Scott Wilson, senior national correspondent covering California and the West, The Washington Post

Host: Keith Menconi

On this edition of KCBS In Depth we hear from a number of Bay Area residents suffering from long-term illnesses that put them at heightened risk from Covid-19 to discuss what’s on their minds as pandemic restrictions are dropped. 

Guests: 

• Lindsay Ryan, an internal medicine and HIV doctor in San Francisco 
• Dipti Barot, a primary care physician in the East Bay, who recently wrote an opinion piece for the San Francisco Chronicle titled, "Lifting the California mask mandate basically says chronically ill and disabled lives don’t matter" 

Special thanks: Support for Families of Children with Disabilities and Coastal Kids Home Care    

Host: Keith Menconi

Just a few short days ago the possibility of a full scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia remained unthinkable to many, but then it happened, leaving us to come to terms with a suddenly-changed world.

On this edition of KCBS In Depth, we consider the far reaching impacts of the first major war to break out between European nations in decades. 

Guests:  

• Catarina Buchatskiy, student organizer
• Donald Jensen, director for Russia and Europe at the U.S. Institute of Peace
• Joe Cirincione, distinguished fellow, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
• Jason Brooks, business reporter, KCBS Radio | host, The Crisis Next Door podcast 

Host: Keith Menconi 

Just about everyone has heard the allegation against Bill Cosby of drugging and sexual abuse: We’ve been reporting on them for years now, along with the court cases that have followed. But comedian and filmmaker W. Kamau Bell says the conversation we’ve been having so far about Cosby is still incomplete. 

On this edition of KCBS In Depth we dig into Bell’s new documentary series called “We Need to Talk About Cosby” that shines a light not only on the details of the dozens of rape allegations against Cosby but also the widespread culture of complicity that many say made such abuse possible. 

Hosts: Melissa Culross, Keith Menconi

Two years into this pandemic, and the economic recovery is now well underway, but not everyone is sharing in the gains. On this edition of KCBS In Depth, we hear from local experts and advocates about why the need for food and rental support have remained so high for so long. 

Guests:

• Lydia Bustamante, associate director, Sacred Heart Community Service 
• Erin Stanton, director of family assistance, Sacred Heart Community Service
• Michael Bernick, employment attorney, Duane Morris | former director, California's Employment Development Department 
• Robert Reich, professor, UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy | former secretary of labor for the Clinton Administration 

Host: Keith Menconi 

In recent weeks a group of Bay Area doctors released an open letter to the governor and state health officials calling for a faster wind down of pandemic restrictions, especially in the classroom. On this edition of KCBS In Depth we speak with one of the letter's authors and also hear from another local health expert who is warning against letting our guard down too soon. 

Guests: 

• Dr. Jeanne Noble, professor of emergency medicine, UC San Francisco | director of Covid response, UCSF Emergency Department 
• Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases and vaccinology, UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health

Host: Keith Menconi 

This pandemic has been difficult on just about everyone, but it’s taken a special toll on frontline healthcare workers, and now after two years facing down one Covid surge after another many are reaching a crisis point.

On this edition of KCBS In Depth, we hear directly from healthcare workers about the challenges of practicing medicine during this time of pandemic.

Guests: 

• Cathy Kennedy, president, California Nurses Association
• Pat Patton, system chief nurse executive, UCSF Health
• Dr. Christina Mangurian, professor of psychiatry, UC San Francisco | director, UCSF Cope Wellbeing Program 

Host: Keith Menconi 

On this edition of KCBS In Depth we take a grand tour of the global supply chain with Wall Street Journal technology columnist Christopher Mims. In his new book, "Arriving Today," he explains what keeps this finely tuned global system of container trucks, ships and warehouses running, and why so often over the past two years it's fallen short. 

Host: Keith Menconi