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KPFA - Democracy Now! episodes

June 24, 2025Democracy Now 6am – June 24, 2025
On today’s show:
F-Bombs and Real Bombs: Trita Parsi on Shaky Iran Ceasefire and Trump’s Anger at Netanyahu
NYC Mayoral Primary Day: Zohran Mamdani on Building a Movement and Campaigning for an Affordable City
How Ranked-Choice Voting Could Decide NYC’s Mayoral Election: John Tarleton on Cuomo vs. Progressives
“Blatantly Unconstitutional”: Representative Ro Khanna Decries U.S. Strikes on Iran Without Congressional Approval

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32 min
June 23, 2025Democracy Now 6am – June 23, 2025
On today’s show:
Report from Tehran: Iranians View U.S. Strikes on Key Nuclear Sites as “Act of War”
Stop the War on Iran: 1,000+ Sign Petition Saying Iran War Deflects Attention from Gaza Genocide
Ex-Israeli Peace Negotiator Slams U.S. Bombing of Iran, Says Israel Seeks Chaos in Middle East
Mahmoud Khalil Is Free: Follow His Journey from ICE Jail to Newark Airport to Gates of Columbia University

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1 hr
June 20, 2025Democracy Now 6am – June 20, 2025
On today’s show:
Another Iraq? Military Expert Warns U.S. Has No Real Plan If It joins Israel’s War on Iran
“Harming Young People”: Chase Strangio on SCOTUS Trans Heathcare Ban and End of LGBTQ Suicide Hotline
Australian Writer: I Was Detained, Deported from L.A. Airport for My Reporting on Gaza Campus Protests
“More Choices and More Power”: How the Ranked-Choice Ballot Is Changing NYC Elections

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1 hr
June 19, 2025Democracy Now 6am – June 19, 2025
On today’s show:
Juneteenth Special: Historian Clint Smith on Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
Rhiannon Giddens on Pulitzer-Winning Opera “Omar” About Enslaved Muslim Scholar Omar ibn Said
“Another Wasted Life”: Rhiannon Giddens on How Death of Kalief Browder Inspired New Song

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53 min
June 18, 2025Democracy Now 6am – June 18, 2025
On today’s show:
Tehran Professor Reports from Iran State TV Building Bombed by Israel, as Trump Threatens Khamenei
“A Moment of Immense Danger”: U.S. Inches Toward Direct Involvement in Israel’s War with Iran
Mosab Abu Toha: As Attention Shifts to Iran, Israel Ramps Up Killings, Starvation, and Annexation in Gaza
“What Authoritarians Do”: NYC Comptroller Brad Lander Speaks Out After ICE Arrests Him in Courthouse

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3 min
June 17, 2025Democracy Now 6am – June 17, 2025
On today’s show:
Preemptive Strike or Act of War? Israel Attacked Iran Amid Sinking Global Support for Assault on Gaza
“We Loved Her”: Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison Mourns His Friend Melissa Hortman, Slams Republican Rhetoric
Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister on U.S. Embargo, Trump’s Deportations, Israel’s War on Iran, and Gaza

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1 hr
June 16, 2025Democracy Now 6am – June 16, 2025
On today’s show:
Israel and Iran at War: Trump Is “Only World Leader Who Can Stop the Cycle of Escalation”
No Kings: Millions Across U.S. Protest Trump’s Power Grab, Overshadowing His Military Parade
“An Outstanding Leader”: Minnesota Mourns Assassinated Lawmaker Melissa Hortman, as Suspect Is Arrested

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1 hr
June 13, 2025Democracy Now 6am – June 13, 2025
On today’s show:
Israel Attacks Iran, Killing Top Military Leaders, Scientists; Hits Nuke Sites in Expanding Conflict
“We Are in the Midst of the Creation of a Police State”: Representative Ilhan Omar on Trump’s Authoritarianism
“Millions of Lives at Risk”: USAID Cuts Lead to Global Rise in Death, Hunger, Poverty, and Disease

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1 hr
June 12, 2025Democracy Now 6am – June 12, 2025
On today’s show:
Ex–U.S. Diplomat Joins March to Gaza, Says Biden Official Matthew Miller Has “Blood on His Hands”
Block the Bombs: Representative Delia Ramirez Pushes Bill to Halt U.S. Weapons Sales to Israel over Gaza
“The Beginning of Fascism”: Representative Delia Ramirez Says Trump’s Immigrant Crackdown Is Crushing Democracy
The U.S. Accepts “Fruits of Migrant Labor” But Not Immigrants’ Humanity: Day Laborer Organizer in L.A.

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55 min
June 11, 2025Democracy Now 6am – June 11, 2025
On today’s show:
“No Kings”: 1,800+ Rallies Planned as Trump Threatens “Very Heavy Force” on Army Parade Protesters
From Travel Ban to Troops in Streets, Advocates Blast Trump’s Targeting of Immigrant Communities
“They Kidnapped Us”: Deported Gaza Flotilla Activist Describes Israeli Interception in International Waters

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16 min