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France! Italy! Spain! Protests in the streets! Dr. Kevin Anderson, UCSB political sociologist, talks about people power. Jim Saksa brings us the latest on the fast-approaching midterms. Starhawk invites us to the Spiral Dance, and our powers to bring forth justice. Jennifer Lowenstein tells us why Palestine is humanity’s litmus test. Hosted by Kris Welch.

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Surviving and thriving, in trying times,on this No Kings weekend: a look at how the midterms are shaping up, the threats thereto, with Natalie Hausmann of Democracy Docket. Stephen Zunes, on the prospects of world war, starting in Iran. Paul Rogat Loeb reminds us of the possibilities for good, and our power to make it. Maureen Gosling brings her award-winning doc about Barbara Dane, who knew how to kick butt, to the Bay Area. AND! Raymond Nat Turner, our Town Crier. Hosted by Kris Welch.

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The Supreme Court’s new term just started: what is at stake? Lisa Graves, foremost expert on right-wing influence on the Supreme Court, gives us a heads-up. Then “How We Get Free”: Angela Davis on the 25th anniversary of the Black feminist scholars book: ORGANIZE!!!! With host Kris

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It’s a nasty job, but somebody’s got to do it: be the journalist who covers Trump. David Cay Johnston has been doing it for longer, better, than ANYBODY; and won a Pulitzer while he was at it. He joins us on-air. ALSO: John Nichols, no slouch in the journalism department himself! National politics his beat, and midterms are in a month. How’s it looking, John??? Hosted by Kris Welch.

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The cultural, the intellectual, the political, the spiritual — and the silly. Life as we know it, fear it, love it, question it, live it. Hosted by Kris Welch.

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Our warming planet! the Endangered Species Act! What could possibly go wrong? We ask the NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council). Then there’s a new podcast: “The Unstoppable Vote”: really??? May it be so! Jeff Chang has a brilliant bio of Bruce Lee, and the origins of “Asian American”. He joins us to talk about it. Finally the POET! Raymond Nat Turner. Host Kris Welch.

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A conversation with Fred Weir, long-time Moscow journalist, about Russian public opinion on the war with Ukraine. Then Greg Palast, election rabble-rousing journalist, about OUR FRANCHISE! what’s left of it, and what to do about it! Second hour, macro-economist Dean Baker about the national debt, inflation, and generally The Economy Stupid! Stephen Zunes follows, with an analysis of the many “ceasefires” aka wars, including with Iran.. And finally, the Town Crier, poet Raymond Nat Turner! Hosted by Kris Welch.

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We begin today’s program with a discussion of CUBA, as well as much of the rest of central America, with Pedro Labayan Herrera, research associate at the Center for Economic and Policy Research (cepr.net). Then a visit from Dr. Science (he knows more than you do). Second hour is a conversation with David Dante Troutt, Rugters law professor and author, about his new book “Reckoning the Racial Reckoning”. With host Kris Welch.

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