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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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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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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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Has Governor Newsom survived the recall unscathed?  Or is there more to come?  And what about COVID in Cali?  Wildfires? We hear about the whole ball-o’-wax from the Nation’s Sasha Abramsky.  Hosted by Kris Welch.

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Texas has done it: eliminated a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion.  And there is every indication Texas is only the beginning, of a total rollback of reproductive rights.  Jessica Mason Pieklo, of Rewire News, explains. Hosted by Kris Welch.

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The Jewish High Holidays focus on repentance, transformation, atonement—right on time!  Rabbi Michael Lerner puts a progressive political spin on it.  PLUS: poet Raymond Nat Turner. Hosted by Kris Welch.

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Late last night, Texas killed Roe v. Wade: aided and abetted by the U.S. Supreme Court right-wing majority.  PLUS: hurricanes, floods, fires, drought—our planet is on life support.  Mark Hertsgaard tells us what’s up. Hosted by Kris Welch.

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A bomb kills Marines and Afghans trying to flee the Taliban—and the bomber was NOT Taliban.  Lessons from the past, analysis of the present, and a peer into the future with Stephen Zunes. Hosted by Kris Welch.

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The latest stats on how the rich got richer, and the poor got poorer under COVID, with Chuck Collins.  Hosted by Kris Welch.

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Biden’s $3.5 T infrastructure bill—Congress has agree to discuss it!  Believe it or not, this is significant progress.  John Nichols elaborates.

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