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Poet and prolific author Margaret Randall comments on recent events in Cuba and Nicaragua—revolutionary governments, long the targets of hostile U.S. foreign policy, now in civic upheaval.  She also pays tribute to her friend and fellow activist Bettita Martinez, who recently died. Hosted by Kris Welch.

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With many COVID restrictions lifting, the matter of resuming, returning, re-entering is taking center stage.  But after so many months in health-related isolation, what does that feel like???  Psychotherapist Dr. Melissa Anderson reminds of some of the concerns, and takes your calls.  Hosted by Kris Welch.

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Catching up on California—Newsome recall! Fire! COVID!—with CalMatters.  PLUS: new report on women and work.  PLUS Town Crier! Hosted by Kris Welch.

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Cold War ll,  is being actively pursued by the usual suspects in U.S. and world governments: the famed military-industrial complex—this time with China.  Peace and World Security Studies expert Michael Klare shares his concerns, and hopes.Hosted by Kris Welch.

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NYT columnist, author, MAJOR foodie Mark Bittman talks about his new book: “Animal, Vegetable, Junk: a History of Food, from sustainable to Suicidal'”. Hosted by Kris Welch.

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Nobuko Miyamoto’s powerful memoir tells of her childhood in WWII American concentration camps with her family, of her successful Broadway and film career, and of her most fulfilling life as an Asian Movement activist artist. PLUS: Julian Assange’s brother tells of Julian’s status and efforts to free him.  PLUS: the one and only Town Crier! Raymond Nat Turner. Hosted by Kris Welch.

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January 6 was just a warm-up, says Heather Digby Parton, founder of Hullabaloo blog.  PLUS: 50 years after the Pentagon Papers, Daniel Ellsberg is planning to expose more classified documents to the press, and himself to more trouble from the Authorities. Hosted by Kris Welch.

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The lead writer on economics and business for the New York Times, about historical and current political relationship to the pronouncements of economists:  taxes, public spending, societal inequality, as spelled out in his first book, “The Economists’ Hour”.  Hosted by Kris Welch.

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The San Francisco Mime Troupe returns for another season of summer musical theater with a series of radio and podcast plays. Guest host Max Pringle speaks with Mime Troupe husband and wife creative team Michael Gene Sullivan and Velina Brown about “Tales of Resistance Volume 2: Persistence”.

Then historian Jonathan Daniel Wells joins us to discuss his new book “the Kidnapping Club: Wall Street, Slavery and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War.” It’s the story of a coalition of elite 19th Century New York bankers, judges, politicians and police who abducted African-Americans, both fugitive slaves and freed people, and sold them into bondage in the Southern slave empire — an empire that would make both them and the city wealthy.

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Guest host Max Pringle speaks with Chico State University sociologist Vernon Andrews about his new book “Policing Black Athletes: Racial Disconnect in Sports.” Andrews argues that outspoken black athletes from Muhammad Ali to Colin Kaepernick have always come in for criticism when they speak up about the injustices around them and refuse to just “shut up and play.”

Then, historian Thomas Gilbert joins us to talk about his newest book “How Baseball Happened: Outrageous Lies Exposed, the True Story Revealed.” The book explores how baseball’s early executives pushed charming myths about the game’s origin to market the national pastime. The truth, Gilbert argues, is a lot more interesting.

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