KPFA - Talkies

Essayist Roy Scranton with his new collection, We’re Doomed, essays on war and climate change. PLUS: Carolyn Brandy with an option to drum. With host Kris Welch.

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California legislators had both arms twisted by the soda industry, and agreed to a 12-year moratorium on soda taxes. WHA-A-A-A-A???? PLUS: GOP immigration ‘reform’ proposals appear doomed, but They are quietly creating a massive ‘guest worker’ program to exploit and cheat immigrant workers and circumvent organized labor. With host Kris Welch.

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Federal energy regulators (i.e fossil fuel proponents) are poised to take over California’s electricity grid—aided and abetted by California legislators. What is wrong with this picture??? PLUS: will progressive wins in primaries translate to Democratic Party wins in November? With host Kris Welch.

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On the eve of nationwide protests of the treatment of immigrants at our southern border, we hear who’s making a profit off it. PLUS: major progressive wins signal WHAT about the future of the Democratic Party? John Nichols opines. PLUS: Janus does serious damage to unions. With host Kris Welch.

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The Supreme Court, in yet another major ruling, today dealt a blow to public sector unions. We summarize recent decisions. PLUS: Nicaragua—on the brink of civil war, again? PLUS: latest reports on the kids at the border: psychotropic drugs. 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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Trade war with China may already have started, but military war? Preparations are underway, says Michael Klare. PLUS; this weekend is the big Gay Pride march in S.F. Lisa Geduldig gives us the heads-up. PLUS: surviving a life of unrelenting abuse and deprivation, 28 years in prison, Donna Hyllton is a passionate prison/women’s rights advocate, with her new memoir. Hosted by Kris Welch.

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Some information you can act on, for the children at our southern border. PLUS the Poor People’s Campaign, to emphasize the deadly effects of poverty in the U.S., holds its biggest rally yet this Saturday. PLUS: S.F. mayoral race, a cliff-hanger, decided by ranked choice voting, derided by mainstream Dems and GOP. Is it good for voters? With host Kris Welch.

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The heartrending realities of children separated from parents, from a witness to that reality.  PLUS: how white people can unlearn racism. Hosted by Kris Welch.

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Michael Eric Dyson links Bobby Kennedy, James Baldwin and today’s brand of racism.  PLUS: the Supreme Court has ruled that Ohio’s “use it or lose it” purging of voters who don’t vote often enough is perfectly legal.  With host Kris Welch.

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