0:08 – When the count is complete, it is almost certain that Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr will be declared victor of the Philippines presidential election that occurred yesterday, on May 10th. Marcos is the son of the country’s former dictator of the same name. It is a remarkable rehabilitation for a family that fled the country in the face of a popular uprising in 1986 after keeping it under martial law for nearly a decade and being responsible for imprisoning, torturing, and killing tens of thousands of people. Joining us to discuss is Julia Harte (@JuliaHarte1), a staff reporter at Reuters currently on leave – her latest piece on elections in the Philippines for The Nation magazine explores how the legacy of US intervention impacts that country’s electoral victor.

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0:33 – We revisit a conversation with Eve Ensler, most famous for writing the Vagina Monologues in 1996. When she came to the KPFA stage in 2010 she was launching what came to be known as the V-Day Movement, against violence against women and girls, and had just released the book I Am An Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World.

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1:08 – Palestinian-American chef, restauranteur, and activist Reem Assil (@assil_reem) is now an author, with a brand new cookbook: Arabiyya: Recipes from the Life of an Arab in Diaspora. We are joined by Assil to discuss the ways her background as a Palestinian-American activist and then a union organizer led her to open her restaurant, Reem’s.

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0:08 – San Francisco Mayor London Breed has appointed Matt Dorsey, a political moderate who was the city’s Police Department’s Director of Communications to replace progressive Matt Haney’s District 6 seat, after Haney won the recent special election for the California State Assembly. Joining us to explore the upset is Joe Eskenazi (@EskSF), managing editor and columnist at Mission Local.

0:33 – Sri Lanka’s political crisis continues, as the Prime Minister has resigned, protesters have burned down scores of homes, and there is a nationwide curfew asfood and fuel shortages continue to strain livelihoods. Sharika Thiranagama (@thirana1), anthropology professor at Stanford, Sri Lankan refugee, and author of In My Mothers’ House: Civil War in Sri Lanka, joins us to discuss latest updates and background of the situation.

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1:08 – We spend our second hour with a fund drive special, Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC), legal analyst and justice correspondent for The Nation, and now author of Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution.

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0:08 – John Feffer (@johnfeffer), Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, joins us to discuss the latest developments in the conflict in Ukraine as Russia celebrates a holiday that commemorates the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II

0:33 – Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health, discusses the latest COVID science and answer listener questions.

1:08 – A new batch of job data from the federal government was shared on Friday, showing fairly stable numbers while wage growth seems to be slowing. Hayley Brown (@hayleycbbrown), Research Associate at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, discusses the new figures with us.

1:21 – To mark Asian Pacific American Heritage month, we share another short segment from KPFA’s APEX Express exploring the music, art, and life of native Hawaiian singer and songwriter Hāwane Rios (@hawanemusic).

1:33 – After 32 years of wrongful incarceration, Joaquin Ciria has been exonerated by the Innocence Commission of the San Francisco District Attorney’s office. He shares his story just weeks after being released.

1:45 – Continuing the discussion of Joaquin Ciria’s exoneration, we speak Charlie Nelson Keever (@charliechaya), Staff Attorney with the San Francisco District Attorney’s Innocence Commission. We explore what makes this commission unique and how it interact’s with the DA’s office.

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On today’s show:

0:08 – Matthew Polly, a journalist and author joins us to discuss his the biography of Bruce Lee entitled Bruce Lee: A Life.

0:33 – Justin Hoover, Executive Director of the Chinese Historical Society of America (@chsamuseum) discusses a new exhibition produced in collaboration with the Bruce Lee Foundation, We are Bruce Lee: Under One Sky, One Family.

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On today’s show:

0:08 – Josh Bivens (@joshbivens_DC), director of research at the Economic Policy Institute discusses the Fed rate hike and shares his thoughts on how corporate profits have contributed disproportionately to inflation. Read more on this here.

0:33 – California State Senator Nancy Skinner (@NancySkinnerCA) shares what our state is doing to respond to the impending loss of federal abortion rights, following the leak of a draft Supreme Court decision that portends the highest court plans to overturn Roe v. Wade.

0:44 – We mark Asian Pacific American Heritage month with another segment from KPFA’s APEX Express. This one features the activist, journalist, lawyer, and civil rights icon Helen Zia.

1:08 – Morgan Shimabuku (@rivermmz), a Research Associate at the Pacific Institute discusses how California’s cities can adapt to drought. She also shares findings from a recently released Pacific Institute report, The Untapped Potential of California’s Urban Water Supply.

1:33 – Asantewaa Boykin (@AsantewaaRn), co-founder of the Anti Police Terror Project, program director of Mental Health First Sacramento, and now author of the new poetry collection Love, Lyric, and Liberation discusses the book’s virtual launch this Saturday at 6pm. More details here.

1:44 – We discuss the National Black Mamas Bail Out with Kelly Phipps, Director of Communications and Partnerships for Essie Justice Group.

1:54 – We commemorate the life of Kathy Boudin, who died on Sunday. Here she is in 2020, speaking at the Barnard Center for Research on Women.

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