0:08 – As the country reels from the Supreme Court’s draft leak of a repeal of Roe v. Wade, we take a look at the economic impacts of giving people who can get pregnant more control of their reproductive healthcare. We are joined by Kate Bahn (@LipstickEcon), Chief Economist & Director of Labor Market Policy at Equitable Growth.

0:33 – May 5th is the national day of action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women – a date established by presidential proclamation last year. We are joined by Morning Star Gali (@saaylooli), a member of the Ajumawi band of Pit River located in northeastern California who serves as the California Tribal and Community Liaison for the International Indian Treaty Council. She also co-hosts KPFA’s Bay Native Circle Wednesdays at 7pm. We are also joined by April McGill, Director of Community Partnerships & Projects at California Consortium for Urban Indian Health, and Kimberly Ellis (@realkimberlye), the Director of the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women.

1:08 – We dive into a new book about the ways we are oriented around cooling, from air conditioning to refrigerators. Eric Dean Wilson (@ericdeanwilson) teaches environmental writing at Queens College. His new book is After Cooling: On Freon, Global Warming, and the Terrible Cost of Comfort.

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0:08 – California Attorney General Rob Bonta has announced that his office issued a subpoena to ExxonMobil as part of its launch into its investigation of the role of fossil fuel and petrochemical companies in creating the plastics pollution crisis. Joining us to discuss are Anja Brandon (@anjambrandon), the US Plastics Policy Analyst at the Ocean Conservancy, as well as Judith Enck (@enckj), the President of Beyond Plastics and a former Regional Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency.

0:34 – Stanford nurses have ended their strike after reaching an agreement that was ratified last Sunday. Kathy Stormberg is the Vice President of the union, called CRONA, and a nurse in the Radiology Department at Stanford Health Care. She joins us to discuss significant wins from the strike action

0:41 – Oakland rent hikes within the city’s rent control program are tied to the regional Consumer Price Index, also known as inflation. The latest numbers give landlords the ability to raise rent by a whopping 6.7% – significantly increased from the city’s usual 1-to-3%. Natalie Orenstein (@nat_orenstein), covers housing and homelessness for The Oaklandside, and joins us to discuss the latest numbers and how it may affect renters.

0:50 – Marking Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we hear from “We Are the Leaders”, a project of the Powerleegirls of KPFA’s APEX Express, to explore the legacy of Yuri Kochiyama.

1:08 – A leaked draft of a Supreme Court decision shows that the highest court plans to reverse Roe v. Wade and remove the federal right to abortion. If the decision follows as is written in the draft, it would have sweeping effects. We are joined by Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady), Senior Editor of Law and Policy at Rewire News and co-host of the podcast Boom! Lawyered, joins us to discuss

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0:08 – We speak with John Feffer (@johnfeffer), Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, about the latest maneuverings surrounding the Ukraine war.

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

1:08 – Exploring our relationships to sound, both natural and mundane, we speak with David George Haskell (@DGHaskell), Guggenheim fellow, professor of biology, and environmental studies at Sewanee: the university of the south, about his latest book, Sounds Wild and Broken: Sonic Marvels, Evolution’s Creativity, and the Crisis of Sensory Extinction.

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On today’s show:

0:08 – Keith Brown, President of the Oakland Education Association (@OaklandEA) discusses the one day strike organized by Schools and Labor Against Privatization, a coalition of Oakland teachers and Longshoremen.

0:33 – Alex Vitale (@avitale), professor of sociology and coordinator of the Policing and Social Justice Project at Brooklyn College discusses the 30 year anniversary of the Rodney King verdict and 1992 Los Angeles uprising.

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On today’s show:

0:08 – John Nichols (@NicholsUprising), national affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine discusses the latest developments on the January 6th capitol riot investigations.

0:33 – We discuss controversy surrounding the public transit mask mandate with Raia Small, a community organizer and educator with Senior and Disability Action (@sdaction1), Rebecca Saltzman (@RebeccaForBART), BART Board President and Director for District 3, and Jovanka Beckles (@JovankaBeckles), a member of the AC Transit District Board of Directors, representing Ward 1.

1:08 – Kim Kelly (@GrimKim), a labor journalist and labor organizer on her book Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor.

1:33 – Samora Pinderhughes (@samoraabayomi), a pianist, composer, and multi-disciplinary artist on his exhibit, The Healing Project on view at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts through September 4th.

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