On today’s show:

0:08 – We discuss the FBI’s investigation into the January 6th capitol rioters with Nick Robins-Early (@nickrobinsearly), a journalist based in New York focused on extremism, tech, and media disinformation and Michael German, a Brennan Center for Justice fellow with their Liberty and National Security Program and former special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

0:33 – Earlier this week, Black Lives Matter protestors have sued the City of Sacramento and Sacramento Police Department for alleged police violence. Tifanei Ressl-Moyer Senior Attorney at the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area (@lccrsf) and co-counsel representing the case.

0:47 – liz suk (@liz_suk), Executive Director of Oakland Rising joins us to discuss what’s at stake with Oakland’s redistricting process.

1:08 – We spend our second hour with Fredricka Newton, cofounder of the Huey P. Newton Foundation and widow of the late Black Panther Party co-founder and movement leader, Huey P. Newton.

This interview features archival recordings of various speeches and songs that are listed below:

Part 1:

Part 2:

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On today’s show:

0:08 – Calamity ensues in school districts across the country due to a surge in COVID cases due to the Omicron variant. Dana Goldstein (@DanaGoldstein), national education correspondent for the New York Times joins us to discuss.

0:19 – Sarah Karp (@SSKedreporter), education reporter for WBEZ – Chicago Public Radio joins us to discuss the conversations taking place amongst teachers, parents, and city officials following a vote by the Chicago Teachers Union to return to remote learning.

0:33 – Stephen Nessen (@s_nessen), transportation reporter for WNYC – New York Public Radio joins us to discuss service cuts and worker shortages at the largest transit system in the US – New York’s MTA.

0:50 – Amanda Morris (@AmandaMoMorris), New York Times reporting fellow focused on disability issues joins us to discuss her reporting on some of the immunocompromised folks seeking unapproved 4th or 5th vaccine boosters.

1:08 – We spend our second hour with Malik Al Nasir (@MalikAndTheOGs), a British author, freelance journalist, filmmaker, academic and performance poet. Cat spoke with Malik late last year about his memoir of racism and abuse under Liverpool’s care system and the mentorship of Gil Scott-Heron. His book is called Letters to Gil.

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On today’s show:

0:08 – John Nichols (@NicholsUprising), National Affairs Correspondent for The Nation joins us to discuss what to expect as Congress reconvenes.

0:33 – Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health joins us again to address your COVID questions.

1:08 – We spend our second hour with Edward Slingerland (@slingerland20), Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia. He discusses his latest book, Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization.

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NOTE: Dr. Swartzberg’s regular COVID call-in segment will take place Tuesday, 1/4, after 7:30 news headlines.

0:08 Zachary Carter, writer in residence with the Reimagining Capitalism initiative at the Omidyar Network. His most recent book is The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the life of John Maynard Keynes

1:08 Brian Fagan, distinguished emeritus professor of anthropology at UC Santa Barbara; his new book is Climate Chaos: Lessons on Survival From our Ancestors

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