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On this show:

0:08 – Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice is the latest book by Rupa Marya and Raj Patel, tackling health and structural injustices, and taking us on a medical tour of the human body. Our guests are Rupa Marya, professor of medicine at UCSF, and co-founder of the Do No Harm Coalition, and Raj Patel, professor of public affairs and nutrition at the University of Texas at Austin.

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1:08 – Earthquakes! We speak with two guests:

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On today’s show:

0:08 – We spend the first hour with Aviva Chomsky, a scholar of Latin American history. We discuss the protests in Cuba and what history tells us about how Cuba treats the political opponents inside its borders.

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1:08 – In this hour, we do a big dive on deep water politics. First, we discuss the big ag dollars funding into Governor Newsom’s side of the recall campaign, with Dan Bacher, an journalist who covers fish, water, and the environment.

1:16 – Then spend the rest of the hour with Mark Arax who discusses his 2019 book The Dreamt Land – Chasing Water and Dust Across California about the deep tangled history of California’s water, money, and power – up to the present day water empire headed by Resnick family.

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0:08 – Mitch Jeserich is back for Mondays with Mitch, our weekly segment talking about D.C. politics. Mitch is the host of Letters and Politics, airing 10AM Pacific Monday-Thursday on KPFA.

0:34 – Dr. John Swartzberg is clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. We talk with Dr. Swartzberg about breakthrough infections, how vaccinated people appear to be affected by the virus, and how Covid vaccines stack up against measles vaccines when it comes to offering “sterilizing” versus “functional” immunity.

1:08 – Blake Spalding is co-founder of Hell’s Backbone Grille, a Buddhist-principled farm-to-table restaurant in the middle of one of the reddest patches of red state America — Boulder, Utah. Blake and Jennifer Castle wrote an extraordinary book about their food, served with the backdrop of the Bear’s Ears / Grand Staircase – Escalante national monuments. Brian talks to Blake about the book and how the restaurant has fared during Covid.

We’re offering this book for a one-time pledge of $300 or a monthly pledge of $30 – Blake Spalding and Jennifer Castle, “This Immeasurable Place: Food and Farming from the Edge of Wilderness.”

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On today’s show:

We spend the hour with Rachel Brahinsky (@brahinsk) and Alexander Tarr (@avatarr8)who discuss their book, A People’s Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area.

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On today’s show:

0:08 – Science journalist Annalee Newitz (@Annaleen) takes us on a journey to ancient cities – how and why they formed, with a keen eye towards the future and the lessons that modern societies can take from their downfall. These revelations and more are contained in their new book, Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age. As part of our summer Fund Drive, receive a copy of Four Lost Cities as a thank you gift from KPFA for your donation of $130. 

1:08 – Sinologist and philosopher Edward Slingerland (@slingerland20) joins us to discuss another view on ancient societies – and how mind-altering substances (alcohol mostly) may have made human civilization possible. We are offering Slingerland’s latest book on the subject – Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization as a thank you gift from KPFA for a donation of $150.

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On today’s show:

0:08 – Is California ready for wildfire season? We discuss with prescribed fire practitioner and fire historian Jared Dahl Aldern (@JaredDahlAldern) and Lenya Quinn-Davidson (@lenyaqd) Fire Adviser with the University of California Cooperative Extension and director of the Northern California Prescribed Fire Council.

0:33 – From the KPFA archives, Mexican-American guitar legend Carlos Santana discusses his life and work with rock journalist Ben Fong-Torres. The full interview is included KPFA’s Storytelling for Social Change Collection – a thank you gift for anyone who donates to KPFA.

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0:08 – Dahoud André coordinator of the Committee to Mobilize Against Dictatorship in Haiti and Brian Concannon (@Haiti Justice), Executive Director of Project Blueprint both join us to discuss Haiti’s new prime minister Ariel Henry.

1:08 – Raj Patel (@_RajPatel), the New York Times bestselling author of The Value of Nothing, teams up with physician, activist, and co-founder of the Do No Harm Coalition Rupa Marya (@DrRupaMarya) to reveal the links between health and structural injustices–and to offer a new deep medicine that can heal our bodies and our world in their forthcoming book Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice.

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UpFront, Monday, July 19th:

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On today’s show:

0:08 – We speak with Alleen Brown (@AlleenBrown), environmental justice reporter for the Intercept about her investigation of Enbridge and its surveillance of water protectors along the route of its Line 3 pipeline.

0:21 – Christina Aanestad reports on results of the Pacifica bylaws vote.

0:33 – Lastly, we hear stories from Kamloops Residential School where hundreds of unmarked graves of indigenous children are being exhumed – Kanahus Manuel (@KanahusFreedom), water protector, birth keeper, and a member of the activist group Tiny House Warriors; part of the mobilization to stop Canada’s tar sands pipeline joins us from the Secwepemc and Ktunaxa Nations to talk about her late father and grandfather who both attended Kamloops Residential School.

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