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Simone Johnson on how March On and the Future Coalition fund intergenerational activist groups across Indigenous, Frontline and BiPOC communities.

Shekinah Deocares and Sim Bilal of Youth Climate Strike LA and Youth Interest PAC on the under-appreciated intersection between the labor and climate justice movements, plus their wake-up call to City Hall.

The second part of our series on the burgeoning Climate Necessity Defense (CND) legal strategy, joined by Troy Horton, a great-grandfather standing trial in Phoenix for his climate activism, and Ted Hamilton, an attorney with Climate Defense Project who successfully used CND to defend Standing Rock activists and more. 

Lauren Regan, founder and executive director of the Civil Liberties Defense Center, discusses the Necessity Defense as a legal strategy to amplify climate activism.

Investigative Journalist Aaron Cantu takes us through his recent reporting on the climate crisis at the state and local level, plus XRLA’s Cate Swigart and Mary-Linn Hughes discuss Mothers Rebellion.

Part II with City Hall insider Andy Shrader, who gives us his climate advocacy to-do list for the new City Council. Plus XRLA founding member and Arts Working Group superstar Mary-Linn Hughes on the intersection of art and activism.

Andy Shrader, the recently departed Executive Director of Environmental Affairs for City Council member Paul Koretz, on the inner workings of City Hall, the environmental urgencies facing our current LA City Council, and more.

Today's show features the conclusion of last week's interview with futurist Daniel Pinchbeck, as well as a segment with conscientious objector Francesco Da Vinci, plus a visit from Taylor Nichols of KPFK's own Bike Talk.

The first part of our interview with futurist Daniel Pinchbeck, in which he discusses his experiments with psychedelics as a way beyond materialism, and the potential of collective consciousness to mitigate climate disaster.

With governments across the West cracking down on climate activism, we bring you Henryk Garberg and Janine O’Keeffe of Restore the Wetlands in Sweden, two activists facing prison time for their role in a blockade. Plus a personal reflection from XRLA member Joshua Hirsch.