XRNOW!

Lindsay Sturman, co-host of KPFK’s Bike Talk and co-founder of Livable Communities Initiative, shares a practicable action plan to address our city’s interrelated housing and climate crises.

A deep-dive interview with Hardi Yakubu, the leader of Africans Rising, the largest people-powered Pan-African activist organization on the continent, spanning 54 nations. 

Steven interviews defenders of Virunga National Park Lucien Kamala, Francois Kamate, and Reddy Kubuya, plus XRLA member Cate Swigart shares a talk on the validity of all emotional responses to the climate crisis.

Sunrise Movement-LA Coordinator Josiah Edwards breaks down environmental racism and much more, and offers his vision for the future of the movement.

Former DWP Commissioner and LA City Council candidate Aura Vasquez shares her inspiring journey from childhood activism in Colombia to politics and social service work in New York, and community organizing in Orange County and now LA.

Two of our local refineries continue to use one of the world’s most dangerous chemicals, Hydrogen Fluoride (HF), despite decades of demands to convert to a safer alternative. We’re joined by Steve Goldsmith, Fatima Iqbal-Zubair, and Cliff Heise to break it down.

Sim joins Steven for an intimate conversation about growing up multiculturally in South LA, remarkable family mentors including a great-grandfather who was a Tuskegee Airman, and life on the front lines of the city’s climate movement.

Founder of EcoLeaks Esteban Servat shares his story of persecution and exile after taking on mega-mining and fracking in Argentina, plus dehumanization in Silicon Valley and the burgeoning Debt for Climate movement.

Kevin J. Patel, founder and executive director of OneUpAction, joins us to discuss his activism origin story, the LA County Youth Climate Commission, the LA River, and much more.

Our interview with Gabi and Ile about how Extinction Rebellion Brazil differs from its Northern counterparts, plus their take on recent events in Brasilia, and their hopes for the Lula administration.