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KPFA - A Rude Awakening

KPFA - A Rude Awakening

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 A Rude Awakening is an award-winning climate crisis and environmental justice radio show with interviews and commentary – hosted and produced by Sabrina Jacobs. Tune In! Every Friday @ 8am Follow A Rude Awakening on Facebook, Mastodon, Twitter and Instagram2026KPFA 312700 Political Science Politics & Government
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  • Cargill Blockade Update, Federal Food Guidelines, Harmful Idle Oil Wells

    Cargill Blockade Update, Federal Food Guidelines, Harmful Idle Oil Wells
    Feb 13 2026
    Indigenous People of Tapajos – Credit Colectivo Apoena Cultura On today’s show, there’s an update on the Cargill blockade in Santarem, Brazil from Amazon Watch Program Director Christian Poirier, after that, Make America Healthy Again wants us to add more animal adipose to our diets. I’ll speak to Chloe Waterman, Senior Program Manager in Food and Agriculture Policy at Friends of the Earth about the new federal dietary guidelines. We switch gears and close out the show with Center for Biological Diversity Staff Scientist Emily Diaz-Loar delivering new data on idle oil wells in California that can harm your health. Link to 350 Bay Area Action Sign Up: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/NMnzJ4oaRXOqKjHiTXxrGA#/registration The post Cargill Blockade Update, Federal Food Guidelines, Harmful Idle Oil Wells appeared first on KPFA.
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  • Cargill Blockade & Perilous Seed Laws

    Cargill Blockade & Perilous Seed Laws
    Feb 6 2026
    Training in Baringo, Kenya – Haki Nawiri Afrika On today’s show, Big Ag strikes again! This time in the Amazon of Brazil. Christian Poirier of Amazon Watch gives us the details of the ongoing, major facility blockade of Cargill by the Indigenous. We’ll switch gears and speak to Haki Nawiri Afrika founder Leonida Odongo on the latest appeal by the Kenyan government to recriminalize Indigenous seeds. CEMTF Event Link @ 9am: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-immigration-tickets-157305114833 The post Cargill Blockade & Perilous Seed Laws appeared first on KPFA.
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  • HEATED Founder – Emily Atkin

    HEATED Founder – Emily Atkin
    Jan 30 2026
    Today on A Rude Awakening, I spend the hour speaking climate reporter Emily Atkin, founder of Heated, the most popular climate newsletter on Substack, about her latest piece entitled, “I Don’t Know How To Do This”. The post HEATED Founder – Emily Atkin appeared first on KPFA.
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