Episodes

  • Power and Plastic

    Power and Plastic
    Jul 11 2025
    On today’s show, I speak to 350 Bay Area Action’s Lead Organizer Zoe Johnick and Reclaim Our Power’s Policy Organizer Emi Yoko-Young on California Senate Bill 332 the Investor-Owned Utiities Accountability Act. We’ll switch gears and speak to Ecology Center’s executive director Martin Bourque on Plastic Free July and California Senate Bill 54 Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act. Ecology Center Webinar: https://ambr-recyclers.org/2025/07/webinar-unrecyclable-by-design-the-problem-with-flexible-film-plastic-packaging/ The post Power and Plastic appeared first on KPFA.
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  • US Right to Know & Consumer Watchdog

    US Right to Know & Consumer Watchdog
    Jul 4 2025
    USRTK logo On today’s show, a bailout for California oil refineries? I’ll speak to Consumer Watchdog’s founder and executive director Jaime Court about the pushback from 50 plus environmental and public interest groups. We’ll switch gears and commemorate 10 years of U.S. Right To Know with co-founder and managing editor Stacy Malkan. In lieu of news headlines, we’ll be back after this reflection on the question, freedom for whom. The post US Right to Know & Consumer Watchdog appeared first on KPFA.
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  • Cultural Sponsorships & Parodies

    Cultural Sponsorships & Parodies
    Jun 27 2025
    Yellow Dot Studios – Logo Faux Girl Scout Fossil Fuel Badge – Graphics by Sabrina Bedford On today’s show, I’ll spend the hour exploring the sponsorship and public relations side of the fossil fuel industry’s attempts to stay relevant and powerful. I’ll speak to investigative reporter Rebecca John on her latest piece in DeSmog entitled, “Reveal: Now There’s Proof That The Fossil Fuel Industry Uses Cultural Sponsorships to Block Climate Action”. We’ll switch gears and speak to Staci Roberts-Steele, executive director of Yellow Dot Studios about how they are pushing back against the false fossil fuel narrative. The post Cultural Sponsorships & Parodies appeared first on KPFA.
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  • Mycelium Youth Network & Media Matters For America

    Mycelium Youth Network & Media Matters For America
    Jun 20 2025
    Mycelium Youth Network – Community Day of Action On today’s show, Mycelium Youth Network’s outside educator and storyteller, Marcy Brown is back to spread the word about their latest community event “Community Day of Action” on Saturday, June 28th. We’ll switch gears and speak to Evlondo Cooper of Media Matters for America on his latest study entitled, “How Broadcast TV News Covered Environmental Justice in 2024”, released on June 16th. The post Mycelium Youth Network & Media Matters For America appeared first on KPFA.
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  • Pamela Ferdinand and Melissa Romero

    Pamela Ferdinand and Melissa Romero
    Jun 13 2025
    Melissa Romero, Policy Advocacy Director for CA Environmental Voters On today’s show, we will hear the remaninder of my conversation with U.S. Right to Know investigative journalist Pamela Ferdinand about all the plastic in our bodies. We’ll switch gears and have a conversation with policy advocacy director for CA Environmental Voters Melissa Romero on the closure of the Valero’s Benicia refinery and how the oil industry is trying to use that closure as a means to gut environmental protections and more. The post Pamela Ferdinand and Melissa Romero appeared first on KPFA.
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  • U. S. Right to Know and WECAN International

    U. S. Right to Know and WECAN International
    Jun 6 2025
    WECAN Logo On today’s show, investigative journalist for U.S. Right To Know, Pamela Ferdinand on her recent article entitled, “Plastics may disrupt the body’s clock, raise risk of chronic disease”. We’ll switch gears and speak to founder and executive director of Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network on their upcoming virtual online summit from June 23-28. The post U. S. Right to Know and WECAN International appeared first on KPFA.
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  • Amazon Watch & Center for Biological Diversity

    Amazon Watch & Center for Biological Diversity
    May 30 2025
    From the website of AmazonWatch.org The WilPhoenix sits in Cromarty Firth, near Invergordon, Scotland. The 1982-built rig is equipped for drilling in water depths up to 1,200 ft. On today’s show, an update from Paul Paz y Mino, deputy executive director with Amazon Watch on anti-Chevron day and an environmental justice delegation visiting from Equador, and the looming possibility of Santa Barbara offshore drilling with the Center for Biological Diversity’s Brady Bradshaw, senior oceans campaigner. The post Amazon Watch & Center for Biological Diversity appeared first on KPFA.
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  • Special Spring Fund Drive Programming: Josh Jackson on California’s Incredible Public Wilderness

    Special Spring Fund Drive Programming: Josh Jackson on California’s Incredible Public Wilderness
    May 23 2025
    Today’s episode of A Rude Awakening is preempted by special programming for KPFA’s 2025 Spring Fund Drive. Brian Edwards-Tiekert speaks with photographer and author Josh Jackson, an advocate for public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Through his Forgotten Lands Project, he employs storytelling and visual narratives to inspire engagement with California’s unknown landscapes. His latest book is The Enduring Wild: A Journey Into California’s Public Lands. To support our mission and receive Josh Jackson’s book The Enduring Wild as a thank-you gift, please donate here or call (800) 439-5732 (800-HEY-KPFA). The post Special Spring Fund Drive Programming: Josh Jackson on California’s Incredible Public Wilderness appeared first on KPFA.
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