Episodes

  • Fundraising special: the problem with lithium

    Fundraising special: the problem with lithium
    Dec 18 2025
    Thea Riofrancos, author of Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism, on the complications of using lithium batteries to green our future (think tank here) The post Fundraising special: the problem with lithium appeared first on KPFA.
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    1 hr
  • Fundraising special: Trump’s natsec strategy, the US gov as private equity firm

    Fundraising special: Trump’s natsec strategy, the US gov as private equity firm
    Dec 11 2025
    Anatol Lieven analyzes the Trump national security strategy • Susannah Glickman on the transformation of the US government into a private equity firm (NYRB interview here) The post Fundraising special: Trump’s natsec strategy, the US gov as private equity firm appeared first on KPFA.
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    1 hr
  • Honduras, Sudan, sewer socialism

    Honduras, Sudan, sewer socialism
    Dec 4 2025
    David Adler and Matt Kirkegaard of the Progressive International on the Honduran elections • Elfadil Ibrahim on the Sudanese civil war • Eric Blanc on the lessons of Milwaukee’s decades of “sewer socialism” for Mamdani and Wilson The post Honduras, Sudan, sewer socialism appeared first on KPFA.
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    1 hr
  • Behind the News – November 27, 2025

    Behind the News – November 27, 2025
    Nov 27 2025
    Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. The post Behind the News – November 27, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
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    1 hr
  • Republicans: how did they go from Eisenhower to Trump?

    Republicans: how did they go from Eisenhower to Trump?
    Nov 20 2025
    Paul Heideman, author of Rogue Elephant, on how the Republican party went from a staid vehicle of American business to the frothy lunacy of today The post Republicans: how did they go from Eisenhower to Trump? appeared first on KPFA.
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    1 hr
  • Sudan, and Japan’s new PM

    Sudan, and Japan’s new PM
    Nov 13 2025
    Mosaab Baba, author of this article, on what’s behind the horrendous civil war in Sudan • Jake Adelstein, an American journalist who’s been living in Japan for almost 40 years, on that country’s reactionary new Prime Minister The post Sudan, and Japan’s new PM appeared first on KPFA.
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    1 hr
  • Models of municipal socialism • Albania, a personal view of history

    Models of municipal socialism • Albania, a personal view of history
    Nov 6 2025
    Gabriel Hetland, author of this article, looks to Venezuela for a model of municipal socialism • Lea Ypi, author of Indignity, looks into her grandmother’s story and unfolds a rich history of Albania and its environment The post Models of municipal socialism • Albania, a personal view of history appeared first on KPFA.
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    1 hr
  • Why did the tech bros move right? • a political tour d’horizon of South America

    Why did the tech bros move right? • a political tour d’horizon of South America
    Oct 30 2025
    Jacob Silverman, author of Gilded Rage, on the rightward move of the Silicon Valley elite • Forrest Hylton conducts a political tour d’horizon of South America The post Why did the tech bros move right? • a political tour d’horizon of South America appeared first on KPFA.
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    32 mins