Episodes

  • 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
  • The Zoomer tech bros • the new breed of arms makers

    The Zoomer tech bros • the new breed of arms makers
    Oct 23 2025
    Margaux MacColl, co-author of a series of articles in the SF Standard, on the Zoomer tech bros • Susannah Glickman on the new arms makers who want to disrupt the legacy prime contractors (NYRB article here) The post The Zoomer tech bros • the new breed of arms makers appeared first on KPFA.
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    1 hr
  • Israel on the brink • the Trump education agenda

    Israel on the brink • the Trump education agenda
    Oct 16 2025
    Ilan Pappé, author of Israel on the Brink, on the ceasefire and how the deepening crisis of Israeli society could lead to something better • Jennifer Berkshire on the appalling Trump educational agenda The post Israel on the brink • the Trump education agenda appeared first on KPFA.
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    45 mins
  • Fundraising special: Bill Buckley revisited; China, the US, and the world

    Fundraising special: Bill Buckley revisited; China, the US, and the world
    Oct 9 2025
    Jeet Heer, author of this review, on the slick but odious William F. Buckley Jr. • Jake Werner on Trump’s creeping softness on China, and how that country sees its role in the world The post Fundraising special: Bill Buckley revisited; China, the US, and the world appeared first on KPFA.
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    47 mins
  • Fundraising special: politics of public monuments revisited, Trump’s Gaza “peace plan”

    Fundraising special: politics of public monuments revisited, Trump’s Gaza “peace plan”
    Oct 2 2025
    Erin Thompson on the politics of public monuments as Trump talks of restoring Confederate statues • Mouin Rabbani returns for a look at Trump’s ludicrous Gaza peace scheme The post Fundraising special: politics of public monuments revisited, Trump’s Gaza “peace plan” appeared first on KPFA.
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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • Fundraising special: what’s with all these diplomatic recognitions of Palestine?

    Fundraising special: what’s with all these diplomatic recognitions of Palestine?
    Sep 25 2025
    Mouin Rabbani explains what behind all these fresh diplomatic recognitions of Palestine and speculates on the future of Gaza and its people The post Fundraising special: what’s with all these diplomatic recognitions of Palestine? appeared first on KPFA.
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    1 hr
  • Eugenics, neoliberal style • stablecoins, and the Trump–UAE deal

    Eugenics, neoliberal style • stablecoins, and the Trump–UAE deal
    Sep 18 2025
    Quinn Slobodian, author of Hayek’s Bastards, on the eugenics/race science tendencies within High Church Neoliberalism • Molly White on stablecoins, and the Trump–UAE deal The post Eugenics, neoliberal style • stablecoins, and the Trump–UAE deal appeared first on KPFA.
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    1 hr