• Letters and Politics – July 10, 2025
    Jul 10 2025
    A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich. The post Letters and Politics – July 10, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
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    45 mins
  • The Proto-Indo-Europeans
    Jul 9 2025
    Guest: Laura Spinney is a science journalist and the author of Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World and most recently, Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global. The post The Proto-Indo-Europeans appeared first on KPFA.
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    1 hr
  • What it Means for Israel To Be a Jewish State
    Jul 8 2025
    Guest: Yaacov Yadgar is the Stanley Lewis Professor of Israel Studies at the University of Oxford and the author of several books including Israel’s Jewish Identity Crisis: State and Politics in the Middle East, and his latest To Be a Jewish State: Zionism as the New Judaism. The post What it Means for Israel To Be a Jewish State appeared first on KPFA.
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    1 hr
  • The Nature of Imperial Power with Mary Beard
    Jul 7 2025
    Guest: Mary Beard is a renown classist and the author of the best-selling The Fires of Vesuvius, SPQR, and most lately, Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World. The post The Nature of Imperial Power with Mary Beard appeared first on KPFA.
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    1 hr
  • Analysis: Megabill Final Vote in the House of Representatives & Hakeem Jeffries Marathonic Speech
    Jul 3 2025
    Host Mitch Jeserich brings live analysis about the voting procedures of the megabill in the House of Representatives while Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries delivers a marathonic speech that stalled the final vote for more than 8 hours claiming that allotting only one hour of debate on the content of a 900 pages bill was not enough. He decided to take his “sweet time” to compensate the lack of discussion on the bill. Photo by Sogand Gh on Unsplash The post Analysis: Megabill Final Vote in the House of Representatives & Hakeem Jeffries Marathonic Speech appeared first on KPFA.
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    5 mins
  • Analysis of the Latest Version of Trump’s Megabill
    Jul 2 2025
    Guest: John Nichols is the national affairs correspondent for The Nation Magazine. He is the author of several books including his latest co-written with Senator Bernie Sanders “It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism.” His latest article in the Nation is: Thom Tillis Figured Out How to Tell the Truth in Trump’s GOP Cult: Quit. Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash The post Analysis of the Latest Version of Trump’s Megabill appeared first on KPFA.
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    13 mins
  • A Perspective on Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign
    Jul 1 2025
    I. A Perspective on Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign Guest: India Walton is former Democratic candidate for mayor in Buffalo who won the Democratic primary 2021 but the party turned against her and helped re-elect the incumbent mayor through a write in campaign. She is now the senior strategist for the national activist group Roots Action in Buffalo. II. Capitalism’s Critics Guest: John Cassidy is a journalist at The New Yorker and a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books. He is the author of Capitalism and Its Critics: A History: From the Industrial Revolution to AI. Photo by Bingjiefu He on Wikimedia The post A Perspective on Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign appeared first on KPFA.
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    1 hr
  • Erwin Chemerinsky on the Implications of Undoing Universal Injunctions. And, Analysis on the so called “Big Beautiful Bill”
    Jun 30 2025
    I. The Big Beautiful Bill in the Senate Host Mitch Jeserich gives his opinion of the so called “Big Beautiful Bill” currently in the Senate II. Supreme Court’s Undoing Universal Injunctions Guest: Erwin Chemerinsky is the dean of the law school at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of many books on constitutional law including his latest, No Democracy Lasts Forever: How the Constitution Threatens the United States. Photo credit: Ron Cogswell on Wikimedia The post Erwin Chemerinsky on the Implications of Undoing Universal Injunctions. And, Analysis on the so called “Big Beautiful Bill” appeared first on KPFA.
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    1 hr