Location:
San Francisco, United States
Networks:
KALW
Description:
KALW's call-in show: Politics and culture, dialogue and debate.
Language:
English
Episodes
Reflections on 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War
4/24/2025
Vietnamese writers reflect on the end of the war and discuss "The Cleaving, Vietnamese Writers in the Diaspora," a new book of conversations with over 30 writers.
Duration:00:52:05
Food Revolution Summit focuses on food, health & planetary survival
4/23/2025
This year's free online Food Revolution Summit features doctors who will share the latest science on transforming the health of our communities and the planet.
Duration:00:52:04
Scientists fight back against funding cuts and attacks on science
4/21/2025
Last month, more than 1,900 scientists signed a letter warning the American public of the danger of the Trump administration's attacks on science.
Duration:00:18:38
Eating: The Power to Save the Ocean
4/21/2025
The documentary Eating examines how our food choices affect the ocean and offers tangible solutions for eating in a more sustainable way.
Duration:00:33:15
The human cost of Russia's war in Ukraine & media coverage of tariffs
4/18/2025
In "Night Train to Odesa," Jen Stout delivers gripping accounts from the front lines of Russia’s war on Ukraine. We also discuss media coverage Trump’s tariff policies.
Duration:00:52:16
The future of the climate crisis as Trump dismantles federal agencies
4/17/2025
We discuss the climate crisis as the Trump administration dismantles and fires people at environmental agencies like NOAA. According to reports, the EPA is next.
Duration:00:52:03
Why churches receive tax-exempt status from the IRS
4/15/2025
Churches receive tax-exempt status and little oversight from the IRS. What will enforcement look like with federal layoffs expected to cut up to 25% of the IRS workforce?
Duration:00:52:01
Latin American Indigenous activists risk their lives to protect water
4/14/2025
The documentary Water For Life follows Indigenous activists in Latin America as they face death threats and murder to save their precious water resources.
Duration:00:33:42
Trump's executive order targets state climate laws
4/14/2025
On April 8, Trump issued an executive order targeting state-level climate policies, including cap-and-trade systems, and legal actions against fossil fuel companies.
Duration:00:18:19
Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America
4/11/2025
In his book, "Red Scare," Clay Risen examines the history of the 1950s anti-Communist witch hunt and connects it to Trump and Musk's anti-DEI and intellectual purges.
Duration:00:49:32
Elie Mystal discusses "Bad Law," the Supreme Court and Project 2029
4/10/2025
Award-winning writer Elie Mystal discusses his new book, "Bad Law: 10 Popular Laws That Are Ruining America," which is also his first attempt at writing Project 2029.
Duration:00:48:33
Using ancestral Native American foods for health and wellness
4/9/2025
Lois Ellen Frank and Walter Whitewater discuss their new book, "Seed to Plate, Soil to Sky: Modern Plant-Based Recipes Using Native American Ingredients."
Duration:00:47:11
The importance of understanding food and lifestyle choices as medicine
4/8/2025
Chronic diseases are on the rise in the US. We discuss the power of food and lifestyle choices to transform our health when recognized as what they are: medicine.
Duration:00:49:10
The 22nd annual International Ocean Film Festival kicks off in SF
4/7/2025
The 22nd International Ocean film festival will take place from April 11-13 in San Francisco, followed by an online program from April 14-22.
Duration:00:52:05
Remembering the renowned media scholar and activist, Robert McChesney
4/4/2025
We remember Robert McChesney, the media scholar who was a passionate champion of media democracy. He passed away on March 25 at 72 after a year-long battle with cancer.
Duration:00:52:06
Success stories: Conquering food addictions and regaining health
4/3/2025
We continue our health series by hearing from three people who overcame their food addictions. What caused their addictions and how did they regain their health?
Duration:00:52:10
How can we talk about the obesity crisis without shaming?
4/2/2025
New research published in the Lancet finds that obesity related deaths are on the rise and the obesity epidemic continues to skyrocket with no end in sight.
Duration:00:52:02
The overconsumption and health effects of ultra-processed foods
4/1/2025
We continue our series on cancer, chronic disease, and prevention by talking about the rise of ultra-processed foods in the US, which is at all-time high.
Duration:00:52:05
NIH will stop funding research on the health impacts of climate change
3/31/2025
The National Institutes of Health will no longer be funding work on the health effects of climate change, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica.
Duration:00:26:13
The vanishing kelp forests of Northern California
3/31/2025
The documentary Sequoias of the Sea explore the challenges facing kelp ecosystems in California. It will screen at the Ocean Film Festival on April 13 in San Francisco.
Duration:00:25:49