National • News & Public Affairs
A weekly one-hour public affairs radio program that provides analyses and views that are ignored or distorted in most media. Guests have included Dar Jamail, Michael Pollan, Noam Chomsky, Antonia Jusef, Naomi Klein, Vandana Shiva, Jeff Cohen, David Zirin, Bill Moyers and Howard Zinn.
A weekly one-hour public affairs radio program that provides analyses and views that are ignored or distorted in most media. Guests have included Dar Jamail, Michael Pollan, Noam Chomsky, Antonia Jusef, Naomi Klein, Vandana Shiva, Jeff Cohen, David Zirin, Bill Moyers and Howard Zinn.
Upcoming Episodes
June 19, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
The Chinese Economic System with Keyu Jin
China is a paradoxical global power. It’s run by the Communist Party and at the same time it has a huge private sector which includes the world’s largest number of billionaires. Its economy has been described as a mix of state capitalism and market socialism. How will U.S.-China relations play out? It will surely define geopolitics in the coming years.
Read MoreJune 12, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
Gaza in Context with Ilan Pappé
Two million plus Palestinians are jam-packed in Gaza which is a small narrow enclave bordered by the Mediterranean Sea, Egypt and Israel. When Hamas took over the rule of Gaza in 2007, Israel immediately imposed a blockade. The resulting struggle has left Gaza is in ruins and tens of thousands of Palestinians and Israelis killed or wounded. It has become, the UN says, “a graveyard.” How did this catastrophic situation develop? How did Gaza become Gaza?
ListenJune 5, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
Holocausts: An Historical Reckoning with Naomi Klein
Today, the term Holocaust is specifically used to describe the German genocide of the Jews. But genocide has a long history covering many centuries and continents. Klein says, “The Nazi Holocaust is finally being placed in history connected to the terrors that came before and after.”
ListenMay 29, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
Against War with Howard Zinn
In a May 1976 column in the Boston Globe Howard Zinn wrote “Memorial Day should be a day for putting flowers on graves and planting trees. Also, for destroying the weapons of death that endanger us more than they protect us, that waste our resources and threaten our children and grandchildren.” Zinn gave this talk at the University of Texas and it is especially relevant in the time-frame of Memorial Day.
Read MoreMay 22, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
The Decline of the Global North with Vijay Prashad
The Global North or the West is a group of countries led by the United States. Increasingly, the U.S. position in the world is weakening. Its double standards, one set of rules for the master and his servants and another set for everyone else, has not won Washington many friends in the Global South.
Read MoreMay 15, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
Psychospiritual Roots of the Israel-Palestinian Tragedy with Richard Forer
What are the psychospiritual roots of the Israel-Palestinian tragedy? Are the actions of the U.S. and Israel in Gaza based on real or illusory principles? They claim self-defense as they launch massive attacks. They invoke international law when it suits them then ignore it when it doesn’t.
Read MoreMay 8, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
Ending Poverty in America with Matthew Desmond
Why does the United States have more poverty than any other advanced democracy? “Poverty persists,” Matthew Desmond says, “because the rest of us benefit from it.” What can be done to end it?
Read MoreMay 1, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
A Palestinian American Speaks with Linda Sarsour
Anything dealing with Palestine is deemed controversial. And if it is Palestinian American women speaking out, then it is even more controversial. Linda Sarsour is a Palestinian American woman. She and other Palestinian American women in communities and campuses across the U.S., are breaking down Orientalist cliches about being meek and submissive and are actively taking the lead.
Read MoreApril 24, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
What the Genocide Says About Us with Chris Hedges
Chris Hedges points out that racism enables genocide. He says, “Arabs, like all those with darker skin, are worth less in this moral calculus.” Genocide is the crime of crimes and we are witnessing it in real time in Gaza
Read MoreApril 17, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
Are The Wrong People at the Top? with Brian Klaas
Today, more and more power is concentrated in the hands of the few, thus weakening democracy. How can we organize and protect ourselves from those seeking personal power and profit? Are the wrong people at the top and how can we get the right people on top? Brian Klaas discusses.
Read MoreApril 10, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
The Decline and Fall of the American Empire with Johann Galtung
Empires come and go. With its ruinous wars, a bloated Pentagon budget and an economy that spews red ink, does the United States have a short imperial shelf life? How does the military-industrial-complex play into this issue?
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