Location:
San Francisco, United States
Networks:
KALW
Description:
KALW's call-in show: Politics and culture, dialogue and debate.
Language:
English
Episodes
Bill McKibben on solar power and the path to a sustainable future
8/18/2025
In his new book, "Here Comes the Sun," the acclaimed environmental activist Bill McKibben details how harnessing solar energy is the key to building a sustainable future.
Duration:00:52:05
Trump-GOP gerrymandering scheme aims to rig the 2026 election
8/15/2025
California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced plans to move forward with a redistricting initiative aimed at countering GOP-led gerrymandering efforts in Texas.
Duration:00:24:14
Israeli targeted strike kills journalist Anas al-Sharif and colleagues
8/15/2025
Last Sunday, Al Jazeera’s prominent journalist Anas al-Sharif, along with five of his colleagues, was killed in a deliberate Israeli attack on a media tent in Gaza city.
Duration:00:27:59
Teachers discuss the state of education and life in the classroom
8/14/2025
Two educators with more than four decades of experience between them discuss the state of public education, challenges in the classroom, and changes they'd like to see.
Duration:00:52:20
Students discuss the US education system and what needs to change
8/13/2025
Students face challenges inside and outside the classroom as cash strapped schools struggle with funding cuts. How can we support our students and protect our schools?
Duration:00:52:14
The WNBA's LGBTQ+ fan base and the Golden State Valkyries
8/12/2025
Local queer communities are already embracing the bay area's new women's basketball team.
Duration:00:52:22
Study shows huge swaths of land across the globe are quickly drying
8/11/2025
As the climate warms, new data shows huge swaths of land across the globe are quickly drying, threatening humanity’s supply of fresh water.
Duration:00:26:24
How California communities are responding to sea level rise
8/11/2025
KALW's seven-part series examines the growing threat of sea level rise along California’s coast.
Duration:00:25:51
ICE ramps up recruitment & smashes car windows to make arrests
8/8/2025
ICE agents are increasingly breaking people's car windows to make arrests. Student loan assistance is one incentive being used to recruit 10,000 new agents.
Duration:00:52:09
The consequences of the GOP defunding public media and the way forward
8/6/2025
We continue our discussion about public media cuts and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's announcement that it will shut down. What's next for public media?
Duration:00:48:10
The future of zero-emission transportation in California
8/4/2025
Last week, the EPA released a proposal to repeal the 2009 endangerment finding, which says greenhouse gases are a threat to public health.
Duration:00:52:16
Gaza: Journalists Under Fire
8/1/2025
The documentary, Gaza: Journalists Under Fire, tells the story of three of the journalists killed by the Israeli army while covering the assault on Gaza.
Duration:00:27:24
World Bank East Africa program drove patients into poverty
8/1/2025
An investigation by the ICIJ reveals that World Bank investments in private hospitals in East Africa have pushed patients deeper into poverty.
Duration:00:25:13
What will it take to end the starvation, death & destruction in Gaza?
7/31/2025
A new IPC report has issued a dire warning that a famine is unfolding in Gaza, as roughly a third of its 2.1 million people have gone multiple days without food.
Duration:00:52:00
GOP law will cause 22M families to lose some or all food benefits
7/30/2025
Before this bill passed, Morning Consult found more Americans are going hungry. This bill will make this crisis worse. How are food banks and organizations preparing?
Duration:00:52:43
The Trump administration's escalating war on the media
7/29/2025
Tim Richardson, disinformation program manager at PEN America, told HuffPost that Trump's attacks set a dangerous precedent and it’s hard to say where this ends.
Duration:00:52:13
What’s the path to a clean energy future?
7/28/2025
Stanford Professor Mark Jacobson says the world needs to quickly transition to clean energy solutions including wind, water, and solar to save our planet.
Duration:00:33:51
How Texas lawmakers repeatedly failed to take action on flooding
7/28/2025
A ProPublica and Texas Tribune investigation reveals that the Texas Legislature has repeatedly failed to enact measures that would help communities prepare for flooding.
Duration:00:18:13
WHO chief says large proportion of the population of Gaza is starving
7/25/2025
In a statement on Thursday, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees warned that families in Gaza are breaking down amid the hunger crisis.
Duration:00:25:47
The Republican plan to gerrymander Texas to keep US House majority
7/25/2025
Dave Daley reports that Texas Republicans justify their redistricting plan with the dubious claim that the current map is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.
Duration:00:26:28