Location:
San Francisco, United States
Networks:
KALW
Description:
KALW's call-in show: Politics and culture, dialogue and debate.
Language:
English
Episodes
After Orbán’s crushing election defeat, what’s next for Hungary?
4/17/2026
Last Sunday, voters in Hungary delivered a decisive defeat to far-right Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, ending his 16-year hold on power.
Duration:00:24:27
FRONTLINE and El Faro investigate Bukele and Trump’s CECOT deal
4/17/2026
We're discussing a Frontline and El Faro documentary about President Nayib Bukele’s tangled history with the gangs the US says it is fighting.
Duration:00:26:32
'Steal This Story, Please!' celebrates Amy Goodman & independent media
4/16/2026
'Steal This Story, Please!' is a new documentary about Amy Goodman's trailblazing career as an independent journalist and co-founder and co-host of Democracy Now!.
Duration:00:52:02
The 23rd annual International Ocean Film Festival
4/13/2026
We are discussing two documentaries from this year’s International Ocean Film Festival that explore the complex and troubled relationship between humans and sharks.
Duration:00:52:01
The civilian toll of Israel’s military assault and invasion of Lebanon
4/10/2026
Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon have killed more than 1,500 people, including at least 130 children, and have forced more than 1.2 million people to flee their homes.
Duration:00:29:49
How the Prairieland ‘Antifa’ verdict threatens First Amendment rights
4/10/2026
The recent conviction of nine anti-ICE protesters has raised concerns among activists, protesters, and NGOs that have aligned themselves with anti-fascist organizing.
Duration:00:21:59
Trump threatens that "a whole civilization will die tonight" in Iran
4/7/2026
Over 2,000 people have been killed and over 26,000 have been injured in Iran as Trump escalates his threats ahead of his 5pm PT deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Duration:00:21:20
The 23rd annual International Ocean Film Festival kicks off in SF
4/6/2026
The festival, which features films about the blue heart of our planet, runs from April 10-12 at the Cowell Theater in the Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture.
Duration:00:51:59
The Authoritarian Playbook: The sexual politics of meat under Trump
4/1/2026
Feminist scholar Carol Adams argues that the oppression of women and animals is inextricably linked. She asks: What can meat eating tell us about Western authoritarians?
Duration:00:50:45
What will it take to restore upward mobility & save the middle class?
3/31/2026
In "The Middle-Class New Deal," law professor Mechele Dickerson argues the erosion of the middle class wasn’t inevitable, but a policy choice. How can it be restored?
Duration:00:52:07
How Flowers Made Our World: The Story of Nature's Revolutionaries
3/30/2026
In his new book, biologist David George Haskell explores the power of flowers, placing them at the center of the story of how evolution created the world we know today.
Duration:00:51:57
RFK Jr.’s vaccine agenda risks resurgence of deadly childhood diseases
3/27/2026
ProPublica’s Patricia Callahan writes that RFK Jr.’s spread of misinformation could prompt vaccine manufacturers to flee the US market, further limiting access.
Duration:00:27:36
The tech industry’s embrace of "total war" under Trump
3/27/2026
Journalist Jacob Silverman writes that companies from Google to SpaceX have embraced war and lined up for lucrative contracts amidst the US-Israeli assault on Iran.
Duration:00:24:28
How community intervention programs are reducing gun violence
3/26/2026
Every year, 46,000 people die from gun violence in the US. The Trump administration cut funding for violence prevention programs, but California filled the gap.
Duration:00:51:57
The Authoritarian Playbook: The human toll of Trump's policies
3/25/2026
The Nation's Sasha Abramsky argues that from ICE detention centers in San Diego to the US-Israeli war on Iran, Trump is making the lives of many miserable.
Duration:00:52:03
What will it take to end violence against girls and women?
3/24/2026
One in five women in the US has experienced an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime. How can we reach boys and men to end this cycle of violence?
Duration:00:52:22
Why aren't Democrats talking about Trump’s assault on the environment?
3/23/2026
Climate crisis enablers expected more resistance to Trump’s extreme rollback of environmental policies. They are privately celebrating the silence of Democrats.
Duration:00:19:45
Bioneers Conference brings together climate crisis visionaries
3/23/2026
The 2026 Bioneers Conference, which begins on Thursday in Berkeley, brings climate activists together to discuss how to build a more just, life-honoring world.
Duration:00:32:24
How has the Trump administration become so powerful and so corrupt?
3/20/2026
In the second season of his podcast Master Plan, host David Sirota asks: if the founders wrote the Constitution to prevent a king, how did Trump gain so much power?
Duration:00:21:59
No end in sight for US-Israel war on Iran as it enters its third week
3/20/2026
More than 1,200 Iranians, 1,000 Lebanese, 14 Israelis, and 13 US soldiers have been killed. Is anyone in Washington calling for an end to this devastating war?
Duration:00:30:00