Location:
San Francisco, United States
Networks:
KALW
Description:
KALW's call-in show: Politics and culture, dialogue and debate.
Language:
English
Episodes
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
Silicon Valley's support for Trump, social media addiction, and war
3/19/2026
In his book, "The Know-It-Alls," journalist Noam Cohen says Silicon Valley billionaires have taken a wrecking ball to many facets of society all in the name of profit.
Duration:00:52:05
The Authoritarian Playbook: Katherine Stewart’s "Money, Lies, and God"
3/18/2026
Katherine Stewart argues that the moral collapse of conservatism enabled the rise of authoritarianism under Trump. What will it take to restore democracy for all?
Duration:00:52:03
The US at 250: A Native Perspective with Professor Matthew Fletcher
3/17/2026
As the Trump administration erases Native history ahead of the 250th, they are denying the crucial – and often erased – role of tribal nations in the making of the US.
Duration:00:52:06
The environmental and human toll of the US–Israeli war on Iran
3/16/2026
The Nation's Mark Hertsgaard argues the climate implications of the war in the Middle East are essential context for understanding what’s at stake.
Duration:00:51:57
The human and economic toll of war in the Middle East and the US
3/13/2026
As the US–Israeli war on Iran and Lebanon enters its second week, more than 1,700 people have been killed across the region, bringing widespread death and destruction.
Duration:00:52:06
War crimes, accountability, and precedents set by Israel and the US
3/12/2026
The US and Israel are facing global condemnation for attacking Iran. Human Rights Watch says the deadly attack on a girls' school must be investigated as a war crime.
Duration:00:52:17
Trump threatens to "take over" and nationalize elections
3/11/2026
As Trump calls on Republicans to "take over the voting in at least 15 places," right-wing extremists are urging him to use federal power to control the 2026 election.
Duration:00:52:01
“Killers of Roe” exposes motives behind the death of abortion rights
3/10/2026
In her new book, Amy Littlefield interviews those in the anti-abortion and pro-abortion movements to find out how conservatives successfully overturned Roe.
Duration:00:52:04
New Zealand landmark bill seeks personhood for whales
3/9/2026
A bill in New Zealand aims to legally recognize the rights of whales, drawing on Indigenous stewardship and aligning with the global rights of nature movement.
Duration:00:21:26
How wealthy ranchers and corporations profit off public lands
3/9/2026
An investigation by ProPublica and High Country News shows wealthy ranchers and corporations profiting from federal animal grazing subsidies.
Duration:00:30:28
Media coverage of the US and Israeli military intervention in Iran
3/6/2026
More than 1,000 civilians, including 181 children under the age of 10, have been killed in the US–Israel war on Iran, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency.
Duration:00:51:52
The US at 250: A Native Perspective with Professor Ned Blackhawk
3/5/2026
On Your Call's new series, Native historians, activists, and elders will share the stories and histories of these lands and the resilience of its first peoples.
Duration:00:52:09
The Authoritarian Playbook: Trump wants $1.5T for deadly interventions
3/4/2026
Trump has launched an assault on Iran with Israel, seized Venezuela’s president in a surprise air raid, said the US will "own" Gaza, and is threatening to takeover Cuba.
Duration:00:51:59
The real reasons for the US-Israeli war on Iran
3/3/2026
According to the Iran human rights group HRANA, at least 740 people have been killed in Iran so far in the ongoing US–Israeli airstrikes.
Duration:00:59:00
"In Sickness and In Health" reimagines the US caregiving crisis
2/26/2026
In her new book, Laura Mauldin argues that we need to reimagine our care systems to ensure those with disabilities and their caregivers don't have to do it all alone.
Duration:00:51:28
The Authoritarian Playbook: The Heritage Foundation’s 250-year roadmap
2/25/2026
Jessica Valenti writes that this plan is "a how-to guide for subjugating girls and women" by pushing them out of college and forcing them into marriage and motherhood.
Duration:00:51:22
Will the Epstein class who enabled abuse ever be held accountable?
2/24/2026
Anand Giridharadas writes that when Epstein needed friends to rehabilitate him, he knew where to turn: a power elite practiced at disregarding pain.
Duration:00:52:05
America's politics of food, from the Trail of Tears to school lunch
2/23/2026
"Ruin Their Crops on the Ground" traces the history of food politics from colonization to the alliance between the federal government and corporate food industries.
Duration:00:52:01