Podcast Episodes

By The People: A New Presidency and A ‘Window’ of Opportunity for the Iranian Diaspora

It's Inauguration Day in the U.S. The end of the Trump administration, and the beginning of the Biden administration is a monumental moment for the c…

5 years, 5 months ago

Social Media Giants Banned Trump, But They Still Have Lots of Problems

Silicon Valley giants like Facebook, Twitter and Google have long struggled to deal with violent language and misinformation on their platforms.

But a…

5 years, 5 months ago

Why California’s Vaccine Rollout Has Been So Slow

On Monday, California’s COVID-19 death toll reached 30,000. Gov. Gavin Newsom and health officials are relying on mass vaccinations to slow the sprea…

5 years, 5 months ago

By The People: You’ve Protested, Voted, and Donated. Cat Brooks on What’s Next

It takes a lot of work to undo white supremacy. For many who have been committed to this work, it’s a lifetime of protests, campaigning, donating, an…

5 years, 5 months ago

The California Republicans Who Helped Enable Wednesday's Attack on the Capitol

California is a state run by Democrats. But we have elected officials who have either ignored or enabled President Trump through the years — includin…

5 years, 5 months ago

It’s Not Easy to Unionize at Tech Companies. But Google Employees Are Doing It.

This week, 200+ employees at Google announced that they've formed a union. The Alphabet Workers Union, which is supported by Communications Workers o…

5 years, 5 months ago

By The People: Oakland’s Longtime City Clerk On How to Make Use of City Council Meetings

If you want to get involved in local politics, your city council meeting can be a good place to start.

But it can also be a lot. It's where your elect…

5 years, 5 months ago

We Remember Our Favorite Episodes of 2020

This year in news has changed us all in so many ways. And as we wrap up 2020 with our final episode of the year, we thought we'd take some time to re…

5 years, 6 months ago

We're Missing A Lot of Information About the COVID-19 Outbreaks at Foster Farm Plants

In August, a Foster Farms poultry processing plant in Livingston was temporarily shut down because of a a COVID-19 outbreak where at least 392 worker…

5 years, 6 months ago

By The People: The Plight of Farmers in India Hits Home for Thousands in the Bay

This is the fourth episode of By The People, The Bay podcast’s new series highlighting the way democracy shows up in the places around us, and how we…

5 years, 6 months ago