Podcast Episodes

Should Democrats Reframe Climate Change as an Affordability Issue?

Over the holidays, we’re rebroadcasting some of our favorite interviews from 2025.

In November, Governor Gavin Newsom was at the COP30 United Nations…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Who Draws the Lines? A History of Gerrymandering

Over the holidays, we’re rebroadcasting some of our favorite interviews from 2025.

President Donald Trump this summer set off an unusual mid-decade r…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

How Alameda County’s DA Would Handle Federal Troops in Oakland

Over the holidays, we’re rebroadcasting some of our favorite interviews from 2025.

After Alameda County recalled progressive District Attorney Pamela…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

The Political Year in Retrospect

This year in politics, President Donald Trump deployed National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles, Oakland and San Francisco received new mayor…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

How Trump Wields the Presidential Pardon

The pardon power gives U.S. presidents an unusual and extraordinary tool, one that most former presidents have used sparingly and with an eye on pote…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Farmworkers Pursue the American Dream in Fear of ICE Raids

California is home to some of the most productive agricultural land in the country, but it could not operate without the hundreds of thousands of far…

4 months, 4 weeks ago

Democrats Recruit Doctors for Key Congressional Races

With federal health care subsidies set to expire, Democrats are pushing to make next year’s midterm elections a referendum on Republicans’ approach t…

5 months ago

How Trump Uses Taxpayer Dollars as a Political Weapon

President Donald Trump is using National Guard troop deployments to pressure cities and counties into following his conservative agenda. But attorney…

5 months ago

The Future of Housing First in California

The Trump administration is cracking down on street homelessness by directing funding away from permanent supportive housing toward short-term progra…

5 months ago

Candidates for Governor Take the Stage with KQED

In the first meeting since billionaire and climate activist Tom Steyer joined the race, the top candidates for governor of California participated in…

5 months, 1 week ago