Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchIn Search of Home Part 4: Strategies For Building Permanent Homes for the Unhoused
One of the main drivers of homelessness in the Bay Area is simply a lack of affordable housing for people with the very lowest incomes. In Part 4 of …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
When Everyone’s a Critic, Who Should You Trust?
Have you watched a movie review on YouTube or an album takedown on TikTok? Cultural criticism is available for free everywhere which might explain wh…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Trump Ramps Up Military Strikes and Troops Near Venezuela, Amid Questions About Goals and Legality // California Condors Alight in the East Bay After 100 Year Absence
The Pentagon announced Friday that the military is sending an aircraft carrier to South America. It’s the latest in the escalating show of force agai…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
What’s Your Favorite Children’s Book?
There’s the picture book you wanted your parent or caregiver to read to you over and over. There’s the one with musical rhymes you love performing fo…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
You Can Buy a Burrito on Installment. But Should You?
While indulging in online retail therapy, you’ve probably seen an option at checkout to buy now, pay later. Companies like Afterpay, Affirm, and Klar…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
David Brooks on 'Why America Needs a Mass Movement – Now'
The Trump administration’s constant flouting of court orders, its conversion of ICE into a massive paramilitary organization, its extortion of univer…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Fired Federal Immigration Judges Speak Out
The Trump administration has fired dozens of immigration judges in California seemingly without cause and despite growing backlogs of cases. Judges w…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
California Takes On Potent Synthetic Drug 7-OH
Reports are rising of addiction, overdose and death tied to 7-OH, a potent new synthetic drug. The painkiller is a lab-made offshoot of the herbal dr…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
How Intelligence – Both Human and Artificial – Happens
How exactly does the mind work? How do we learn and make decisions? And how does that compare to the way AI thinks? In their new book, “The Emergent …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Rabbi Calls for Boundless Compassion Amid Divides
Rabbi Angela Buchdahl leads the largest synagogue in New York City. But she says she’s never been so afraid to talk about Israel. That’s because she …
4 months, 3 weeks ago