Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMovie “Freaky Tales” Is a Love Letter to 1980s Oakland
“Oakland in ‘87 was hella wild.” So begins the new movie “Freaky Tales,” which establishes its bonafides by having rap legend Too $hort as its narrat…
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How Poetry Serves Civic Life
Three California poet laureates, Fresno’s Joseph Rios, El Cerrito’s Tess Taylor and San Francisco’s former poet laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin, received…
1 year, 1 month ago
To Fold or Fight: Law Firms Weigh Risks of Trump Resistance
Willkie Farr & Gallagher, the law firm that employs former second gentleman Doug Emhoff, is among the latest to cut a deal with the Trump administrat…
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Is ‘The Nerd Reich’ Taking Over the Government?
A group of Silicon Valley billionaires is causing chaos in the federal government by shuttering agencies, firing workers en masse and flouting legal …
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Omar El Akkad’s New Book Critiques American Hypocrisy On the Gaza War
Journalist and writer Omar El Akkad has won acclaim for his novels “American War” and “What Strange Paradise,” and he’s now published his first non-f…
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Immigration Reporter Nick Miroff on Trump’s Mass Deportation Campaign
A Tufts University PhD student from Turkey remains in detention in Louisiana after masked, plainclothes ICE officers arrested her last week, as she w…
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How Countries Fall Into Autocracy
Since taking office, President Trump has taken aim at the constitutional order. By conducting mass firings of civil servants, investigating and prose…
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California Universities Grapple with Trump Threats, Investigations
The Department of Justice announced Thursday it will investigate “illegal DEI” in admissions at UCLA, Berkeley, Stanford and UC Irvine. Meantime, the…
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Oakland Mayor’s Race: Former Congresswoman Barbara Lee on Why Leadership Matters
In a special election on April 15, Oakland voters will choose a candidate to finish the term of recalled mayor Sheng Thao. In the second of our inter…
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Joan Didion and How Hollywood Shaped American Politics
Joan Didion famously chronicled California’s culture and mythology in works like “Slouching Towards Bethlehem” and “The White Album.” And it’s Didion…
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