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    CA budget cuts could shut down parent & youth mental health helpline

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2025 8:46


    California's budget could eliminate funding for the Parents Anonymous' California Parent & Youth Helpline, which has helped hundreds of thousands across the state.

    Black women activists discuss how they're resisting Trump's 2nd term

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2025 43:27


    The 19th's Errin Haines writes: The Black women I talk to said they are being strategic about what their resistance looks like now, preparing for a long fight ahead.

    Children with disabilities urge Republicans to oppose Medicaid cuts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2025 21:16


    Last week, children with disabilities and their parents were on Capitol Hill telling Republicans that Medicaid cuts would be devastating.

    Community activists protest SF Mayor Lurie's proposed budget cuts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2025 31:56


    Activists say the budget, which includes $200 million in nonprofit funding cuts over two years, threatens to gut everything from violence prevention to food security.

    What's behind the push for war with Iran?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2025 52:19


    We get the latest on Israel bombing Iran, Iran retaliating, and the Trump administration's announcement that it bombed three nuclear sites in Iran.

    The Age of Deer: Trouble and Kinship with Our Wild Neighbors

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2025 52:07


    In "The Age of Deer," Erika Howsare writes about the relationship between humans and deer, and the questions they raise about the boundaries of the natural world.

    House Republicans vote to eliminate $1.1B in PBS, NPR funds

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2025 52:33


    On June 12, House Republicans voted to eliminate $1.1B in funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The bill now moves to the Senate.

    What policy changes are needed to address the caregiving crisis?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2025 52:25


    More than 45 million people are caring for a loved one with little to no financial help. As the population ages, this crisis is only growing. What solutions are needed?

    What do you want to hear on Your Call?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2025 52:14


    On today's Your Call, we're opening the lines to find out what you want us to cover and discuss during these unprecedented times.

    Upcoming Supreme Court decisions & stopping Trump's authoritarianism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2025 52:08


    We're opening the lines to get your thoughts on this political moment, including the assassinations in Minnesota. We'll also discuss upcoming Supreme Court cases.

    Millions take to the streets to protest Trump's authoritarianism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2025 52:13


    What do you make of this political moment, including this weekend's political assassination in Minnesota, and millions protesting as Trump held his military parade?

    Media coverage of Trump's war on trans people

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2025 20:19


    Adam Rhodes reports that state and federal governments have moved to criminalize trans people, parents of trans children, and healthcare providers.

    A week of ICE raids, protests, and military deployments in Los Angeles

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2025 31:47


    DHS says immigration raids will continue and protests are escalating across the country. Families say they are still searching for loved ones who've been detained.

    Celebrating Pride while fighting Trump's anti-LGBTQ policies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2025 52:17


    Amidst the joy of Pride, we discuss how the Trump administration's policies are hurting LGBTQ+ communities and find out how they are resisting and fighting back.

    The corporate abandonment of Pride

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2025 52:48


    The Trump administration's backlash against LGBTQ identities and communities has led to major corporate sponsors pulling out of Pride celebrations across the country.

    Families search for loved ones rounded up during Trump's ICE raids

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2025 52:17


    On Friday, Trump's ICE raided several Los Angeles locations, including car washes and a garment factory. Family members are still searching for loved ones.

    Hurricane Helene's Deadly Warning & the LA fires recovery efforts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2025 52:10


    We discuss how Hurricane Helene became an ominous warning about America's lack of preparedness and the impacts of Trump's mass federal cuts on wildfire recovery efforts.

    A Greek Tragedy: The Human Cost of the Refugee Crisis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2025 52:05


    In her new book, "A Greek Tragedy," Jeanne Carstensen investigates a deadly 2015 shipwreck off the Greek island of Lesvos, where 80 asylum seekers lost their lives.

    How to reverse and prevent chronic diseases with a healthy diet

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2025 52:17


    An unhealthy diet is the leading risk factor for death in the US, according to research published in the Lancet. Studies show a healthy diet can reverse chronic diseases.

    How the Left Lost the Working Class and How to Win Them Back

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2025 52:12


    Professor Joan Williams is back to continue our discussion about her new book, "Outclassed: How the Left Lost the Working Class and How to Win Them Back."

    Social service advocates slam Governor Newsom's proposed budget cuts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2025 52:05


    Governor Newsom's budget would drastically cut a variety of social programs. Advocates say balancing the budget on the backs of the most vulnerable is a moral failure.

    The overconsumption and health effects of ultra-processed foods

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2025 53:01


    We continue our series on cancer, chronic disease, and prevention by talking about the rise of ultra-processed foods in the US, which is at all-time high.

    Kids Under Fire In Gaza

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 26:12


    A new Al Jazeera/Reveal documentary tells the story of 20 US doctors who have witnessed a systematic pattern of Palestinian children shot by the Israeli military.

    Native tribes sue US government over deaths, abuse at boarding schools

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2025 52:23


    Washington Post reporter Dana Hedgpeth has extensively covered the 523 Indian boarding schools established in the US, where 3,104 students died between 1828 and 1970.

    How are you reflecting five years after the murder of George Floyd?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 52:05


    Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa discuss their Pulitzer Prize winning book, "His Name is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice."

    Biden's aggressive prostate cancer diagnosis, testing & treatment

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 52:23


    Doctors say aggressive forms of prostate cancer are difficult to catch. How can we improve screening protocols to prevent late stage diagnoses and improve survival rates?

    How Big Soda has influenced science and policy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2025 52:07


    "Soda Science" takes us deep inside the secret world of corporate science, where powerful companies and allied academic scientists shape research to meet industry needs.

    Trump's budget calls for deep cuts to Medicaid and food stamps

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 26:42


    The GOP budget bill combines $1 trillion in cuts to federal health and food programs with nearly $4 trillion in tax cuts, which mostly benefit high earners.

    How the US is lobbying foreign governments for Elon Musk's Starlink

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 25:17


    After Musk's rise to power in the US government, the State Department has repeatedly lobbied a West African country into giving business to Musk's satellite company.

    Uncuffed empowers people in prison to tell their own stories

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 52:14


    Uncuffed's Greg Eskridge will discuss his work on the inside and outside. On July 23, 2024, he was released from San Quentin after serving 30 years and 25 days.

    How the Left Lost the Working Class and How to Win Them Back

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 52:19


    In her new book, "Outclassed," Professor Joan Williams says if liberals want to win, they must change the class dynamics driving US politics.

    Trump strips Afghans and Venezuelans of deportation protections

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 51:42


    The same day the Trump administration welcomed a group of white South Africans to the US, they got rid of deportation protections for over 9,000 Afghan refugees.

    The environmental and health impacts of AI data centers

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 52:06


    As of early 2025, the United States had more than 5,000 data centers, according to industry reports, compared to around 1,000 just five years earlier.

    For one Texas county, arresting migrants made big money

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 23:11


    According to a New York Times investigation, Kinney County, Texas, collected some $1.7 million in bail from migrants who were deported. The money was never returned.

    Israeli airstrikes kill hundreds in Gaza as Trump visits Gulf

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 29:05


    At least 143 Palestinians have been killed in a wave of Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip since dawn on Thursday as the death toll passes 53,000.

    The Trump cuts have already 'devastated promising cancer research'

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 52:07


    A report from Senator Bernie Sanders found that Trump officials cut $2.7B in NIH funding in the first three months of 2025, including a 31 percent cut to cancer research.

    Trump budget cuts would shut down suicide hotline for LGBTQ+ youth

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 37:36


    A Trump administration budget proposal would end funding for the 988 Suicide & Crisis line for LGBTQ+ youth in October. The Trevor Project says this line saves lives.

    What will it take to save California's free mental health line?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 14:23


    Without renewed funding from the state, the California Warm Line could be shut down on July 1. Since 2019, it has responded to over 500,000 calls, texts, and chats.

    Native American scholars discuss Trump's second term

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 52:01


    Native American scholars discuss how our history can help us make sense of the current political moment. What can our past tell us about what's to come?

    The US–Ukraine minerals deal & the alarming drop in bird populations

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 52:18


    We discuss the mineral agreement between the US and Ukraine, and find out why bird populations in North America are declining in regions where they were most abundant.

    The human cost of Trump's DOGE cuts & the rise of Trump's crypto firm

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 52:06


    We discuss The DOGE Impact Tracker, a new project from Capital & Main, a The New York Times investigation exposing the Trump family's expanding global crypto business.

    Trump cuts SF International Arts Festival funding midway through shows

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 11:11


    As the celebrated festival was underway, organizers learned that a $20,000 NEA grant would be immediately cancelled. "Trump will not stop us," said director Andrew Wood.

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