"Be Bold America!"

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“Be Bold America!” Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT)

“Your power is already in you. Now that you know, it’s up to you to believe and wield it on behalf of the powerless.” – Bill Wong

Bill Wong, a renowned strategist to a bevy of iconic California politicians, offers readers in his new book “Better to Win” a unique and proven perspective on the craft and power of politics. 

It examines the mindset and machinery involved in the use of power, and the sacrifices, necessary to affect meaningful change for those who don’t (yet) have a voice in the halls of power. 

“Better to Win,” shares impactful skills and strategies for change agents and powerful stories of Asian Americans who played and continue to play an important role at the table where decisions are made. 

Interview Guest:

Bill Wong is an award-winning political strategist who has been included in Capitol Weekly’s Top 100 power list from 2018 to 2021. 

A consummate insider whose formidable political knowledge and influence helped shepherd a historic number of Asian Americans into the halls of power. Bill is also an expert in mobilizing the emergent power of AAPI communities.

Bill served as senior political advisor to Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, chief of staff to California State Assemblymember Judy Chu, chief of staff to California State Senator Hilda Solis, and legislative director to California State Assemblymember Mike Honda. Bill has advised non-profits, labor organizations, and Fortune 100 companies.

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Warren Hern develops a deep and unsettling comparison between metastatic cancer and the expanding footprint of humanity, as we consume and degrade the environment that sustains us. - John W. Terborgh, Duke University

What is Homo Ecophagus? It is a new term meaning, “The man who devours the ecosystem.”

Over the course of its evolution, humans have evolved cultures and adaptations that have now become malignant and that the human species, at the global level, has all the major characteristics of a malignant neoplasm – converting all plant, animal, organic, and inorganic material into human biomass or its adaptive, adjuncts and support systems. 

This process is incompatible with continued survival of the human species and most other species on the planet.

Interview Guest:

Warren M. Hern, MD, MPH, PHD, is a practicing physician in Boulder, Colorado, where he is also on the anthropology faculty at the University of Colorado. He holds a Master of Public Health degree and a PhD in epidemiology. His clinical and epidemiologic research has been published widely in scientific and medical journals, including BioScience and Population Studies. His public advocacy of reproductive rights has appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, CBS’ 60 Minutes, and other prominent venues. He has conducted decades of research in fertility and population trends based in the Peruvian Amazon. Dr. Hern created the new term “Homo Ecophagus” to describe human-kind’s devastation to the planet.

Guest Cohost:

Mike Clancy holds degrees in Oceanography and Meteorology and has worked at the Science Applications International Corporation, the Naval Research Lab, and the U.S. Navy’s Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC) in Monterey. Michael has authored over 100 publications in meteorology, oceanography and information technology, and received over 50 professional awards, including the Navy’s highest civilian award, the Distinguished Civilian Service Award, signed by the Secretary of the Navy.  Mr. Clancy is a frequent lecturer on climate change and currently serves as Chair of the Monterey County Chapter of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby.

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“Be Bold America!” Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT)

The UN report released last month stated that “climate change is speeding toward catastrophe.” And … that, “the pace and scale of what has been done so far and … current plans are insufficient to tackle climate change. We are walking when we should be sprinting.”  Recently, a climate scientist stated, “that every 10th of a degree is worth fighting for.”

INTERVIEW GUEST

Dr. Richard Nolthenious is the Astronomy Program Chair at Cabrillo College and in the past 10 years, you have added climate science to your expertise, and created and began teaching a comprehensive course in Climate Science and its civilization context.  By examining the climate science problem and searching for solutions, you have found it is connected fundamentally to, well, everything. You are also a member of University of California Santa Cruz Earth Futures Institute. In addition, Dr. Nolthenious was a contributing multi-chapter author in Climate Abandoned: We’re on the Endangered Species List.

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“Be Bold America!” Sunday, March 26, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT)

Media shape our sense of who we are, what we value, and our place in the world.

Against the backdrop of pundits and politicians promoting fearful understandings of “fake news,” and the negative impacts of social media. The book, “The Media and Me: A Guide to Critical Media Literacy” empowers readers to become savvy media users, who can analyze claims, see through manipulation, and recognize when political or economic interests drive the media we use.

For this program, we will be interviewing one of ten authors of this timely and imperative book.

Interview Guest:

Dr. Allison Butler is Director of the Media Literacy Certificate Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Communication. Dr. Butler also co-directs the grassroots organization, Mass Media Literacy, where she develops and runs teacher trainings for the inclusion of critical media literacy in K-12 schools. She is the author of numerous articles and books on media literacy, including Educating Media Literacy and Key Scholarship in Media Literacy.

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“Be Bold America!” Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 5:00pm (PST)

In July 2022 the hashtag #ClimateScam suddenly spiked on Twitter, and by December had accrued over 362k mentions (including retweets) from 91k unique users. ~ “Deny, Deceive, Delay, Exposing New Trends in Climate Mis-and Disinformation” at COP27

The climate crisis’ resulting harm to our global biodiversity is one of the world’s most pressing challenges. The complexity of the climate crisis requires global, national, and local actions informed by multidisciplinary research.

The goal of Creative Commons’ multi-year Open Climate Campaign is to promote open access to research that will accelerate progress towards solving the climate crisis and preserving global biodiversity.

If we are going to solve our global challenges, the global knowledge … meaning the research, data, educational resources, and software … must be open and available to all.

Interview Guest:

Dr. Monica Granados has a PhD in ecology from McGill University. While working on her PhD, Monica discovered incentives in academia which promote practices that make knowledge less accessible. Since then, Monica has devoted her career to working in the open science space in pursuit of making knowledge more equitable and accessible. Monica is presently Assistant Director, Open Climate at Creative Commonsworking on the Open Climate Campaign promoting open access of climate and biodiversity research.  Dr. Monica Granados lives in Ottawa, Canada.

Guest CoHost:

Richard Nolthenius, Ph.D. is Astronomy Program Chair at Cabrillo College in Santa Cruz, CA. In the past 10 years, Richard added climate science to his expertise, teaching a comprehensive course in Climate Science and its civilization context. By examining the climate science problem and searching for solutions, he has found its connected fundamentally to, well, everything. In addition, Richard is a contributing chapter author in Climate Abandoned: We’re on the Endangered Species List, a #1 Amazon bestseller.

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“Be Bold America!” Sunday, February 26, 2023 at 5:00pm (PST)

“We are all affecting the world every moment, whether we mean to, or not. Our actions and states of mind matter, because we are so deeply interconnected with one another.” – Ram Dass

You Are the Universe: Ram Dass Maps the Journey, is a beautifully illustrated guidebook that is an accessible perspective on our world through Ram Dass’ eyes. It explores timeless answers for today’s most urgent questions.

Sourced from five decades of recordings, Ram Dass shares his life story and transformative teachings in his own words, with honesty and humor. He offers teens and adults of all ages, life-altering inspiration for understanding universal truths, navigating their unique paths with compassion and awareness, and living a meaningful life.

Interview Guest:

Julie Weinstein’s professional career is devoted to advancing environmental and social justice. She also serves as both a Jewish and Buddhist chaplain in the jails, within the justice movement and for people experiencing loss, grief and trauma. She is a death educator, burial society leader, and artist, and is pursuing ordination as a Rabbinic Pastor. She’s been practicing Ram Dass’ teachings for over two decades, and co-leads community initiatives for the Love Serve Remember Foundation.

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“Be Bold America!” Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 5:00pm (PST)

Kuni can be created anywhere through the determination of one person. ~ Tsuyoshi Sekihara

As we despair about shrinking rural areas and are intimidated by cities growing to a monstrous scale, where are we supposed to go? We are dazzled by image, enslaved by fads, and compelled to buy, buy, buy.

Can we stop buying and start making? Stop viewing and start finding? Stop speaking and start listening? When did these things become so difficult?

Kuni offers a unique model for the revitalization of rural and de-industrialized lands and communities—and shares lessons in citizen-led regeneration for all of us, regardless of where we live.

Interview Guest:

Richard McCarthy is the coauthor, with Tsuyoshi Sekihara, of Kuni: A Japanese Vision and Practice for Urban-Rural Reconnection and is the Founder and former Executive Director of Market Umbrella in New Orleans, and the former Executive Director of Slow Food USA. After studyingpolitical science at the London School of Economics, he returned to put ideas into action. In all his work, two important themes prevail: To facilitate trusting relations between urban and rural communities, and to instigate lasting social change by creating opportunities for behavior change to come first. Ideas follow.

Richard’s work became increasingly global through partnerships with the UN World Summit on Sustainable Development, Project for Public Spaces, and Slow Food. Today, he works with Meatless Monday, Slow Food International, FAO, the World Farmers Markets Coalition, and others to cultivate community through food. He addresses audiences all over the planet, has published chapters in two books, and has produced short films and radio programs. Visit Richard at: ThinkLikePirates.com.

Guest Host:

Christine Barrington has lived on numerous continents and is an avid student of the stories human beings tell to create meaningful lives. She practices as a transformational coach and is dedicated to being of service in uplifting individual brilliance and capacity. She is a talk show host for Talk of the Bay on KSQD 90.7 FM bringing stories of creativity and commitment from local and national personalities as humanity strives to meet this moment of dire transformation on planet earth.

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Note: What does inequality look like today in America? It is 50 trillion dollars moved from the middle class to the 1% since Reagan took office in 1981. It looks like only three billionaires owning as much wealth as the bottom half of America. It looks like one Millennial owning more money than all the other millennials in the country! Inequality is killing us ... literally!

“Inequality Kills Us All”

“Be Bold America!” Sunday, January 29, 2023 at 5:00pm (PST)

The aim is to have a society that treats everyone well – and health will follow.

The complex answer to why the United States does so poorly in health measures has at its base, one pervasive issue: the United States has by far the highest levels of inequality of all the rich countries.  The antidote must start with a broader awareness of the nature of the problem.

Inequality Kills Us All details how living in a society with entrenched hierarchies increases the negative effects of illnesses for everyone. Dr. Bezruchka states that health in the United States is not what should be expected for such a rich country, one that spends a fortune on medical care.

He now looks at the country as the patient in need of treatment.

Interview Guest:

Stephen Bezruchka, M.D., M.P.H. is the author of Inequality Kills Us All and he is an Associate Teaching Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Health Systems & Population Health and of Global Health at the School of Public Health, University of Washington.

Due to decades as an emergency physician and his years of community health experience in Nepal, Dr. Bezruchka discovered that health in the United States is not what should be expected for such a rich country, one that spends a fortune on medical care. To understand why that was true, he obtained a Master of Public Health degree at Johns Hopkins University, where he was exposed to the social and political factors that matter most to advance health.

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“Be Bold America!” Sunday, December 4 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT)

“Natural Consequences” is a collection of 42 environmental essays. These essays variously encourage readers to get out in nature and restore our relationship to the land in order to better recognize the challenges of climate change. Collected into six sections, these personal narratives, explore the threats of fire, drought, development, and fracking.

These essays are thoughtful vignettes and are fascinating historical interpretations that clearly lay out our challenges and they offer local, regional, and global solutions to reduce the natural consequences of our actions.

Interview Guest:

Char Miller is the W.M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis and History at Pomona College. Professor Miller is a publicly, engaged, historian, widely active in efforts to address, environmental issues, and provide historical context to climate change. His is the author of over 15 books.

In addition to his academic work, Miller is active in the leadership programs for the US forest service, as well as building, public awareness of environmental and climate change issues. This has led to his contributions to museum exhibitions, such as California continued at the archery museum in Los Angeles, and numerous op-eds, and commentaries in theWashington Post, Los Angeles Times, and San Francisco Chronicle.

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KSQD 90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT)

So...

that's why I tell you

to keep your eyes wide.

To keep them wide open...

at least on one side.

~ Dr. Seuss

Keep at least one eye open and focused on the climate crisis these next two years!

The House of Representatives most likely will be Republican controlled.

It is sad to say, the Grand Old Party has no interest in writing active policies to address the climate emergency.

How will the midterm election results affect the long-term climate crisis? How will "deny-o-saurs" continue to block progress? Big stakes are involved!

Learn about Green TV - that picks up where the mainstream media leaves off, offering the public compelling science and solutions-based programming in support of environmental sustainability, social justice, and spiritual wisdom - and the actions needed to further these goals.

Interview Guest:

Betsy Rosenberg is an award-winning national broadcast journalist who spent the first half of her career as a reporter and anchor with the CBS Radio News network. On Earth Day, 1997, Betsy launched TrashTalk minutes on KCBS Radio in San Francisco. Betsy has interviewed leading eco-innovators of our time from science, politics, business, tech, activism, and the arts and she is a keen observer, writer, and speaker on how mainstream news outlets cover climate change and other environmental issues. She has also written many articles and contributed to an anthology, edited by Jill Cody, titled Climate Abandoned — We’re on the Endangered List. Betsy is cofounder and Chief Content Creator with GreenTV. Visit: greentv.com to learn more.

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“Be Bold America!” Sunday, November 6, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT)

Will we still have a Democratic Republic on Wednesday, November 9?

This coming election will be a real moment of truth. It has come to this …  you are either for democracy or you are not. One political party embraces democracy and one party has abandoned it. Each offers two very different futures for America.

How did we get to this pivotal moment in history?

What might be the results of the Tuesday, November 8 election?

Join KSQD “Be Bold America!” when we ask John Rothmann, formerly with KGO Radio and long-time political expert, to look into his crystal ball and tell us what he foresees happening on November 8.

Interview Guest:

John F. Rothmann is a long-time radio talk show host and was with KGO 810 since 1996. John also has been involved in many political campaigns on the national, state and local levels. A frequent lecturer on American politics and the presidency, John has spoken at over 150 university campuses throughout the United States, Canada and Israel. Since 2004, John has been a Fromm Institute professor at the University of San Francisco. John has published a wide range of articles on American political history and the Middle East and has coauthored and authored several books. John's passion is his 15,000-volume library, one of the finest private libraries in the country, specializing in American political history and political biography.

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“Be Bold America!” Sunday, October 23, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT)

“It is time for all women to come out of the closet and roar with all their spiritual power … because that is our true sound.” – Acharya Shunya

In light of women in the United States losing rights … and women in Iran fighting for theirs, … we’ll be speaking with Acharya Shunya, author of

“Roar Like a Goddess.”

In “Roar Like a Goddess”, trailblazing Vedic spiritual teacher Acharya Shunya honors her progressive Vedic roots while breaking the shackles of tradition to bring modern-day women an inclusive, feminist spirituality.

Through a revolutionary revision of ancient India’s primary goddess archetypes, Shunya invites us to step into our divine immensity and lead lives of power, abundance, and freedom.

Interview Guest:

Acharya Shunya is a highly-rated motivational speaker, workshop facilitator and retreat leader with 20+ years of experience as a spiritual, wellness, relationship and women's empowerment coach and group facilitator. Shunya works with individuals, groups, and organizations to amplify their authenticity and empower them to become a better version of themselves, utilizing goddess archetypes from her culture as tools for unapologetic living. Shunya lectures on eastern spirituality, psychology and wellness (Ayurveda) and she has been invited to prestigious conferences at universities such as UCLA UCSF, and Stanford.

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“Be Bold America!” Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT)

“A fascinating and compelling case that right-wing politics has subverted our democracy … This book unmasks the politics of fear – the deeper chords touched by campaigns that appeal to the dark side.” – Robert Shrum

Bryant Welch is a clinical psychologist and attorney who has been observing the American mind as it has played out in the political arena for over two decades.

Dr. Welch’s most recent book, “State of Confusion: Political Manipulation and The Assault on the American Mind,” was prescient in its prediction of the current American political climate.

He wrote “State of Confusion” due to his increasing concerns with the growing instability of the American mind, itself, as it struggles under trauma and political manipulation to bear the psychological burdens needed to maintain democracy.

Dr. Welch predicted that the assault from the right would destabilize the ability of citizens to discern right from wrong, honest from dishonest, pushing our democracy into a slide towards dictatorship.

Interview Guest:

Bryant Welch. Ph.D. J.D., is a nationally renowned clinical psychologist and attorney. A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, Dr. Welch received a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of North Carolina and later was a Research Associate Graduate of the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute. He has won advocacy awards from the American Psychological Association, and took a hard stand against their involvement in torture under the Bush Administration. Dr. Welch currently lives and practices clinical psychology in Sausalito, California.

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“The United States of Distraction”

 “Be Bold America!” Sunday, September 25, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT)

"Sorry. It’s a terrible thing to say. But bring it on, Donald. Keep going… It may not be good for America but it’s damn good for CBS." ~  Les Moonves, (at the time) the Executive Chairman and CEO, CBS Network

The United States of Distraction: Media Manipulation in Post-Truth America explains that the role of news media in a free society is to investigate, inform, and provide a crucial check on political power.

But does it?

It’s no secret that the goal of corporate-owned media is to increase the profit of the few, not to empower the many. As a result, people are increasingly immersed in an information system structured to reinforce their social biases and market to their buying preferences. Journalism's essential role has been drastically compromised, and Donald Trump’s repeated claims of “fake news” and framing of the media as an “enemy of the people” have made a bad scenario worse.

"Ever since the few began to control the many, disinformation, fabrications, and distractions having used to shape consent, impose submission, and maintain domination." – Ralph Nader

Interview Guest:

MICKEY HUFF is the director of Project Censored, founded in 1976, and president of the Media Freedom Foundation. Since 2009, he has coedited the Project Censored yearbook, including its most recent volume, State of the Free Press 2022. He is coauthor, with Nolan Higdon, of United States of Distraction: Media Manipulation in Post-Truth America  and Let’s Agree to Disagree: A Critical Thinking Guide to Communication, Conflict Management, and Critical Media Literacy.

In 2019, Mickey was recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California Chapter, for their annual James Madison Freedom of Information, Beverly Kees Educator award.

Mickey continues to co-author articles on media and propaganda for several scholarly journals and news publications. He co-directed Project Censored's latest documentary on fake news and critical media literacy, "United States of Distraction: Fighting the Fake News Invasion."

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“Be Bold America!” Sunday, September 11, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT)

While America is at a crossroads regarding its economic future, many of us don’t fully understand how we got here!  How and why did neoliberalism become so prevalent in the U.S. and why is it time for us to turn our backs to it?

The Hidden History of Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness traces the history of neoliberalism—which applies to a set of capitalistic philosophiesfavoring free trade, financial austerity, and deregulation—up to the present. This book explains how neoliberalism was sold as a cure for wars and the Great Depression. It outlines the impact that it has had on America, looking at different sectors, including healthcare, unemployment, and education.

New York Times bestselling author, Thom Hartmann, highlights how America can go one of two ways: continue going down the road to neoliberal oligarchy, as supported by the GOP, or choose to return to FDR’s Keynesian economics by raising taxes on the rich, reversing free trade, and creating a more pluralistic society.

Interview Guest (picture attached): Thom Hartmann is a progressive nationally and internationally syndicated talk show host. Talkers Magazine named him America’s #1 most important progressive host and the host of one of the top ten talk radio shows in the country every year for more than a decade.

A four-time recipient of the Project Censored Award, Hartmann is also a New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty books, translated into multiple languages. He was born in Michigan and retains strong ties to the Midwest, although he has lived in many regions. He now lives on the Columbia River in Portland, Oregon.

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KSQD 90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, August 28, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT)

“It is universally admitted that a well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people.” ~ James Madison

In states all over the country, classrooms have become culture war battlegrounds. The National Education Association stated that 55% of America's educators are considering leaving the profession (in Texas it is 70%!). Teachers experience less support from parents, must deal with political rhetoric, potential gun violence, diminishing respect and inferior pay.

Watch Florida. It is the canary in the coal mine. As one Florida teacher said of the new state curriculum: “There was this Christian Nationalism philosophy that was just baked into everything that was there.”

School teachers and school boards used to focus on educating children, drafting lesson plans, designing curriculum, working with large classroom sizes and dwindling budgets, and maintaining school classrooms and districts. In addition, they now contend with political ideology, gun violence, religion, book banning, taxpayer funded charter schools, dwindling respect, non-commensurate pay, and their peers quitting the profession and leaving those who stay with more to do.

As one high school teacher said about what is happening: “It is the biggest attack on freedom in a classroom that I have ever seen.”

Interview Guest (picture attached): Dr. Deneen Guss was elected and sworn in as the Monterey County Superintendent of Schools in January 2019 for her first term and will begin her second term of office in January 2023. Dr. Guss is a 35-year veteran educator with a doctorate degree in Educational Leadership.  She has been an administrator for over 25 years, and has received numerous awards for her service in education and her service to the community, including the 2021 Ruth Vreeland Memorial Public Official of the Year award. With a lens on community and equity, Dr. Guss is focused on strengthening community engagement and improving educational outcomes.

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“Be Bold America!” Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT)

“You’ve got to be careful if you don’t know where you’re going ‘cause you might not get there.” – Yogi Berra

For over 50 years Common Cause has served as a vehicle to strengthen public participation and ensure public officials and public institution are accountable and responsive to all citizens … like you! A vibrant democracy demands strong public participation and accountability for those with position power.

Common Cause fights for access to the ballot box and voting rights, fights manipulated gerrymandering and fights for fair district representation, fights for judicial and legislative ethics and accountability (including ALEC!), fights against the influence of money in politics, fights for freedom of the press, advocates for fixing the filibuster, and fights against the right-wing plan to rewrite the US Constitution.

What are they doing in bring California into the 21st Century? They are fighting to increase voting accessibility for all populations, increase voting language accessibility, to hold contractor donations accountable with City Councils and School Boards. In addition, with this upcoming midterm election being the first election after the adoption of California’s Fair Maps Act,  they will analyze the results for recommending improvements to the California State Legislature.

Interview Guest: Pedro Hernandez, J.D. is the Legal and Policy Director for California Common Cause where he helps lead the organization’s statewide policy and legislative work. He currently serves on the state’s Language Accessibility Advisory Committee and is Vice-Chair of the Berkeley City Fair Campaign Practices Commission.

Before joining California Common Cause, Pedro was Senior Policy Coordinator for FairVote, where he developed an education plan and helped implement a proportional representation system as part of the settlement in United States v. Eastpointe. Through his local advocacy work, he helped strengthen San Francisco’s public finance system, and has conducted several voter educational campaigns. He previously worked as an Associate at the Law Office of Robert Rubin where he specialized in claims under the California Voting Rights Act.

Pedro earned his J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Hastings Race & Poverty Law Journal.

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“Be Bold America!” Sunday, July 31, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT)

Women! Did you just wake up and realize that the Supreme Court stole your body?

What was the Constitutional reasoning to overturn Roe v. Wade after nearly 50 years?

What was the Dobbs v. Jackson lawsuit all about? How did the majority of judges use it to allow government forced birth?  What did the concurrence and dissent opinions say?

Justice Clarence Thomas stated that other cases should be revisited. What does THAT mean and did he and other justices mislead the Senate and the public at their confirmation hearings? What is “stare decisis” anyway and how is it used to cause judicial continuity?

Interview Guest: Margaret M. Russell, JD. Professor Russell is an associate Professor of Law and has been on the Santa Clara University School of Law faculty since 1990. Professor Russell is affiliated with the University’s Center for Social Justice & Public Service, the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, and the Center for Multicultural Learning.

She has been honored for her contributions to student life at Santa Clara by the Asian Pacific Law Students Association and the Black Law Students Association. In 1991, she traveled to South Africa with a delegation of legal scholars to provide consultation on constitution-drafting for the post-apartheid transition.

Prior to joining the Santa Clara Law faculty, Professor Russell was a fellow at the public interest firm Public Advocates, Inc., a law firm in San Francisco. She served as the director of Public Interest Programs and as the acting assistant dean of student affairs at Stanford University, and also clerked for the Honorable James E. Doyle of the U.S. District Court in Madison, Wisconsin.

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“Be Bold America!” Sunday, June 19, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT)

“… that the utmost reward of daring should still be to dare.” – Robert Frost

Americans should honor and remember those who failed in pursuit a great goal; in this case, the presidency of the United States. Some handle their defeat on a world stage creatively and some never psychologically recovered after such a loss. Why?

In the Arena: A History of American Presidential Hopefuls profiles 34 American leaders who captured their party’s nomination for the presidency but never reached the Oval Office. Author Peter Shea chronicles the rise, early careers, campaigns, and later achievements of historical giants like Aaron Burr through modern candidates like Hillary Clinton.

Interview Guest: Peter Shea has been a writer, editor, and teacher for over 25 years, and a history geek for far longer. He has written about prominent Irish Americans, educational gaming, and cutting-edge technologies in higher education. Peter is a Director of Professional Development at the community college level. In the Arena marks his return to the subject of public lives in America.

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“Be Bold America!” Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT)

When Willie Sutton was asked why he robbed banks, he responded, “because that’s where the money is.”

During the final days of the Trump Administration, officials at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) launched a dangerous and insidious pilot program known as Medicare Direct Contracting. (This program was recently rebranded as REACH by the Biden Administration.)

Left unchecked, Direct Contracting and REACH would allow profit-hungry middlemen to “manage” the care of up to 30 million traditional Medicare beneficiaries. These middlemen, some of whom have received a huge influx of money from private equity, have every incentive to frustrate patients and deny medically necessary care!

Unless we stop REACH, this program could spell the end of Medicare as a public, nonprofit, social insurance program.

“Medicare was designed as a lifeline for America’s seniors and those with disabilities, NOT a playground for Wall Street investors.”– Dr. Susan Rogers, President, PNHP

Interview Guest:

Dr. Ana Malinow spent decades working as a pediatrician with immigrant, refugee and underserved children in Ohio, Texas, Pennsylvania and California. She is past president of Physicians for a National Health Program, co-founder of Health Care for All Texas, and lead organizer for the National Single Payer. She has authored opinion pieces on how national single payer will improve patient care and bring us closer to social justice. She has been a speaker on healthcare reform and featured on national and international television and radio. She recently retired as Professor of Pediatrics from the University of California in San Francisco.

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KSQD 90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, May 8, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT)

Tidal alludes to water. More importantly, though, it connotes a movement caused by disruptions from below.

Tidal Equality is about expanding equity and inclusion by expanding democratic decision-making. Co CEO’s and Founders, Dr. Kristen Liesch and Anna Dewar Gully work to help organizations reduce and solve for inequities of all kinds. As mothers, they have observed how those inequities differ among mothers from a variety of identities, backgrounds, and lived experiences.

Dr. Liesch and Ms. Gully will share their landmark methodology, the Equity Sequence™, which can help invite equity-seeking individuals from a variety of backgrounds—including mothers and parents—into the design of workplace decisions that work better for all.

Interview Guests:

Dr. Kristen Liesch is co-CEO and co-founder of Tidal Equality. Named a Forbes Diversity & Inclusion Trailblazer, Kristen is a strategist and educator with 15 + years of experience designing transformative curricula, implementing equitable process changes, and capacity-building programs to support the design of more equitable organizations in Canada, the U.S., Europe, and New Zealand.

Anna Dewar Gully is co-CEO and co-founder of Tidal Equality. Anna is an organizational strategist with 15 + years of experience designing enterprise-wide strategy, advising boards and leading on governance, spearheading transformation initiatives, and building greater equality in large systems and organizations in Canada, the U.S., Europe, and the UK.

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“Be Bold America!” Sunday, April 24, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT)

The impacts of climate change have become dire.

Rising temperatures, volatile weather, and poor air quality affect our physical and mental health in dangerous new ways. From increasing the risk of infectious disease to amplifying emotional stress and anxiety—even the healthiest among us are at risk. Bonnie Schneider has tracked environmentally-linked physiological impacts throughout her career as a TV journalist, meteorologist, and the founder of Weather & Wellness©—a platform that explores the connection between weather, climate change, and health. In her new book, Taking the Heat, Schneider provides crucial advice from science experts and medical professionals to help you:

•  Cope with the mental anguish of “eco-anxiety” and other climate change fears for our planet’s future, particularly expressed by millennials and Gen-Z

•  Identify health hazards caused by extreme heat and air pollution that disproportionally affect low-income and minority communities

•  Uncover the science behind longer and stronger allergy seasons and learn new ways to reduce your risk of adverse allergic reactions

•  Detect the increased threat of dangerous pathogens lurking in unexpected places and why we may face future pandemics

•  Understand how seasonal fluctuations of sunlight, heat, and humidity can not only factor into feelings of depression and anxiety but also can trigger flare-ups for certain auto-immune diseases

•  Discover how meditation and mindfulness practices can ease the psychological stress that often occurs in the aftermath of devastating natural disasters

•  Explore how the Earth’s rising temperatures may rob you of restorative sleep and impair mental sharpness

•  Learn why increased levels of CO2 in the atmosphere may reduce the availability of what you choose to eat; learn sustainable solutions—from food to fitness. And more!

Interview Guest:

Bonnie Schneider is a national television meteorologist and Peabody Award-winning journalist based in New York City who appears on MSNBC/NBC News and Yahoo! Finance. She created a platform Weather and Wellness, successfully launching its original video content focusing on climate change and health for the New York Newsday’s digital site. She connects with her fans and answers their weather questions through Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Bonnie has provided on-camera insight and expertise on everything from hurricanes to snowstorms for CNN, HLN, Bloomberg TV, and the Weather Channel.

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“Be Bold America!” Sunday, April 10, 2022 at 5:00pm (PT)

“Once upon a time, there was an average American family living in an average American town. After the family moved to a new state, the father left his carpool and began a long solo commute to work. And gradually, he began to change. He looked the same. He dressed the same. But something was very different. But this isn’t a story about just one man. It’s the story of a media phenomenon that changed a father … and divided the nation.” - Jen Senko

Join KSQD90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, April 10 at 5:00pm (PT) to hear the award-winning documentary filmmaker and author, Jen Senko, discuss her book:  The Brainwashing of My Dad: How the Rise of the Right-Wing Media Changed a Father and Divided Our Nation … And How We Can Fight Back.

Jen Senko, in her new book, uncovers the alarming right-wing strategy to wield the media as a weapon against our very democracy. Ms. Senko’s story shows us how Fox News and other ultraconservative media outlets are reshaping the way millions of Americans view the world and encourages us to fight back. Jen pulls back the curtain on how this media served as the most powerful tool for Libertarian billionaires to get ordinary Americans to vote against their own interests and to gain one-party rule.

Interview Guest:

Jen Senko: is an award-winning documentary filmmaker based in New York City. Her documentaries focus on socio-political themes with the intent of inspiring discussion and fomenting change. Senko’s 2016 documentary, narrated by Matthew Modine, The Brainwashing of My Dad, tracks the pernicious, addictive and disturbing rise of right-wing media. This widely acclaimed project has most recently won the prestigious “2021 Webby People’s Voice Award: Public Service & Activism” award. Jen’s work focuses on socio-political themes with the intent of inspiring activism and fomenting change.

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“Be Bold America!” Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 5:00pm (PT)

Authoritarianism is antithetical to democracy. The January 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol, the invasion of Ukraine, and the militarizing of police in many of our cities are living examples of authoritarianism in action. Are there any similarities between them?

Our two interview guests, Dr. William Benet, creator of the Polarities of Democracy theory, and Dr, Joseph McMillan, former President of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, say: “Yes!” They say, residents often feel as though the police are an occupying force rather than helpful servants of the people in those communities. Join us to talk about challenging police officers to change their minds. Our two expert guests will discuss how Polarities of Democracycan be applied through the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement (NOBLE)

Interview Guest:

Dr. Joseph McMillian is a Fellow with the Institute of Polarities of Democracy, a Contributing Faculty member in the Walden University School of Criminal Justice, a Past National President for the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the Police Executive Research Foundation, and the American Society of Criminology.

Dr. McMillan received a BA in Criminal Justice, from Wilmington College, a MA in Criminal Justice with an emphasis on Crime in Commerce from George Washington University, a MS in Strategic Intelligence from the National Defense Intelligence College, and his PhD. in Criminal Justice from Walden University.  Dr. McMillan is also a graduate of the Air War College non-resident program and the Federal Executive Institute.

Dr. William Benet is an activist, educator, and researcher who developed the Polarities of Democracy theory through his doctoral and post-doctoral research at the University of Toronto. He has over 50 years’ experience in politics and social justice activism. He served in the US Army from 1965 to 1968, followed by 28 years in the Monroe County Legislature in Rochester, New York, including five years as Majority Leader.

Dr. Benet currently holds academic appointments as a Dissertation Committee Chair with Walden University’s School of Public Policy and Administration, and an Associate Researcher with the University of Toronto’s Adult Education and Community Development Program. He serves as Vice-President and Senior Fellow for the Institute for Polarities of Democracy.

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KSQD 90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, March 13, 2022 at 5:00pm (PT)

Most Americans are worried about how companies, like Facebook, invade their privacy and harvest their data, but that many people don’t fully understand the details of how their information is being adapted and misused.

Progressive radio host and author, Thom Hartmann will tell us how Big Brother invents “whiteness” to keep power, how the surveillance industry is booming, how democracy requires trust and how authoritarianism requires fear, along with many other privacy topics. He uses extensive, vivid examples to highlight the consequences of Big Data on all aspects of our lives.

Interview Guest:

Thom Hartmann is a progressive national and internationally syndicated talk show host. Talkersmagazine named him America's most important progressive host and has named his show one of the top ten talk radio shows in the country every year for over a decade. A four-time recipient of the Project Censored Award, Hartmann is also a New York Times bestselling author of nearly 30 books, translated into multiple languages.

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“Be Bold America!” Sunday, February 27, 2022 at 5:00pm (PT)

Is there a larger problem than Donald Trump’s “Big Lie?”

David Pepper’s “Laboratories of Autocracy” shows that far more than the high-profile antics of D.C. politicians like Marjorie Taylor Green or Jim Jordan that there is an even bigger challenge to American Democracy.

It is the anonymous, often corrupt politicians in statehouse across the country who pose the greatest dangers to American Democracy. But, David Pepper doesn’t stop there. He lays out a robust pro-democracy agenda outlining how everyone from elected officials to everyday citizens can fight back.

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“The Life of William Grimes: The Runaway Slave” KSQD 90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, February 13, 2022 at 5:00pm (PT)

“Let anyone suppose himself a husband and father, possessed of a house, home, and livelihood: a stranger enters that house; before his children, and in fair daylight, puts the chain on his leg, where it remains till the last cent of his property buys from avarice and cruelty, the remnant of a life, whose best years have been spent in misery! Let anyone imagine this, and think what I have felt.” - William Grimes Litchfield, October 1, 1824

Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave is the first fugitive slave narrative in American history. Because Mr. Grimes wrote and published his narrative on his own, without deference to white editors, publishers, or sponsors, his Life has an immediacy, candor, and no-holds-barred realism unparalleled in the famous antebellum slave narratives of the period.

On this show you will hear from his direct ancestor, Regina E. Mason and her story of her 15-year path to authenticate her ancestor’s story and the intense personal sacrifices that made editing and publishing a new edition, “Life of William Grimes, The Runaway Slave,” possible and its subsequent documentary.

In making the film, “Gina’s Journey: The Search for William Grimes,” Director and Producer, Sean Durant, sought to convey not only Mason’s long road to uncover her past, but also the unimaginable conditions that faced William Grimes as he struggled to free himself from slavery. The documentary is captivating, inspiring, unforgettable, and historically significant as it dramatizes two powerful stories: the heart wrenching travails of William Grimes and Regina E. Mason who discovers long-hidden truths about her forebear’s lives.

Interview Guest:

Regina E. Mason is an international Speaker, Author, Film Producer, and Storyteller, who believes in the extraordinary will of the human spirit. She has spent 15 years researching the life of her great-great-great-grandfather, William Grimes who penned his life story in 1825 at a time when African American autobiography was rare.

She has shared her story on college and university campuses across the nation and in the United Kingdom. Her story has been featured on RTE Radio in Ireland and on C-Span2 Book TV and on NPR’s Fresh Air with host Terry Gross. She is the recipient of several awards including the celebrated AMISTAD "MAKE US FREE" award by the state of Connecticut’s Amistad Committee. A retiree from the University of California at Berkeley, Regina resides in Oakland with her family.

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"Be Bold America!" Sunday, December 5, 2021 at 5:00pm (PT)

Every day we are drifting farther to the political right as a minority of the country uses brute force to undermine the basic tenets of our democracy.

This perspective is to win at all costs, as though we live in a zero-sum universe, rather than finding a balance on common ground when polar opposite perspectives exist.

It is a win at all costs mentality. Polarities of Democracy theory takes opposing perspectives in which one side wins and the other loses, and reframes them to create win-win for both perspectives.

The both-perspectives discussion is void in many states today with open carry laws. If we are unable to settle our differences through discourse, we are very likely heading to a second civil war. There are many planning it now.

Interview Guest:

William Benet, PhD is an activist, educator, and researcher who developed the Polarities of Democracy theory.  He has over 50 years’ experience in politics and social justice activism. He served 28 years in the Monroe County Legislature in Rochester, New York, including five years as Majority Leader.

Dr. Benet currently holds academic appointments as a Dissertation Committee Chair with Walden University’s School of Public Policy and Administration, and an Associate Researcher with the University of Toronto’s Adult Education and Community Development Program. He also serves as Vice-President and Senior Fellow for the Institute for Polarities of Democracy.

Dr. Benet’s work is now being used around the world by those seeking to make the promise of democracy a reality for all people.

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Note: Two days before the show, President Biden appointed two new members to the Post Office's Board of Governors but, as Porter McConnell points out, Louis DeJoy could still remain as Postmaster General.

“Be Bold America!” Sunday, November 21 2021 at 5:00pm (PT)

This is not what Ben Franklin had in mind. First Class mail is now moving more slowly than the 1970s.  Post Master General, Louis DeJoy, launched his slow down plan on October 1. Less planes; more ground transportation.

Yet, DeJoy raised postal rates for his slower service and, maybe not too surprisingly, is unapologetic about his attempts to undermine the Post Office.

If that wasn’t enough, the FBI is even investigating Mr. DeJoy in connection with past (alleged) political fundraising to the Trump campaign.

Interview Guest:

Porter McConnell is the cofounder of “Save The Post Office Coalition” and she is the campaign director for Take on Wall Street. She previously ran the Financial Transparency Coalition, a global network of civil society, governments, and experts working to stop illicit financial flows out of developing countries. Porter has a Master’s in Public Policy from the University of Michigan and a B.A. from Williams College. She has contributed policy analysis to media outlets including Vox, National Public Radio, MarketWatch, The Guardian, American Banker, Reuters AlertNet, Daily Nation Kenya, EU Observer, and Fusion TV.

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“The Decarbonization Imperative”

KSQD 90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday,

October 10, 2021 at 5:00pm

“Climate change is a challenge of our lifetimes. If we fail to act, and act soon, we risk leaving our children a world in which humanity’s ability to flourish will be severely tested." – Michael Lenox & Rebecca Duff

Time is of the essence. Climate change looms as a malignant force that will reshape our economy and society for generations to come. If we’re going to avoid the worst effects of climate change, we’re going to need to effectively “decarbonize” the global economy by 2050!

This doesn’t mean a modest, or even a drastic, improvement in fuel-efficient standards for automobiles. It means 100% of the cars on the road being powered by non-carbon emitting powertrains. It means 100% of our global electricity needs being met by renewables and other non-carbon-admitting sources such as nuclear power. It means electrifying the global industry sector and replacing carbon intensive chemical processes with green alternatives.

With regards to existent business practices and products, how much and what kind of transformation can be achieved? Michael Lenox asserts that markets are critical to achieving the needed change. He and his co-author, Rebecca Duff, conclude with an analysis of policy interventions and strategies that could move us toward clean tech and decarbonization by 2050. Hear author Michael Lenox detail these policy interventions and strategies on “Be Bold America!”

Interview Guest:

Michael Lenox is the Tayloe Murphy Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean and Chief Strategy Officer at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business and co-author of The Decarbonization Imperative and Can Business Save the Earth? His work has been cited by the New York Times, the Financial Times, and the Economist. He has been recognized as a Faculty Pioneer by the Aspen Institute, as the top strategy professor under 40 by the Strategic Management Society, and one of the top 40 business professors under 40 by Poets & Quants.

Guest Cohost:

Dr. Richard Nolthenius is Astronomy Program Chair at Cabrillo College in Santa Cruz, CA. Dr. Nolthenius began his career in Mathematics, moved to Aerospace Thermodynamics in private industry, then to Applied Physics at Stanford University, and then to his boyhood love of Astronomy at UCLA, and beyond. In the past 10 years, he’s added climate science to his expertise, teaching a comprehensive course – Astro 7 - in Climate Science and its civilization context.  But examining the climate science problem and searching for solutions, he has found it connected fundamentally to everything – from physics and evolutionary biology, to psychology, to economics and politics, to the thermodynamics of complex dynamical systems, and even the “strange attractors” of Chaos Theory. Solutions are not going to come from techno-wizardry, nor from politicians on the horizon today, nor from anyone mired in our current paradigms. He is a multiple chapter author in the award-winning anthology, “Climate Abandoned: We’re on the Endangered Species List.”

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“The Hidden History of American Healthcare: Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich”

KSQD 90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday,

September 26, 2021 at 5:00pm

"The simple fact is that, were it not for slavery, white supremacy, and the legacy of 'scientific racism,' America would have had a national, single-payer healthcare system in 1915 ... ." - Thom Hartmann

In this upcoming interview, Thom Hartmann offers a deep dive into the shameful history of American healthcare, showing how greed, racism, and oligarchic corruption led to the current “sickness for profit” system. Modern attempts to create some kind of government healthcare have been hobbled at every turn – including Obama care, which Hartmann regards is basically a sellout to the health insurance industry.

There is a simple solution: Medicare for all. Thom Hartmann will describe the extraordinary benefits it would provide the American people and economy and the steps we need to take to make it a reality.

It is time for America to join every industrialized country in the world and make healthcare a right, not a privilege.

Interview Guest:

Thom Hartmann is a progressive national and internationally syndicated talk show host. Talkersmagazine named him America's most important progressive host and has named his show one of the top ten talk radio shows in the country every year for over a decade. A four-time recipient of the Project Censored Award, Hartmann is also a New York Times bestselling author of twenty-six books, translated into multiple languages.

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“Be Bold America!”

Sunday, September 12, 2021 at 5:00pm (PT)

KSQD 90.7FM ~ "Many voices. One station” ksqd.org/be-bold-america

"You can observe a lot by watching." -Yogi Berra

You have been watching, but have you been observing?

If you have been observing and taking it all in, then you realize that our democracy is taking its last breaths. For over four decades, Republicans have been intentionally "drowning government in a bathtub." In the last several years, the Republican Party has been succeeding in destroying governmental institutions, such as closing all three pandemic offices just before a worldwide pandemic swept the country and the world.

The moment has arrived. Will enough of us fight back, in every way we can, or will our democratic republic die kicking and screaming in the tub water?

One bizarre, upside-down, undemocratic danger to our democracy is that it is governed by a minority, not by a majority of "We the People." And, that minority just happens to hate democracy. Democracy gets in the way of maximizing their power and profits.

Our interview guest, Mark Karlin, will share the current "buzz" on who the minority is, how they rule, and what ideology the authoritarians want to foist on the rest of us. We'll be asking him what listeners can Keep doing, Stop doing, and Start doing to fight for our democracy!

Interview Guest:

Mark Karlin is the founder, editor, and publisher of BuzzFlash.com. Over 20 years ago, BuzzFlash was among the first reader-powered progressive sites on the Internet. It aggressively exposes the undermining of democracy and the ongoing peril of the Trump administration. Mark Karlin holds a Bachelor's Degree in English, cum laude, from Yale University and a Master's Degree in English from the University of Illinois. He resides in the Midwest, which provides him with a political perspective from outside the Washington, DC, bubble.

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KSQD 90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday,

August 29, 2021 at 5:00pm

(Funny and delightful!)

The Shariah-based system of laws and ethics would never have survived for a millennium had it not been equitable. Since the early 1990s, at least twenty-three Muslim-majority countries have become more democratic. Why isn’t the Taliban doing the same in Afghanistan?

Sumbal Ali-Karamali will be returning to “Be Bold America!” to discuss and explain her views regarding the fall of Afghanistan and the rise of Taliban rule. The Taliban say they are establishing an Islamic State. Will it really be an Islamic State? Will the Taliban be adhering to Islamic laws and ethics written in the Quran? Or, are they making up laws to serve their own purposes?

In addition, Sumbul will define Islamophobia and the Islamophobia industry.

Interview Guest:

Sumbul Ali-Karamali is the author of Demystifying Shariah: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It’s Not Taking Over Our Country. She is an award-winning author and popular speaker whose books, articles, blogs, and speaking events are her way of promoting intercultural understanding in the world. Sumbul grew up in Southern California, answering questions about Islam and Muslims. With her degree in English (from Stanford University), her law degree (from the University of California at Davis), and her additional law degree in Islamic law (from the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies), she left the world of corporate law to start writing books to answer those very questions. For more information, please visit https://the muslimnextdoor.com

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“Be Bold America!” Sunday, June 20, 2021 at 5:00pm

“The real threat to our future is Biden and the well-heeled powerful forces who want us to lose sight of what made America great in the first place. It’s not our diversity. It’s our freedom.” - Laura Ingraham - Fox News

What is freedom, really? It is when someone says, "It's my freedom to not get vaccinated"?  Is it when, in the view of Laura Ingraham, that well-heeled forces are trying to get her to lose sight of what made America great in the first place?

What did make America great in the first place? If it isn't our diversity that is adopted in our country's motto, e pluribus unum (out of many, one), then what is it? Who are these "well-heeled" forces anyway and are there no "well-healed" powerful forces threatening our future from the alt-right?

Victor Frankl, psychiatrist and Nazi concentration camp survivor said that his concentration camp guards had more liberty than he, but that he had more freedom than his captors. What did he mean by this?

Have we lost the definition of freedom? Have we manipulated it to support our selfishness and/ or our political beliefs?

Interview Guest:

Thomas J. Main is a Professor at the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs of Baruch College, CUNY. He is author of The Rise of Illiberalism (Brookings, forthcoming Fall 2021), The Rise of the Alt-Right, (Brookings 2018) and Homelessness in New York City: Policymaking from Koch to de Blasio (NYU Press 2016).  His research interests are: liberal democracy and its challenges, bureaucracy and public administration, urban politics, homelessness, and the American Constitution and founding. Prof. Main holds a Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton University, a two-year MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and a BA from the University of Chicago. He is currently writing

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“My husband and I felt we were going to have a heart attack.” – Allison Guevara

As a special Mothers Day program, we’ll be speaking with Allison Guevara who is a wife and a mother of three. She’ll be sharing with us her intense, traumatic and stressful pandemic year where both she and her husband felt they were going to have a heart attack. Allison will talk about dealing with the pressures of facing the ups-and-downs and zigzags of the pandemic while seeing to the education of their children from 2 to 11years old. Both of them worked while, at the same time, dealt with foot surgery and Allison’s father being in and out of the hospital. All of these struggles were overlaid with feeling the emotions of the radicalized violence in our country. Mothers (and fathers too)? Does this sound familiar?

Interview Guest:

Allison Guevara is a Social Impact Consultant and mother of 3 children, ages 11, 8, and 2. She co-founded and currently leads the “Live Oak Cradle to Career Initiative” and the “Central Coast Early Childhood Advocacy Network.” Allison grew up in Minnesota and has lived in Santa Cruz with her husband, J. (Jay) since 2004.

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This is a game changer. Many people still believe that the transition to a green economy will involve high costs and fewer choices, but we are finding that the opposite can be the case.

Our first guest, Joseph Majkut, will discuss what that unexciting word, “infrastructure,” will really be leading to more exciting action and projects throughout the United States in President Biden’s infrastructure bill. He will talk about specific examples such as electricity transmission, resilient infrastructure, and EVs. As the President said, “This is no time to build back to the way things were. This is the moment to reimagine and rebuild a new economy.”

Our second guest joining the discussion will be David Richardson, who will talk about his PhD dissertation research that focuses on attitude formation and persuasive messaging, specifically relating to attitudes about public policy issues. His dissertation uses psychological distancing and construal level (a way a person understands the world or particular situation) as a lens for examining how we can improve environmental attitudes to increase support for policies designed to overcome the climate crisis.

Interview Guest Bios:

Joseph Majkut is director of climate policy at the Niskanen Center, where his group works to better characterize the risks of climate change and promote market-based climate solutions. He is an expert in climate science, climate policy, and risk and uncertainty analysis for decision making. Majkut is frequently cited by the top climate trade publications and is also routinely featured in outlets including: the Washington Post, the New York Times, Bloomberg, Axios, The Atlantic, and Vice News. Majkut has also testified before Congress on climate and scientific research.

Before joining the Niskanen Center, he worked on climate change policy in Congress as a congressional science fellow, supported by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He holds a PhD from Princeton University in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Harvey Mudd College.

David Richardson is dedicated to promoting positive social change through effective, research-based communication. In dual roles as the Senior Manager for Webinars and Digital Events at Walden University and the owner and chief consultant of Richardson Applied Research, David fosters interdisciplinary collaboration to raise awareness of important public policy issues and drive meaningful conversations about those topics.

This astonishing interview of New Zealander, Pete Bethune was produced by KSQD90.7FM

Capt. Pete Bethune, has been run over by Japanese whalers, shot at by illegal gold miners, knifed in the chest while following the illegal pet trade, and most recently nearly died after being bitten by south America’s deadliest snake. It is safe to say that Capt. Bethune is the Indiana Jones for saving endangered species worldwide.

From serving months in a maximum-security prison for fighting Japanese whalers to saving endangered red monkeys from poachers in the Amazon to his K9 tracking program in the jungles of Costa Rica, Pete Bethune’s KSQD 90.7FM “Be Bold America! interview will move and inspire you.

Pete Bethune takes conservation to the extreme. As the founder of Earthrace (earthrace.net), Pete is a world record holder, circling the globe four times on his powerboat, Earthrace. His missions have seen him shot at, incarcerated in Libya and Japan and held under armed guard in a Guatemalan Military camp. As the producer of his show ‘The Operatives’, Pete runs a team of former special forces operatives to combat wildlife poaching, smuggling and illegal fishing in Africa, Asia, and Central America. He also works closely with government enforcement units, training them in coastal surveillance and hostile vessel takedown. At the heart of it all, Pete is a ship captain with a dangerous environmental mission.

Capt. Bethune TEDxAuckland Talk was one of the most emotional speeches where by Pete argues that we can all lead extraordinary and meaningful lives, but the key is to find and stand for a cause you truly believe in – that is worth dying for:

https://www.ted.com/talks/pete_bethune_find_a_cause_worth_dying_for

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Fox News spent more than twice as much time discussing Dr. Seuss being “canceled” as covering major news on vaccine distribution and the FBI Director’s testimony on the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Media Matter's determined that The Fox News Network covered Dr. Seuss and the “cancel culture” for 1 hour and 9 minutes, more than twice the time it spent covering FBI Director Wray’s testimony of 22 minutes, and the vaccine distribution news of 26 minutes.

Not only did the Wray hearing get scant coverage (the network didn't air any of it live), but nearly half of the discussion about it was from prime-time host Laura Ingraham, who used the time to argue that “Congress relies on the smear that America is teeming with racists” and criticized Wray for devoting resources to white supremacist extremism. Even though Director Wray stated at the hearing, “the vast majority" of racially motivated violent extremism is “what you would call white supremacist violence."

Interview Guest:

Parker Molloy is an editor at large with Media Matters, where she has worked since September 2018. She has a bachelor’s degree in arts, entertainment, and media management from Columbia College Chicago. She is the author of numerous articles including "Fox News' Dr. Seuss obsession, by the numbers."

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“We the people must oversee what our overseers have been overlooking.” — Swami Beyondananda

Now that the most toxic election of our lifetime seems to be resolved, let us congratulate ourselves on making the better of two binary choices, to take our country back from self-serving lies, divisive meanness, and autocratic rule. We have excised the malignancy, and now we must deal with the chronic heart disease that allowed the opportunistic infection to take hold.

We now face the even more challenging task of taking our country forward. This cannot be done by one political party, or even a faction of a political party. It requires cultivating a “sane and sacred center” that reflects the virtues and values that the 90% of us who aren’t sociopaths hold dear and have been unable to assert because of the toxic divisiveness that has characterized our “bi-polar” political system.

Fortunately, we have the ways and means to turn the ideal into the real deal, if we intentionally use the next four years as a transition period from oligarchic rule to self-governance.

Interview Guest:

Wiki Politiki host Steve Bhaerman is a writer, author, and humorist, who’s spent the past 30 years writing and performing in the guise of cosmic comic Swami Beyondananda.  Swami’s comedy has been described both as “comedy disguised as wisdom” and “wisdom disguised as comedy.”  Noted author Marianne Williamson has called Steve / Swami “the Mark Twain of our times.” Prior to launching his career as the Swami, Steve was an educator, author and publisher.  He started an alternative high school in Washington, D.C.

A political science major (and no, he never did get to dissect a politician in poly sci lab), Steve has always been a “political solutionary” looking to apply what he learned about holistic health to “the body politic.”  In 2009, he co-authored a book with cellular biologist Bruce H. Lipton, Spontaneous Evolution:  Our Positive Future and a Way to Get There From Here (Hay House), where the chapter “Re-Discovering America” looks at the spiritual and Native American influences in the founding of the United States, and the chapter “Healing the Body Politic” highlights promising solutions for the present and future.

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(Podcast fact correction: 59% (not 49%) of Democrats view Republicans as the “political opposition.”)

We have a crisis in politics that can’t be ignored. And! We have a crisis in acceptable character and principle-centered living that can’t be ignored either. How could Dr.Pettis Perry will be joining Jill Cody, to talk about politics, social justice, and how the individual could live a more meaningful and principle-centered political and personal life.

74M people voted for Trump in 2020 AND that number includes 1M more than in 2016. Really? Why? Why … from him throwing skittles at the German Prime Minister Angela Merkel, at a world summit meeting, to caging and kidnapping children from their parents? And, from nearly 500,000 COVID deaths from a plague that entered this country that he couldn’t be bothered with to numerous sexual assault charges?  Why is it that these voters cannot see this unprincipled, character-less, and corrupt president for who he is?

This is someone who you wouldn’t tolerate in your family, as a friend, or in your workplace, unless you don’t know any better.  Would you want skittles thrown in your face? Or let you die from neglect? I don’t think so. Then why is it ok for the country?

Pettis Perry, Ed.D. joins the show as cohost for the first time to discuss these issues with Jill and guest Jeffery Slough, a teacher, singer/songwriter and performer. He uses music and powerful storytelling to entertain, educate and motivate from the stage to the classroom.

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At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time,
or die by suicide. —Abraham Lincoln, Lyceum Address, 1838

Thom Hartmann, the most popular progressive radio host in America and New York Times bestselling author will be visiting KSQD “Be Bold America!” to talk about his latest book in his Hidden History series, The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class.

Billionaire oligarchs want to own our republic and they are nearly there thanks to legislation and Supreme Court decisions that they have essentially bought. They put Trump and his political allies into office and support a vast network of think tanks, publications, and social media that everyday pushes our nation closer and closer to police-state tyranny. With the increasing right-wing control of the media, unlimited campaign contributions, and a conservative takeover of the judicial system, we are at a crisis point.

Thom will also share his views on the January 6 attack on the Capitol and what role the oligarchy played over the years that led to an insurrection against democracy.

Interview Guest:

Thom Hartmann is a progressive national and internationally syndicated talk show host. Talkersmagazine named him America's most important progressive host and has named his show one of the top ten talk radio shows in the country every year for over a decade. A four-time recipient of the Project Censored Award, Hartmann is also a New York Times bestselling author of twenty-six books, translated into multiple languages.

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“Like someone dying of thirst in the desert, conservatives drank heavily from the Fox waters.” - Bruce Bartlett, 2015

There is a difference between news and propaganda. We have hauntingly witnessed the rot in American politics with the angry insurrection on democracy’s Capital.  Fox News has played an intentional role in creating mass anger in America because, simply, it sells. It is Fox News’ product. As a veteran Fox News producer said, “Ratings are the only thing that matter.” Trump torched the anger, but Fox News sprayed it with gasoline first.

Arthur West is returning to “Be Bold America!” to discuss Fox News’ role in the attack by an angry mob on our Capital and to also give us an update on WASHLITE’s lawsuit against Fox News.

Interview Guests:

Arthur West is chair of the non-profit, The Washington League for Increased Transparency and Ethics (WASHLITE). WASHLITE claims that Fox News and other defendants “willfully and maliciously engaged in a campaign of deception and omission regarding the danger of the international proliferation of the novel Coronavirus. For the last 25 years Mr. West has lived in Olympia Washington, and has litigated numerous cases against large organizations, including Intel, Weyerhaeuser, the Ports of Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia, and the State Associations of Counties and Cities. From 2011-2012 West collaborated with Fairfax County on a successful NEPA campaign to challenge and force amendments to the Bush Administration's 2 Billion Dollar Hot Lanes Project. He has over a dozen published opinions in open government and environmental law.

Ryan Sarnataro studied Psychology and Economics from Syracuse University and attended Jungian grad school in Berkeley. He possesses a deep interest in in the psychology of why disinformation is so successful.

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“Be Bold America!” Sunday, November 8, 2020 at 5:00p

Many have been talking about a "coup" and "civil insurrection" in the streets, no matter how the election turns out? Have you ever wondered how and why countries fall into civil war?  Or why we think the United States is immune to this process?  Hear why the U.S. is neither unique nor the first country in the world to fall victim to the consequences of capitalist globalization.

Interview Guest:

More than 25 years ago, Dr. Ronnie Lipschutz studied and wrote about cultural conflict and the potential for civil violence in America. He taught politics for 30 years at UCSC and retired this past July and now is Professor Emeritus of Politics.  Today, Dr. Lipschutz is Co-director of the Sustainable Systems Research Foundation in Santa Cruz.

Our democracy is teetering and on Election Day listen for periodic election coverage, great guests, joyful music, and inspiring ideas. From 3-6 pm, Jill Cody of "Be Bold America!", Katherine Bell of the Dream Journal, and Christine Barrington from Talk of the Bay  will reduce your stress level as we watch, together, the struggle for America’s soul.

Clips: 

Randy Rainbow: The Good Old Days 

Goo Goo Syndrome by Paul Weyrich (1980)

Morgan Freeman reads John Lewis' Last Words

Interview guests:

Pettis Perry, Ph.D. discussing an African-American Experience

Ronnie Lipschutz, Ph.D discussing  "Is a Second Civil War in Our Future?"

Randi Reid, discussing the LGBTQ perspective

Kristen Collishaw, discussing the Republican perspective

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“Be Bold America!” Sunday October 25, 2020 at 5:00pm

October is the 15th Anniversary of LGBT History Month. The LGBT community is the only community worldwide that is not taught its history at home, in public schools or in religious institutions. LGBT History Month provides role models, builds community and makes the civil rights statement about their extraordinary national and international contributions.

Michelangelo is one of those extraordinary contributors to the LGBTQ community and to all of us with his sharp and astute political analysis of our times. He will share with us contributions of LGBTQ community icons in honor of history month and, also, provide some hard-hitting commentary of what may lay ahead for all of us, politically, now that we’re facing a more that contentious presidential election, a nail-biting Senatorial race, and a new out-of-the main stream justice on the Supreme Court.

Interview Guests:

Michelangelo Signorile is a journalist, author, blogger (The Signorile Report), and radio host. His radio program, The Michelangelo Signorile Show on Sirius XM Radio is aired each weekday across the United States, Canada and globally online.

Michelangelo was editor-at-large for HuffPost from 2011-2019. He is a political liberal and covers a wide variety of political and cultural issues. Michelangelo is noted for his various books and articles on gay and lesbian politics, and is an outspoken supporter of gay rights. In August 2011, Michelangelo was inducted into the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association LGBT Journalist Hall of fame.

Adam Spickler was elected to the Cabrillo College Board of Trustees in 2018 to represent roughly 27,000 residents in Santa Cruz County and, Adam, is the first openly transgender MAN to hold elected office, at any level, in the state of California. In addition to serving as a Cabrillo Trustee, Adam is a Senior Analyst for the County of Santa Cruz Human Services Department and prior to working for the County, Adam spent seven years as senior district staff for two state lawmakers—CA State Senator Bill Monning and former CA State Assembly member and Secretary of Natural Resources John Laird.

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The presidential election is bearing down upon us. When considering their choices, voters must consider accountability for an elected official’s personal and professional actions first rather than ideology or political party. In a democracy, it is up to the citizens to hold the politicians’ feet to the fire. They chose to run for office. Was their choice based on service or self-service?

Social media is a force to be reckoned with. Even more so as this presidential election is rife with emotions and false-narratives. When you make your choice for whom to vote for have you taken a firm stand on the issues you’re most concern about?

Accountability also means that citizens deserve open government, but how can that be accomplished? Would those you have chosen to vote for be willing to consider legislation that would require them to:

(1) Wear cameras and microphones for recording all public-business conversations,

(2) Publish all written public-business communications sent out or received-and-read,

(3) Appear every 14 days on television across the table from a citizen chosen by lottery (or the citizen’s proxy spokesperson) for a 30-minute conversation, and

(4) Archive all of the above daily on the internet?

Interview Guests:

Ed Frey, JD, has practiced law since the late 60s beginning in San Francisco. He moved to Santa Cruz in 1984 and has been representing the poor and near-poor ever since. Ed is a Santa Cruz community activist and ran for Congress and District Attorney each twice.

Mark Karlin is the founder, editor and publisher of BuzzFlash.com, which celebrated its 20th anniversary this past May. BuzzFlash was among the first reader-powered progressive sites on the Internet. It aggressively exposes the undermining of democracy and the ongoing peril of the Trump administration.

Mark holds a Bachelor's Degree in English, cum laude, from Yale University and a Master's Degree in English from the University of Illinois. He resides in the Midwest, which provides him with a political perspective from outside the Washington, DC, bubble.

A Democrat and Republican Talk #2: The Polarization Industry and Our Lens to the World 

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Tune in to “Be Bold America!” Sunday, August 30, 2020 at 5:00pm

“You can observe a lot by watching” – Yogi Berra

What you believe becomes reality. But, is that reality, real? Our minds pick up what’s familiar and comfortable but maybe not what’s true. In fact, we observe the world by not “watching,” but through filters. These filters are what make sense to us, but the filter from which we “observe” might have been created with polarization strategies. Strategies developed by those who want you to see the world their way, not as it might actually be. The polarization industry is a money-making enterprise and doesn’t care if the message received is real or not.

This Talk #2 between a Democrat and a Republican will be moderated by Andrew Hanauer, President and CEO of the One America Movement. Andrew will relate how we observe the world through our own lens and the strategies used to polarize America. In addition, Republican Kristen Collishaw and Democrat Jill Cody will discuss issues such as their conventions, mail-in ballots, and why they each chose to join their political party.

Interview Guests:

Kristen Collishaw is the Chair of the Santa Cruz County Republican Party and has lived in Santa Cruz County for 18 years where she and her husband raised three children.  She was brought up in a household where politics and local issues were often discussed, and differing opinions encouraged and respected. Knowing that understanding both sides of an issue were important for a successful country, kept the conversations lively and interesting.  A strong belief in America and all the opportunities that are part of this country have led her to be a lifelong conservative.

Andrew Hanauer is the President and CEO of the One America Movement, an organization founded by faith and community leaders to address divisiveness in American society. Under Andrew’s leadership, One America has launched projects that bring Americans together across religious, racial, and political divides to address race relations, opioids, poverty and homelessness and many other issues through One America chapters across the country.

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 “Be Bold America!” Sunday, August 16, 2020 at 5:00pm

Starting to feel nervous or overwhelmed?  Let’s fix that.  Forget duty and patriotism for a moment.

Ignore those who have used harsh words such as apathetic, ignorant, lazy or who have accused you of shirking yourpatriotic duty.  Take a cleansing breath, put your hand on your heart and listen – This is your country. You deserve to feel comfy in it.  Once you understand more about basic civics, citizenship and communication you can involve yourself in your own way on your own terms.

Whether you choose to vote or not, you deserve to feel comfy in your country. If you have an interest in voting, but can’t take the politics of it all, you will enjoy this interview.

Interview Guest:

Speaker Lisa Ann Fontana is the author of Me, The People.  She didn’t cast her first vote for anything until she turned 35 years old.  She tried to buy a book to teach her about politics or government so she could vote with confidence, but the bookstore shelves were lined with negativity, and all of them played the blame game.  Instead, she researched it herself until she became the expert, and now she shares her expertise with the other 92 million people who might be looking for it too.  Using her background as a professional actor, Lisa Ann created the character Citizen Cupcakes and designed ‘Welcome Parties’ to help current non-voters get Comfy In Their Country.  Her focus is on putting democracy back where it belongs – In the hands of you and Me, The People.

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“Be Bold America!” Sunday, July 19, 2020 at 5:00pm

“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” – Abraham Lincoln

Are we destroying ourselves? Our democratic republic is not sustainable when one American is demonized against another. There are powerful political, religious, corporate, and ideological forces that increase their money and power from the conflict, and it is not the average citizen.

This show will be the first of several discussions between a life-long Republican and a life-long Democrat that both share at least one paramount viewpoint, which is that our democracy will not survive if we don’t stop tearing ourselves apart from the inside-out. We are embroiled in multiple crises that demand all of us, no matter what political party, to solve. Our goal is to model how two people, with different points of view, might be able to bridge the political divide to reimagine unity.

These discussions will be moderated by Andrew Hanauer, President and CEO of the One America Movement (oneamericamovement.org), who will guide these discussions to ensure they are productive, build trust, and find common ground. He will also explain the neuroscience behind why Americans are divided.

Interview Guests:

Kristen Collishaw is the Chair of the Santa Cruz County Republican Party and has lived in Santa Cruz County for 18 years where she and her husband raised three children.  She was brought up in a household where politics and local issues were often discussed, and differing opinions encouraged and respected. Knowing that understanding both sides of an issue were important for a successful country, kept the conversations lively and interesting.  A strong belief in America and all the opportunities that are part of this country have led her to be a lifelong conservative.

Andrew Hanauer is the President and CEO of the One America Movement, an organization founded by faith and community leaders to address divisiveness in American society. Under Andrew’s leadership, One America has launched projects that bring Americans together across religious, racial, and political divides to address race relations, opioids, poverty and homelessness and many other issues through One America chapters across the country.

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“Crushing Democracy: From the Pandemic to the Protests”

“Be Bold America!” Sunday, July 5, 2020 at 5:00pm

Democracy stands at a critical crossroads. Is the Trump presidency taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic and protests for racial justice, to increase executive branch power? Is the November presidential election in peril given the skirmish over mail-in ballots, the uncurbed pandemic, and Donald Trump’s ego and fear of accountability?

In addition, Donald Trump and Mike Pence are attempting to gaslight the public in believing that the coronavirus will "disappear like magic." Is it disappearing? In reality, its toll is starting to rise again and because of this, the European Union is considering banning flights from America to Europe starting July 1. Although most Americans regard the current situation with profound concern, is Donald Trump creating chaos as a cover for advancing his autocratic goals?

Interview Guest:

Mark Karlin is the founder, editor and publisher of BuzzFlash.com, that celebrated its 20th anniversary last May. BuzzFlash was among the first reader-powered progressive sites on the Internet. It aggressively exposes the undermining of democracy and the ongoing peril of the Trump administration. Mark has had an eagle-eye view of democracy’s erosion over the past two decades.

Mark holds a Bachelor's Degree in English, cum laude, from Yale University and a Master's Degree in English from the University of Illinois. He resides in the Midwest, which provides him with a political perspective from outside the Washington, DC, bubble.

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“Be Bold America!” Sunday, June 21, 2020 at 5:00pm

What we have been seeing on our streets as protesters or on our television screens, have shown us a dystopian America. We have seen for ourselves a society that is undesirable and frightening. In the past weeks, we have watched the actualization of a world where the state of our society produces great injustice and suffering for large segments of our population.

What is “Collective Trauma?” How does it manifest in combat, mass shootings, and from visions of police in riot gear using military force against Americans? This interview will discuss four types of aftereffects and treatment options on mental models, life scripts and interrupting the reflexive loop.

How does “Collective Trauma” impact our response to the pandemic? How did “Collective Trauma” affect the rise of white supremacy and privilege? How can understanding “Collective Trauma” assist us in reuniting America and save our democracy?

Interview Guests:

Pettis Perry, Ph.D. is a full-time faculty member at Walden University where he teaches a variety of leadership and management courses in the Master of Science in Leadership and Master of Science in Management degree programs. He provides technical assistance and training to an array of schools, government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and small and large businesses. In response to students describing their personal traumas and in response to the trauma produced by the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Perry produced webinars titled Creating a Meaningful Life in the Aftermath of Trauma and Beyond Posttraumatic Growth and Selfcare in Times of Crisis: Living in a Topsy-Turvy World.

Michael Gatson, Ph.D. is an Army veteran, author, professor, and expert in military social work and psychology with issues related to military mental health. He currently serves as the Director of a Mental Health Clinic in the VA Maryland Healthcare System. Dr. Gatson has a B.S. degree in Psychology from Northwestern, MSW from Grambling State University, and a Ph.D. in Psychology from Walden University. He has published in several professional journals and has a new children's book entitled “Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep.”

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“Suing Fox News - The case: WASHLITE v. Fox Corporation No. 20-2-07428-4, King County, California”

The Washington League for Increased Transparency and Ethics (WASHLITE) claims that Fox News and other defendants “willfully and maliciously engaged in a campaign of deception and omission regarding the danger of the international proliferation of the novel Coronavirus.” The core of the group’s argument is that certain Fox News segments downplayed the danger the virus posed and therefore allowed the virus to spread in a less checked manner than might otherwise have occurred and is suing Fox News under the consumer-protection law. WASHLITE wants the court to order the network to stop making false statements about the virus.

Fox News was faced last week with a judge who was skeptical of its claim that the US Constitution’s First Amendment bars lawsuits alleging that a hose on the network downplayed the danger by calling it a “hoax.” WASHLITE states that cable networks aren’t afforded the same First Amendment protections as print media. The Fox News attorney states that the network is protected by the First Amendment and that the lawsuit is “absurd and unconstitutional.”

WASLITE’s claim also took exception to Fox News referring to itself as a “news” broadcast.

Interview Guest:

Arthur West grew up in Madison Wisconsin in the 1960s. Since then he has lived in Japan, Germany, Ethiopia, Santa Cruz and Escondido. For the last 25 years he has lived in Olympia Washington, and has litigated numerous cases against large organizations, including Intel, Weyerhaeuser, the Ports of Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia, and the State Associations of Counties and Cities. West is currently litigating a records case with Tacoma over records of their Stingray equipment, and an OPMA case with Seattle over their clandestine decision to withdrawal the EHO Tax. From 2011-2012 West collaborated with Fairfax County on a successful NEPA campaign to challenge and force amendments to the Bush Administration's 2 Billion Dollar Hot Lanes Project. He has over a dozen published opinions in open government and environmental law.

“The Pandemic and Democracy”

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Democracy is being challenged by a pandemic.

The Covid-19 pandemic challenges not only physicians, public health agencies, scientists and ordinary people, but also democracy.  Never before has the US had to confront a virus that generated government behavioral edicts and required elected officials to have to interpret the unknown behavior of a disease-causing pathogen, the Corona Virus -19. News, information and recommendations now become known quickly with social media reaching the entire country overnight.

In past epidemics, the behavior of the causative agent or pathogen was known sufficiently for physicians to give generally agreed upon advice, even though often that advice was incorrect or had little or no effect on the disease.  This time, with nothing known about this new virus, a quarantine was imposed by state governors and these decisions had an enormous impact on peoples’ daily lives. The public was asked or required to stay home and not go to school or work.  The impact was quickly enormous economically hastening the stock market to crash and 20-million people were out of work. Public animosity towards the quarantine decisions and the shutdown of peoples’ lives has grown and became a political issue.

With scientists looking for a successful treatment or drug and with pharmaceutical companies all over the world searching for a vaccine to prevent the disease, there is now international involvement.  Policy issues arose in this country and across the world.  In the US there is a generally recognized divide between political parties that, until well into the pandemic, paralyzed the legislative process and provoked great confusion regarding what was the scientific basis used to implement or not implement the best scientific and medical advice.  This political divide undermined public confidence in their elected leaders and made them suspicious of all medical and leadership directives or did it?

Interview Guest :

Peter Levin, ScD, is the former Dean of the School of Public Health for the State University of New York (SUNY) and the founding Dean of the College of Public Health, South Florida, Tampa. He was Dean and professor of Hospital Administration in the College of Public Health at Oklahoma University and was Assistant Professor of Yale’s Department of Epidemiology and Public Health.

In addition, Dr. Levin was the Health Policy Counsel for Senator Connie Mack, Republican-FL. and Associate Commissioner of Health for Program Analysis and Planning at New York City’s Department of Health. More locally, Dr. Levin was Associate Vice President for Medical Affairs, at Stanford University Medical Center and Executive Director of Stanford University Hospital. Dr. Levin’s recognition and awards are numerous and his experience and credentials are extensive since his years of education at Yale, Harvard, and Johns Hopkins Universities.

Currently, Dr. Peter Levin is a Public Health Consultant residing in Carmel, CA and, to add one more item of note, he was a Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Democracy at Queens University, Canada.

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For all of human evolution, we’ve been rewarded by Nature for maximizing our growth.  That reward - the very brain chemistry that has programmed us - is now propelling us towards calamity. Climate change, political fascism, pandemics, exponential increases in denialism, fake news and lies of all kinds…. Are these symptoms of an evolutionary mistake? As we hit the finite limits of the only living planet in the known universe, and the only one which can ever hope to sustain humanity – what are the unacknowledged constrictions which bind our choices and which frustrate our attempts to use old habits born of evolutionary adaptations, to deal with a fundamentally new world?

In this show, we will explore what are the limits to our choices imposed by physical reality, by biological reality and how these impacts the individual and the emergent civilization he or she has made. We’ll then explore how the future might evolve…  and how it most likely will, evolve.

Interview Guest:

Dr. Richard Nolthenius is Astronomy Program Chair at Cabrillo College in Santa Cruz, CA. Dr. Nolthenius began his career in Mathematics, moved to Aerospace Thermodynamics in private industry, then to Applied Physics at Stanford University, and then to his boyhood love of Astronomy at UCLA, and beyond. In the past 10 years, he’s added climate science to his expertise, teaching a comprehensive course – Astro 7 - in Climate Science and its civilization context.  But examining the climate science problem and searching for solutions, he has found it connected fundamentally to everything – from physics and evolutionary biology, to psychology, to economics and politics, to the thermodynamics of complex dynamical systems, and even the “strange attractors” of Chaos Theory. Solutions are not going to come from techno-wizardry, nor from politicians on the horizon today, nor from anyone mired in our current paradigms.

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The Constitution is being strenuously tested. How is our Constitution being adhered to or challenged today? Or, is it just a quaint piece of paper as former AG Roberto Gonzales once stated? What are the impacts of the hostility between the president and a few Supreme Court judges who, like himself, are supposed to function as impartial judges and enforcers of the Constitution?  Like the president himself, many executive roles have been manipulated to gain political advantage and powers expanded or contracted accordingly, but these certain governmental functions were intended to be above the fray.

Also, as the President recently stated is he really the Chief Law Enforcement Officer of America? Are free speech rights under attack, or being abused?

Interview Guests:

Michelle (Mickey) Welsh, J.D., is a professor of Constitutional Law and Employment Law at Monterey College of Law with a legal expertise in employment, education and civil rights. She is a previous chair of the Northern California American Civil Liberties Union board of directors and has been an active member in the Monterey County chapter for 40 years.  Currently, Mickey chairs their Legal Committee. In addition, Mickey is past chair of the Monterey County Women Lawyers Association and has served on numerous organization board of directors in Monterey County.

Mike Rotkin is a former five-time mayor of the City of Santa Cruz and served six terms on the Santa Cruz City Council between 1979 and 2010. Mike retired after teaching 42 years in the Community Studies Dept. at UCSC, where he served as Director of the Field Studies Program. Mike was on the board of directors on the Santa Cruz chapter of the ACLU for several decades. And currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Coastal Watershed Council and the Democratic Women’s Club of Santa Cruz County.

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How will the Electoral College be made irrelevant? The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. It already has been enacted into law in 16 jurisdictions with 196 votes. The bill will go into effect when enacted by states with an additional 74 electoral votes. The bill is close! How will they be secured?

Also, what is Swing Left Santa Cruz doing to focus on the 12 “Super States” that could flip the White House, the Senate and roll back Republican gerrymandering? They organized countless actions towards flipping the House in 2018 and flipped 7 seats in California. How will the Santa Cruz chapter build on its 2018 success?

Interview Guests :

Scott Drexel, representing the National Popular Vote, is a longtime advisor to some of the country’s most active donors, activists, and business leaders. He serves on finance committees for several national democratic committees, and has been active in the campaigns of numerous candidates. He has worked in over 30 states on behalf of National Popular Vote. Scoot lives in Tiburon, CA with his wife and daughter.

Rene’ Bloch, representing Swing Left Santa Cruz, organized the Santa Cruz chapter after the 2016 presidential election and has experience significant success in just three short years. They organized 100 people to canvass in Congressional District 10 and organized 35 people to register voters in Arizona. Plans for the 2020 election are in full swing … to the Left! Rene’

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Listen to why Bottom-Up thinking is one of the most positive disruptive forces in the world. Bottom-Up is a way of life and a n impactful way of doing business. The Bottom-Up Revolution, picks up where Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point left off. This new, hopeful paradigm shift is well on the way to changing the world, and you can ride the wave and help make it happen. Bottom-Up thinking builds and accesses power --political, personal, community, organizational— that was not available in the top-down world, before the bottom-up revolution. The Bottom-Up uprising, which includes debillionarizing the world, will bring economic balance and take America back from the precipice of narcissistic idiocracy our democracy is struggling with.

Interview Guest:

Rob Kall, robkall.com, is an award-winning journalist, inventor, software architect, connector and visionary. He is the author of The Bottom-Up Revolution: Mastering the Emerging World of Connectivity. Articles by and about him have been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, CNN, ABC, the HuffPost, Success, Discover, and other media. He hosts some of the world’s smartest, most interesting, and powerful people on his “Bottom Up Radio Show” heard on Pacific stations. Rob founded and publishes one of the top Google-ranked progressive news and opinion sites, OpEdNews.com, where he writes extensively on the challenges facing democracy today.

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In a recent nationwide poll, 71% of the general public agreed that witnesses should be required to testify at Donald Trump’s senate impeachment trial. That is, until some learned their political tribe leaders stood against it. Those in the Republican political tribe realized their faction wasn’t supporting witness testimony and, thus, they couldn’t either. Predictively, support for witnesses being called to testify at the senate trial declined to a little over 50%, with Republicans having withdrawn their approval.  Common sense would lean towards hearing from witnesses and gathering as much facts and information as possible for a trial, but once the tribe leaders had spoken, common sense flew out the window. Why can’t we admit when the “other side” has a good idea? How do we live with hypocrisy and bias? What is naïve realism?

Interview Guest:

Daniel Stalder, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. He’s received awards for his teaching and research. His recent book is The Power of Context: How to Manage Our Bias and Improve Our Understanding of Others. Dr. Stalder has written articles about political tribalism, hypocrisy, bias, and individual differences, and he has also been interviewed and consulted by outlets such as The Atlantic, The Verge, and NPR.

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Gen Z.  Who are they and what do they think of American democracy?

Tune in for a very special discussion on the role this coming-of-age generation plays in the preservation of democracy. What does a democratic republic and a two-party system mean to them? What methods are they thinking about to encourage political discussion in productive and non-inflammatory ways. How is this even possible with the deep tribalism that has taken hold in America? How to they respond to a politicians' lack of accountability and dishonesty and what are their ideas to combat it? Also find out Gen Z’s views are on impeachment, immigration, and social media.

Interview Guests:

Zoe Garderet is completing her senior year at Carmel High School, CA. She is interested in studying Psychology and Law in college. With her involvement on her school’s Mock Trial team, Zoe has become fascinated by the world of politics and law, learning the flaws of both systems in the hopes of one day fixing them.

Jordi Faxon is a senior at Carmel High School, CA who lives with his parents, twin brother, and 3 dogs in Carmel Valley. He is a jazz pianist with the Monterey Jazz Festival, and he is interested in studying Philosophy and Literature. His call to democracy comes from following the Catalan independence movement, as it represents his mother’s heritage, of the Catalan people.

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“Fredrickson exposes the powerful, wealthy string-pullers manipulating American politics with dark money, fake science, front groups, and—increasingly—amenable judges. Knowledge is power, and her book will help empower us to reclaim our country.” — Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, author of "Captured: The Corporate Infiltration of American Democracy"

What gave the Right the winning hand was not unethical or anti-democratic content, but the fact that they had grabbed control of the rule book.

In elections, the Left needs to put as much or more energy into the composition of the electorate as into the campaign platform – while the Right has tried to limit the number of voters, the Left needs to expand the pool and make it easier to vote.  Redistricting and election administration, court rules and administrative procedures, all of these must rise to the top of the progressive agenda.  We can be ruthless about gaining power and changing the rules of the game while remaining true to our values of democracy, equality, and justice.

Interview Guests:

Caroline Fredrickson is the author of The Democracy’s Fix. Caroline was President of the American Constitution Society (ACS) from 2009-2019 and now is President Emerita. During her tenure, Caroline helped grow the ACS that now has lawyer chapters across the country, student chapters in nearly every law school in the United States, and thousands of members throughout the nation. Caroline has published works on many legal and constitutional issues and is a frequent guest on television and radio, including noteworthy appearances on “All in with Chris Hayes” on MSNBC in 2018 discussing the Russia investigation.

Mike Rotkin is a former five-time mayor of the City of Santa Cruz and served six terms on the Santa Cruz City Council between 1979 and 2010. Mike retired after teaching 42 years in the Community Studies Dept. at UCSC, where he served as Director of the Field Studies Program, supervising student interns working on social and environmental issues in Santa Cruz and around the globe. Mike currently does part-time organizing and grievance work for the University Council of the American Federation of Teachers. He has been recalled to teach part-time at UCSC and serves on the Board of Directors of the Coastal Watershed Council and the Democratic Women’s Club of Santa Cruz County.

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What does it do to democracy when the President of the United States uses political sound-bites to capture the country’s attention such as “coup” and “civil war?”

In our overwhelming news-culture, a short clip of speech that typifies a lengthier concept is increasingly employed by politicians to summarize their positions and/or label opponents and ideas whether true or not. In the past few years, this strategy has been increasingly exploited. With the current impeachment inquiry and the upcoming presidential election, the war of sound-bites will become deafening.

In the political uproar, the truth might not win out over the shortest and most clever sound-bite. The American attention span is very short. There are no truth-in-advertising laws for political ads and political ads employ short narratives to convince listeners of agendas that may not be to their benefit. Yet, we have the tools to become well-informed. We have minds that can hold competing thoughts in our heads until we do our research. Then, why do so many people fall for the bumper sticker sound-bite?

Interview Guest:

Carl Petersen has been a political activist and has run for elected office. He is a father of five with two on the autism spectrum, and is a special education advocate. He is an extensive writer whose articles have been published in OpEdNews (“Losing the Sound-Bite War”), K-12 News Network (“Education for Sale”), and Medium (“Universal Acceptance”).

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Our democracy is in danger and Protect Democracy (protectdemocracy.org) is watching and indexing the threats not seen in generations. In partnership with the “Authoritarian Warning Survey”, they currently rank the threat level as: “Substantial Erosion.” What does this mean and how do we fight the significant threats to our already teetering democracy?

Protect Democracy has identified six threats to our ability to save our American democracy: Politicizing Independent Institutions, Spreading Disinformation, Executive Power Grabs, Quashing Dissent, Delegitimizing Communities, and Corrupting Elections. Please join in by listening to Ben Berwick, Counsel for Protect Democracy, and Mike Rotkin, five-time Mayor of the City of Santa Cruz, as they discuss more fully what these threats are and how we may fight to save the Republic.

Interview Guests:

Ben Berwick, Counsel, Before joining Protect Democracy, Ben worked for 6.5 years in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) – spending most of the time as a Trial Attorney with the Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch. In that capacity, Ben defended against challenges to federal statutes and actions of the Executive Branch. He litigated cases involving a variety of statutes and agencies, including as the lead attorney in cases challenging the Department of Education’s and DOJ’s interpretation of Title IX as prohibiting discrimination against transgender students.

Mike Rotkin is a former five-time mayor of the City of Santa Cruz and served six terms on the Santa Cruz City Council between 1979 and 2010. Mike retired after teaching 42 years in the Community Studies Dept. at UCSC, where he served as Director of the Field Studies Program, supervising student interns working on social and environmental issues in Santa Cruz and around the globe. Mike currently does part-time organizing and grievance work for the University Council of the American Federation of Teachers. He has been recalled to teach part-time at UCSC and serves on the Board of Directors of the Coastal Watershed Council and the Democratic Women’s Club of Santa Cruz County.

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Our democracy is in danger and Protect Democracy (protectdemocracy.org) is watching and indexing the threats not seen in generations. In partnership with the “Authoritarian Warning Survey”, they currently rank the threat level as: “Substantial Erosion.” What does this mean and how do we fight the significant threats to our already teetering democracy?

Protect Democracy has identified six threats to our ability to save our American democracy: Politicizing Independent Institutions, Spreading Disinformation, Executive Power Grabs, Quashing Dissent, Delegitimizing Communities, and Corrupting Elections. Please join in by listening to Paulina Montañez-Montes from Protect Democracy, and Mike Rotkin, five-time Mayor of the City of Santa Cruz, as they discuss more fully what thesProtect Democracy Media Releasee threats are and how we can fight to save the Republic.

Interview Guests:

Paulina Montañez-Montes has spent nearly a decade serving as an advisor and operative in both local and federal government and for political campaigns. Before joining Protect Democracy, she was Senior Digital Strategist at a boutique digital firm where she led fundraising email programs for a number of high-profile Congressional races critical to flipping the House in 2018. She has also served the Obama administration in Secretary Penny Pritzker’s office at the U.S. Department of Commerce and on the Advance Travel Team for the Office of the Vice President Joe Biden, ensuring the seamless execution of trips or engagements in the U.S. and abroad. Paulina earned her master’s degree from the George Washington University's Graduate School of Political Management.

Mike Rotkin is a former five-time mayor of the City of Santa Cruz and served six terms on the Santa Cruz City Council between 1979 and 2010. Mike retired after teaching 42 years in the Community Studies Dept. at UCSC, where he served as Director of the Field Studies Program, supervising student interns working on social and environmental issues in Santa Cruz and around the globe. Mike currently does part-time organizing and grievance work for the University Council of the American Federation of Teachers. He has been recalled to teach part-time at UCSC and serves on the Board of Directors of the Coastal Watershed Council and the Democratic Women’s Club of Santa Cruz County.

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More than ever, America needs an “upwising.” What exactly does that mean? The Swami Beyondananda (aka Steve Bhearman) will tell us along with how heart-opening humor and politics work.

As the Swami heralds: “Despite what we hear and see on the news, we have a deeply UNITED body politic in America.  Whether people identify as progressive, conservative, independent or ‘other’, the vast majority of Americans believe our current pay-to-play political system doesn’t represent them.”

In addition, the Swami will be joined by Santa Cruz’s very own political comedian, Richard Stockton. Richard is a relative of the only signer of the Declaration of Independence who was captured and tortured by the British. He was also named Richard Stockton and was sent by New Jersey to vote for independence. Hear his story. Listen to Steve Bhearman and Richard Stockton for their expert and often humorous views on the state of our democracy.

Interview Guests:

Steve Bhearman is a writer, author, and humorist, who’s spent the past 30 years writing and performing in the guise of cosmic comic Swami Beyondananda.  Swami’s comedy has been described both as “comedy disguised as wisdom” and “wisdom disguised as comedy.”  Noted author and current Presidential candidate Marianne Williamson, has called Steve/Swami “the Mark Twain of our times.” (wikipolitiki.com)

Richard Stockton is a stand-up comic who has appeared on dozens of national TV shows, performed as a sketch comedy player on Live From LA on BET, headlined A List comedy clubs from coast to coast– Improv, Punchline, Comedy Underground, Comedy Works, and more. His first book, “Fondle The Fear,” is now in its third printing. He, also, will soon be bringing back Planet Cruz Comedy a live comedy/variety show. (richardstockton.com)

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A serious void exists in the public discourse relating to the issues that directly and/or disproportionately impact the African-American community. Dr. Wilmer Leon discusses issues such as the prison industrial complex, environmental racism, school vouchers, health care, crime policy, economic globalization, American domestic and foreign policy from as much of a non-biased and academically accurate perspective as possible.  Dr. Leon’s perspective and lectures are grounded in the history of the African American community and the radical tradition of African American scholarship.

Interview Guests:

Dr. Wilmer Leon, is a Political Scientist whose expertise is in the areas of Black Politics, America Government, and Public Policy. Dr. Leon is a nationally broadcast radio talk show host on SiriusXM of “Inside the Issues with Wilmer Leon.” He is a regular contributor to TruthOut.org, The Root.com, Politics In Color.com, BlackStar News.com, Black Agenda Report, and over 200 newspapers and other web sites across the country. His latest book is "Politics Another Perspective: Commentary and Analysis on Race, War, Ethics, and the American Political Landscape.

Akin Babatola, is a Molecular Biologist and, since 2002, the Laboratory and Environmental Compliance Manager for the City of Santa Cruz. He is a life time member in the NAACP and is a member of the 100 Black Men Inc, Silicon Valley Chapter. He is frequently published in professional environmental water quality science publications. Akin has a commitment to dialectical thinking to his world view which he hopes is transparent in his science and politics and consistently in his social and professional affiliations.

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The return of the strongman. Principles of democratic rule are being challenged, and authoritarian leadership styles are gaining greater attention even in America, the greatest democracy the world has ever known. Strongmen rule over some of the most populous and powerful nations on earth such as China, Russia, Egypt, Turkey, Hungary and even America. The American republic could die and is considered by many to no longer be one. In 2015, President Jimmy Carter stated: “We've become, now, an oligarchy instead of a democracy.”

Listen to Dr. Ruth Ben-Ghiat and Dr. Ronnie Lipschutz to hear their expert views on authoritarianism, fascism, the state of our democracy, and what we can expect next.

Interview Guests:

Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University, is an award-winning author and political commentator on fascism, authoritarian leadership, and propaganda, offering historically informed analyses of current events in regular columns for CNN.com, the Washington Post, and on radio, podcasts, and television. She is the author of the award-winning book, Italian Fascism’s Empire Cinema, and several others (ruthbenghiat.com).

Dr. Ronnie Lipschutz is a Politics Dept. professor at UCSC and is the author of two books on politics and popular culture—Cold War Fantasies: Film, Fiction and Foreign Policy and Political Economy, Capitalism and Popular Culture—and a number of articles along the same lines—and an aficionado of science fiction films and novels.

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How did we get into this mess -  having dark, unaccountable money silently funding our democracy?

What is the most difficult and rigorous process in a democracy? Passing a Constitutional amendment.  Yet, it is the only tool left in the tool box to fix campaign spending. The Supreme Court opened elections to the highest bidder and there is nothing Congress can do now. Only we-the-people can fix it with an amendment passed by 38 state legislatures. Don’t think it can be done? Well, American Promise and our guest Johannes Epke thinks it can! How can you make it happen? 

Interview Guests:

Johannes Epke is a lawyer who has spent most of his career working on elections and campaign finance reforms. He is a California native, a proud banana slug - class of 2005, and graduate of Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon. He is currently on staff with American Promise and previously worked for Move to Amend.

Mike Rotkin is a five-time former Mayor of the City of Santa Cruz who also taught for 42 years in UCSC’s Community Services Dept. and must have been there when Johannes was a student! Mike currently does part-time organizing and grievance work for the University Council of the American Federation of Teachers and was also union president at UCSC and he still teaches part-time at the University.

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Have you been wondering lately about what, exactly, is happening around the world?  Are you curious about what the United States is trying to accomplish out there?  Do you understand Brexit or why our President thinks it’s so great? And are you thoroughly confused by the dueling Twitters emanating from the White House, State Department, Pentagon, National Security Agency and others?  Well, wonder no more.

Interview Guest:

Ronnie Lipschutz, Ph.D., is a University of Santa Cruz Politics Dept. Professor who is going to (try to) explain US foreign policy in the Age of Trump. Ronnie has been a Professor of Politics at UCSC since 1990 where he was previously assigned to teach U.S. foreign policy to undergraduates.  His most recent book on the topic is "The Constitution of Imperium." He also hosts his own radio show on KSQD 90.7FM, "Sustainability Now."

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“Be Bold America!” is a live, biweekly, talk show for those who are motivated to step out with the bold actions necessary to reunite this country and reclaim our democracy. “Be Bold America!” is for those who want to understand the unique challenges ahead, and who are curious to learn what they can Keep doing, Stop doing, and Start doing to reclaim our democratic republic. We have big things to do.

Jill Cody,MPA, is a political activist, author, and radio show host. Her first book, America Abandoned: The Secret Velvet Coup That Cost Us Our Democracy, won two international awards, the “2017 Next Generation” Indie Finalist Award and the “Best Books” Finalist Award. Jill was editor and contributor to her second book, Climate Abandoned: We’re on the Endangered Species List, that became a #1 Amazon Bestseller, won the “2019 Living Now” Bronze Award, and has been nominated for the 2020 Readers Choice Award. Jill now is producer and host of KSQD 90.7FM “Be Bold America!,” that discusses how to reunite this country and face the challenges ahead to save our democracy with Keep/Stop/Start activities presented by interview guests. Our future depends on it.