Yesterday I appeared on two radio shows, now available for streaming or podcast download. First, on KQED Forum, I was on a panel discussing what climate efforts may look like during a Trump Administration, and how California will respond. Joining me was:
- Lisa Friedman, reporter on the climate desk, New York Times
- Jesse Jenkins, assistant professor, engineering, Princeton University
- Aru Shiney-Ajay, Executive Director, Sunrise movement, a grassroots organization of students and young people focused on climate change
You can stream it here.
Then last night I hosted State of the Bay on KALW, where I spoke to UC Berkeley Professor of Chemistry Omar Yaghi about a newly developed carbon-capturing material that has the potential to transform how we address climate change.
Then, we broke down local election results and discussed what they tell us about the priorities and concerns of Bay Area residents with San Francisco Chronicle opinion columnist and editorial writer, Emily Hoeven.
And finally, we talked with Rae Black of Oakland’s For the Win Boxing, a boxing gym that offers professional coaching for women and non-binary people who want to pursue “the sweet science” of boxing.
You can listen to that show here.
Tonight on State of the Bay, local sports journalist Steve Berman from The Athletic will update us on the Niners, Warriors and other Bay area sports teams.
Then, we dig into California’s Prop 4, the $10 billion bond to fight climate change with a panel of experts. Is it worth your vote? Tune in and decide for yourself! Guests include:
- Ari Platcha from the Sacramento Bee
- Sarah Atkinson from SPUR
- Allison Chan from Save the Bay.
Finally, we’ll hear from celebrated local dancer and choreographer Micaya about the 26th annual SF International Hip Hop Dance Fest.
Tune in at 91.7 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area or stream live tonight at 6pm PT. What comments or questions do you have for our guests? Call 866-798-TALK to join the conversation!
Tonight on State of the Bay, we’ll explore Sonoma County’s Measure J with Phil Barber, staff writer with The Press Democrat. Measure J aims to prohibit concentrated animal feeding operations, or large animal farms in Sonoma County. This contentious initiative could reshape the county’s environmental and economic future. What do farmers and residents stand to gain or lose?
We’ll also hear from Stanford climate scientist Rob Jackson about his new book, Into the Clear Blue Sky: The Path to Restoring Our Atmosphere, and the reasons he remains hopeful despite the climate crisis.
Later, we’ll talk with New York Times reporters Kate Conger and Ryan Mac, co-authors of Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter. What has Musk’s takeover meant for free speech and the future of social media?
Tune in at 91.7 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area or stream live tonight at 6pm PT. What comments or questions do you have for our guests? Call 866-798-TALK to join the conversation!
It’s double duty for me today on KALW, where I’m hosting two leading climate scholars for Your Call at 10am and then hosting State of the Bay at 6pm PT on the chaos at San Francisco Unified and the state of housing in California.
The action kicks off at 10am PT with:
- Naomi Oreskes, Henry Charles Lea Professor of the History of Science and Affiliated Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University, and author of nine books including her best-selling Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming; and
- Michael Mann, Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania, with a secondary appointment in the Annenberg School for Communication, and author of several important books including The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet
I’ll ask them about Hurricane Helene and what it says about climate change, plus the just-concluded Climate Week in New York City that coincided with the UN general assembly.
Then at 6pm PT, join us on State of the Bay for the latest on the San Francisco Unified School District, with an ongoing fiscal crisis, just-announced delay of potential school closures, and emergency scrutiny of the superintendent. Jill Tucker, education reporter with the San Francisco Chronicle, will unpack it all.
Then we’ll hear about new efforts to address California’s housing shortage with experts Chris Elmendorf, professor of law at the University of California, Davis, School of Law, and Ben Metcalf, managing director of the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley.
Finally, we’ll sit down with Obi Kaufmann, the artist, author and naturalist who has published a series of beloved books about his home state of California.
Tune in at 91.7 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area or stream live at 10am PT for Your Call and then again at 6pm PT for State of the Bay. What comments or questions do you have for our guests? Call 866-798-TALK to join the conversation!
On today’s Your Call Media Roundtable, I’ll guest host a discussion on the role of health care in this year’s presidential campaign. Even though health care costs are a major concern for voters, the campaigns and the media have spent relatively little time covering it.
Joining us to help explain why is Jeremy Lindenfeld, a reporter and local news fellow covering climate change & inequality for Capital and Main.
Then we’ll discuss a shocking new investigative report from Mother Jones: “She Ate a Poppy Seed Salad Just Before Giving Birth. Then They Took Her Baby Away.” It exposes how hospitals across the U.S. are separating parents from their children over false positive drug test results. Why is this practice happening?
Award-winning investigative reporter and staff writer for The Marshall Project Shoshana Walter will discuss.
Tune in at 91.7 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area or stream live at 10am PT. What comments or questions do you have for our guest? Call 866-798-TALK to join the conversation!
Tonight on State of the Bay we’ll talk with pollster Mark Baldassare, Statewide Survey Director of the California Public Policy Institute, to find out who the likely voters are in this November’s election and how they feel about the statewide ballot measures.
Then we’ll talk to Tom Steyer, climate investor and 2020 presidential candidate, about his new book Cheaper, Faster, Better: How We’ll Win the Climate War.
Then we’ll hear from Rahsaan Thomas, executive director of Empowerment Ave, a Bay Area organization that helps incarcerated people put their art out in the world.
Tune in at 91.7 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area or stream live at 6pm PT. What comments or questions do you have for our guests? Call 866-798-TALK to join the conversation!
Tonight on State of the Bay: Is an education in civics essential in shaping our understanding of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship? Tonight, we’re exploring the role of civic education in preparing our youth for the challenges they encounter on college campuses and beyond. Joining us will be:
- Dan Edelstein, faculty director of the civic, liberal and global education program, Stanford University
- Emma Humphries, chief education officer, iCivics
We’ll also hear about San Francisco’s pioneering lawsuit against some of the websites that host and create nonconsensual deepfake pornography. Joining us to discuss will be David Chiu, city attorney for San Francisco.
And finally we chat with Sean Dorsey, the Emmy-winning transgender choreographer and founder of the Sean Dorsey Dance Company.
Tune in at 91.7 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area or stream live at 6pm PT. What comments or questions do you have for our guests? Call 866-798-TALK to join the conversation!
I’m back hosting State of the Bay tonight at 6pm PT after a brief summer break. First, local wildlife expert and CEO of Humane Wildlife Control Inc. Rebecca Dmytryk will join us to explain why coyotes seem to be proliferating in the Bay Area and give us tips to keep safe. If you want more, check out Living With Coyotes in the Bay Area: a discussion.
Then: what role should artificial intelligence play in the classroom? Will it help teachers teach and students learn, or will it facilitate cheating or trip users up with misinformation? We unpack the issues with:
- Gwen Hornig, eighth grade English teacher at Black Pine Circle School in Berkeley
- Dan Schwartz, Dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Education
- Victoria Thorp, writing instructor at San Jose State University.
Finally, local author Nina Schuyler joins us to discuss her latest short story collection, In This Ravishing World.
Tune in at 91.7 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area or stream live at 6pm PT. What comments or questions do you have for our guests? Call 866-798-TALK to join the conversation!
Tonight on State of the Bay, we’ll hear all about the upcoming Pride celebrations from SF Pride director Suzanne Ford.
Then we’ll explore why income inequality in California is reaching new extremes. Did you know that the top 1% of the wealthiest households in Silicon Valley hold 65X the wealth of the bottom 50% of households in the region? Joining us will be:
- Batya Ungar-Sargon, author of Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America’s Working Men and Women
- Anji Buckner-Capone, Ed.D, investigator of the Silicon Valley Pain Index
Finally, photographer Stefan Thuilot, founder of the California Forest Project, talks about his extraordinary exhibit of California forests, before and after wildfires.
Tune in at 91.7 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area or stream live at 6pm PT. What comments or questions do you have for our guests? Call 866-798-TALK to join the conversation!
Tonight on State of the Bay, I’ll interview SFMTA director Jeff Tumlin about the new plan for the controversial Valencia St. center bike lane. How can the city keep bicyclists safe on this busy corridor?
Then we’ll have a panel discussion on the prospect of office-to-residential conversions in downtown San Francisco. Many mayoral candidates argue that turning empty offices into homes is a way to revitalize our city, but are these conversions financially feasible? Guests include Sujata Svristava from SPUR, State Assemblymember Phil Ting, and Marc Babsin of the Emerald Fund.
Finally, producer Anne Harper sits down with local author William Gee Wong about his new book Sons of Chinatown: A Memoir Rooted in China and America.
Tune in at 91.7 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area or stream live at 6pm PT. What comments or questions do you have for our guests? Call 866-798-TALK to join the conversation!
