Category Archives: KALW
I’ll be hosting two radio shows on KALW 91.7 FM today. First, at 10am I’ll be guest-hosting Your Call’s One Planet series, focusing for the first half hour on the threat that sea level rise poses to California’s coastal cities and town.
Joining me will be Los Angeles Times environment reporter Rosanna Xia, who penned a fascinating piece recently on how climate-induced changes in ocean levels has already started affecting California communities.
For the second half hour, we’ll discuss the Trump Administration’s proposed rollbacks to the federal Endangered Species Act, a law that protects over 1,600 plant and animal species in this country. We’ll be joined by Rebecca Riley, Legal Director for the Nature Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).
Tune in at 10am on 91.7 in the San Francisco Bay Area or stream it live. We’d love to hear your questions or comments. You can call in at 866-798-TALK, or e-mail yourcall@kalw.org, or tweet us @yourcallradio. You can also post your comments and questions on our website @yourcallradio.org.
Then at 7pm tonight, I’ll be hosting City Visions, discussing the crush of student loan debt and what we can do about it. I’ll be joined by:
- Jacob Dumez, Manager of Policy and Partners in San Francisco’s Office of Financial Empowerment which co-authored an April 2019 study on Bay Area student loan debt.
- Juliana Fredman, a consumer protection attorney with Bay Area Legal Aid who works directly with low-income clients through the Legal Aid’s clinic.
- Suzanne Martindale, Senior Policy Counsel & Western States Legislative Manager for Consumer Reports.
Tune in at 7pm or stream live. We’d love to get your questions and comments. You can call us at 866-798-TALK or can e-mail or text us at cityvisions@kalw.org. You can also reach us by tweeting us at @cityvisionskalw.
Hope you can tune in to these two shows today!
On this morning’s 10am edition of Your Call’s Media Roundtable, I’ll be hosting a discussion of the coverage of the recent presidential elections in Guatemala. Alejandro Giammattei, a right-wing former prison chief, won the election with nearly 60% of the vote, with implications for immigration to the U.S. from that country.
We’ll also talk about the impacts of a new federal regulation that would make it easier for the U.S. government to deny entry or green cards to immigrants based on their use of social services. Guests include:
- Sandra Cuffe, freelance journalist based in Guatemala
- Arthur Delaney, reporter with the HuffPost covering politics and the economy
- Obed Manuel, reporter for the Dallas Morning News covering immigration and Latino issues
You can stream it live at 10am today or listen to 91.7 FM in San Francisco. Call 866-798-TALK with questions or comments!
Biofuels could offer an important solution for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector. Depending on the plant (or grease) feedstock, they can blend in with existing fuel or serve as separate liquid fuels to power airplanes, long-distance trucks, and other vehicles.
Today on Your Call on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco, we’ll discuss the prospects for more low-carbon biofuel deployment, as well as the potential carbon downside of some types of biofuels. Joining me will be:
- Daniel Kammen, Professor of Energy at the University of California, Berkeley, with parallel appointments in the Energy and Resources Group, where he serves as Chair of the Goldman School of Public Policy and directs the Center for Environmental Policy, and the department of Nuclear Engineering.
- Dr. Jeremy Martin, Senior Scientist and Director of Fuels Policy at Union of Concerned Scientists, where he evaluates the impact of biofuels and fuel policy.
You can stream it live or listen to 91.7 FM in San Francisco. Call in with questions or comments!
Democrats once again have a super majority in the California Legislature, but will they be united on the challenging issues facing the state? What role will Bay Area legislators play in shaping state policy next year?
On tonight’s City Visions, we continue our analysis of the midterm election with a focus on the California State Legislature. We will talk priorities and challenges with three Bay Area legislators.
What do you want them fighting for in Sacramento? Joining me to discuss will be:
- Assembly Member David Chiu – representing District 17, the eastern side of San Francisco.
- Senator Nancy Skinner – representing District 9, which includes Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
- Assemblymember Phil Ting – representing District 19, the western side of San Francisco.
Listen live at 91.7 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area or stream on-line. Call or email with your questions!
As Democrats prepare to take control of the U.S. House of Representatives, what role will California’s 53-person strong congressional delegation play? Will Nancy Pelosi be our next Speaker of the House?
Now that the historic midterms are over, it is time to ask, “What’s next?” Democratic representatives Anna Eshoo (CA-18) and Jared Huffman (CA-2), along with UC Berkeley political science professor Eric Schickler, join me for a discussion on City Visions tonight previewing the 116th Congress:
- Anna Eshoo represents the 18th District which covers San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties, including Silicon Valley. She has been a member of Congress since 1993 and serves as the senior member of the House Energy and Commerce committee.
- Jared Huffman represents the 2nd Congressional district which runs along the coastline from Marin County to the border of Oregon. Congressman Huffman has served in Congress since 2013, and serves on the Committee on Natural Resources and the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
- Professor Eric Schickler is the Jeffrey and Ashley McDermott professor of Political Science. An expert on Congress, Professor Schickler has won the Richard F. Fenno prize for his study of legislative politics and the Woodrow Wilson prize for best book on government and politics.
Listen live at 91.7 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area or stream it on-line. Please call or email with questions for the panelists!
“Green” investing in environmentally friendly companies has become a lucrative investment strategy. With legislation in California demanding huge increases in clean, renewable energy and the requirement of pension funds to divest from fossil fuels, portfolio adjustments not only make financial sense, they’re now a fiduciary responsibility.
How are individual and institutional investors reacting to the changing legal and financial landscape? I’ll be moderating the discussion tonight at 7pm live on City Visions with guests:
- Betty Yee, California State Controller
- Reverend Kirsten Spalding, Senior Director of the Investor Network at Ceres
- Sandy Emerson, Board Member of Fossil Free California and Head of the “Move Your Money” campaign
- David Ellison, Creator of CleanPortfolios
Tonight’s show is the final one in our three-part series on climate change. You can listen live on 91.7FM in the San Francisco Bay Area or on the web. Please tune in and ask questions!
Tonight on City Visions, I’ll report on the highlights from the Global Climate Action Summit last week in San Francisco. Among the many major announcements were California’s new commitments to a 100% clean electricity grid and to carbon neutrality by 2045.
As the largest emitter of greenhouse gases in California, how will the transportation industry respond to the challenge to become fossil free? Join my co-host Joseph Pace and these guests:
- Sam Arons, Director of Sustainability at Lyft
- Holly Gordon, Sustainability Group Manager at BART
- Ellen Greenberg, Deputy Director for Sustainability at Caltrans
- Jonathan Levy, VP of Strategic Initiatives at EVgo
Tonight’s show is the second in our three-part series on climate change. You can listen live on 91.7FM in the San Francisco Bay Area or on the web. Please tune in and ask questions!
Governor Brown today signed SB 100 to put California on a path to achieve a carbon-free electricity grid by 2045. I’ll be interviewing bill author and candidate for U.S. Senate State Senator Kevin De Leon on tonight’s City Visions at 7pm, KALW 91.7 FM.
We’ll also discuss the Global Climate Action Summit this week in San Francisco, hosted by California Governor Jerry Brown. The Summit will highlight achievements from around the world as policymakers, businesses leaders and grassroots organizations share the ways they’re working together to achieve the goals of the 2015 Paris climate agreement.
Joining me in the studio will be:
- Sen. Kevin de León – California State Senator representing District 24 in Los Angeles
- Secretary Matthew Rodriquez – California Secretary for Environmental Protection
- Louise Bedsworth – Executive Director for the California Strategic Growth Council
This show will be the first of a three-part series on California’s groundbreaking clean energy policies and the fight against climate change. Tune in with your questions! You can also live-stream or listen to a recorded version of the show afterwards.
Research from local clinics and medical studies show that 87% of teenagers get less than the recommended amount of sleep on the average night. What role do the internet and social media play in causing this wide-scale sleep deprivation? What are the effects that we see in the daily life of our youth? And how is this problem being addressed by parents, teachers, and schools?
On tonight’s City Vision we explore the causes of teenage sleep deprivation and what we can do about them. Joining me to discuss will be:
- Dr. Jamie Mark Zeitzer – Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine;
- Julia Russell Eells – Head of San Francisco University High School; and
- Dr. Michael Tompkins – Author of the Insomnia Workbook for Teens, co-director of the San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy, and assistant clinical professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
EPA’s proposed rollback of federal clean car mileage standards would be crippling to U.S. efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. And its unprecedented proposed revocation of California’s ability to set stricter standards would specifically harm our state’s climate efforts.
I’ll be discussing the latest on this proposal this morning at 10am on KALW radio’s “Your Call” at 10am. I’ll be joined on the panel by Dr. Daniel Sperling, professor of civil engineering and environmental science and policy at UC Davis and member of the California Air Resources Board. It will be a follow-up to our recent KQED Forum appearance.
Tune in and call with questions!
