On today’s Your Call Media Roundtable, we’ll speak with award-winning investigative journalist Nate Halverson about THE GRAB, a riveting new documentary that investigates how wealthy governments, private investors and mercenaries are working to seize food and water resources around the world, at the expense of local communities.
As climate shocks and food shortages worsen, these groups are now establishing themselves as the new OPEC, where the future world powers will be those who control not oil, but food and water resources. The documentary focuses on the impacts of communities from Arizona to Zambia.
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Climate change is causing multiple types of impacts on communities, from wildfires to sea level rise. But investigative journalist Lois Parshley says climate change is also driving a dangerous increase in landslides in Alaska, and I’ll speak to her as guest host of Your Call today at 10am PT.
Up to half of downtown Juneau is at moderate to severe risk of landslides. But Juneau officials faced significant backlash from the public when they tried to adopt new city maps that outlined that risk. Parshley says that with few resources to address the problem, some residents want to ignore it all together.
What can we do to protect people in Alaska and elsewhere from climate change-induced landslides? 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!
On State of the Bay tonight at 6pm PT, we’ll get book recommendations and learn about the many offerings on tap at the San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) this summer from Michelle Jeffers, Chief of Community Programs and Partnerships at SFPL.
Then we’ll delve into the issue of gun violence in the Bay Area with Griffin Dix, gun safety activist and author of Who Killed Kenzo?: The Loss of a Son and the Ongoing Battle for Gun Safety, and Reygan Cunningham, co-director of California Partnership for Safe Communities.
Finally, Aimee Good and Isabella Celedon from Environmental Traveling Companions will tell us about pioneering accessible outdoor adventure for people with a variety of abilities and backgrounds.
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On today’s Your Call Media Roundtable, I’ll be guest hosting to discuss the presidential election in Mexico.
Last Sunday, Claudia Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, won the election with nearly 60 percent of the vote, according to a rapid sample count by Mexico’s electoral authority.
Her party, the ruling Morena party, founded by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, will control two-thirds of both chambers of the national Congress and 24 of Mexico’s 32 governorships. Joining us to get the latest will be Alfredo Corchado, executive editor of the Puente News Collaborative.
Then in the second half of the show, we’ll discuss a Washington Post investigation that reveals how billions in US taxpayer dollars are paying for private-school tuition at conservative religious schools. Almost five million private school students are benefiting from vouchers.
The programs, popular with conservatives, are rapidly growing in GOP-run states, with a total of 29 states plus DC operating some sort of voucher system, according to the investigation. Eight states created or expanded voucher programs last year, and this year, Alabama, Georgia and Missouri have approved or expanded voucher-type programs. Some recently enacted plans are just starting to take effect or will be phased in over the next few years.
- Ohio: This year, more than 150,000 Ohio students are using vouchers, with 91 percent attending religious schools.
- Wisconsin: About 55,000 vouchers were given this school year with 96 percent attending religious schools.
- Indiana: About 98 percent of vouchers go to religious schools.
- Florida: This year, 400,000 students participated, with at least 82 percent of them attending religious schools. Florida has the largest voucher program with a cost of $3 billion this year alone.
- Arizona: More than 75,000 students are benefiting from the Empowerment Scholarship Program, which pays for any educational expense. 87 percent of $229 million that was spent for that program in 2022-2023 went to religious schools.
Our guest will be Laura Meckler, national education writer at the Washington Post.
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I’m guest hosting Your Call this morning, where we’ll talk with two media makers about their work exposing government corruption and neglect.
First, we’ll discuss a new PBS Frontline film “A Dangerous Assignment: Uncovering Corruption in Maduro’s Venezuela” with director Juan Ravell. The film documents the perilous work of investigative journalism in Venezuela.
Then we’ll interview Chris Egusa about his award-winning 2-part documentary series on KALW, “Without A Voice: Abuse and Neglect in California Disability Group Homes.” It reports on California’s developmental disability system, where residents in group homes have been victims of abuse and neglect.
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Tonight on State of the Bay, we’ll celebrate female trailblazers in Bay Area sports.
First, San Francisco Giants coach Alyssa Nakken will share how she became the first on-field female coach in the MLB.
Then we’ll have a conversation with Jess Smith, President of WNBA Golden State Valkyries, and Brady Stewart, CEO of women’s soccer team Bay FC, about the future of women’s sports.
Then we’ll finish off this special episode with DJ Umami, who keeps the fans on their feet at the Giants games.
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Tonight on State of the Bay, we’ll delve into the challenges facing California’s wine industry with Esther Mobley, senior wine critic at the San Francisco Chronicle.
We’re also joined by Seamus Murphy, executive director of The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority, who will share the details of a 25-year plan to enhance, expand and electrify the San Francisco Bay Ferry System.
Finally, we’ll hear from psychedelic comedian Adam Strauss about his one-man show,”The Mushroom Cure.”
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Tonight on State of the Bay, I’ll interview San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu about what the Supreme Court’s Grants Pass decision will mean for the legal treatment of San Francisco’s homeless population. I’ll also talk to him about his lawsuit against Oakland over its airport renaming.
Then we’ll cover the latest developments in the Oakland A’s saga with journalist Dan Moore and Jorge Leon, founder of the fan group Oakland ’68s. What’s the latest on the team’s plan to move temporarily to Sacramento and eventually to Las Vegas?
And finally, we’ll meet San Francisco artist Yunfei Ren, who uses sound, sculpture, and photography to highlight underrepresented groups and experiences. We are highlighting his exhibit called “Prevailing Winds,” which is currently at the Guardhouse in Fort Mason.
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On today’s Your Call Media Roundtable, we’ll discuss the ongoing crackdown on college campus protests against Israel’s war in Gaza, including at UCLA, Columbia University and University of Texas. We’ll hear from journalists who have been covering these student protests, including:
- Tasbeeh Herwees, a writer, journalist and a member of Writers Against the War on Gaza
- Constanza Montemayor, a senior staff reporter for the the Daily Bruin at UCLA
- Yasmeen Altaji, a multimedia journalist currently pursuing her M.A. in Journalism at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Then, we’ll talk about the major United Auto Workers’ union victory at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee, in the heart of the anti-labor union South. Joining us will be:
- Steven Greenhouse, veteran labor journalist and the author of Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor
- Mike Elk, an Emmy-nominated labor reporter and the co-founder of Payday Report
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I’m guest hosting Your Call’s One Planet Series this morning. First, we’ll cover a Washington Post-Examination News investigation into how food companies are promoting ultra-processed foods, laden with sweeteners and additives, in order to cash in on the popular “anti-diet” movement. What tactics are they using on unsuspecting consumers?
We’ll be joined by co-authors of the “As obesity rises, Big Food and dietitians push ‘anti-diet’ advice:”
- Sasha Chavkin, senior reporter for The Examination, a nonprofit newsroom covering global public health
- Caitlin Gilbert, a Well+Being data reporter at The Washington Post
Then we’ll talk about a Guardian investigation into an unprecedented deal in which Greenstone Resource Partners, a private company backed by global investors, sold rights to the Colorado River’s water. The deal allows a big suburban expansion 200 miles away near Phoenix to go forward, but it leaves a small agricultural community reeling. Joining us will be Maanvi Singh, west coast reporter for the Guardian.
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