Behind the News with Doug Henwood
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Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.
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We all know the stories of how creative people get into the business of creating for a living, but how did they start using their imaginations in the first place? On the Beginnings podcast, writer and performer Andy Beckerman asks well-known and on-their-way-up comedians, musicians, writers, artists and thinkers about their earliest creative acts, their formative childhood experiences, and how they've developed both creatively and emotionally over the years. Beginnings is part therapy, part ...
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Behind the News, 8/8/24
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Behind the News, 8/8/24 - guests: Arielle Klagsbrun on right-wing moneybags Jeff Yass • Sohrab Ahmari and Hamilton Nolan on the "pro-worker" GOP - Doug HenwoodVon Doug Henwood
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Episode 640: Doug Henwood
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On today's episode, I talk to journalist and political writer Doug Henwood. Originally from Teaneck, New Jersey, Doug has been writing publicly about politics since he started his newsletter Left Business Observer, which ran from 1986 until 2013. He's also written for Harper's, The Village Voice, Jacobin and is a contributing editor at The Nation. …
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Episode 642: Mabe Fratti
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On today's episode, I talk to musician Mabe Fratti. Originally from Guatemala, Mabe studied cello from a young age, but was on a path to become a journalist before a Goethe Institute residency took her to Mexico to work on her music. There she got involved in the Mexico City improvisational music scene. Mabe produced her first album Pies Sobre La T…
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Pankaj Mishra, author of this article, on the propaganda-induced debasement of the Holocaust • Nancy Folbre, one of four authors of this report, on assigning a monetary value to care work [vacation rebroadcast of the March 28, 2024 show] The post Behind the News – August 15, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.…
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Episode 641: Asher White
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On today's episode, I talk to musician and artist Asher White. Originally from Evanston, Illinois, Asher has built an immense discography since she was a teenager, recording over a dozen self-released albums since 2015. Starting with 2023's New Excellent Woman, the wonderful label Ba Da Bing began putting out Asher's music, and her latest Home Cons…
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Who’s Jeff Yass, and more on those allegedly pro-worker Republicans
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Arielle Klagsbrun of the All Eyes on Yass Campaign on the insufficiently known right-wing moneybags Jeff Yass • Sohrab Ahmari and Hamilton Nolan debate the existence, real or imagined, of pro-worker Republicans The post Who’s Jeff Yass, and more on those allegedly pro-worker Republicans appeared first on KPFA.…
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Behind the News, 8/1/24
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Behind the News, 8/1/24 - guests: Heidi Matthews, Molly White, Nausicaa Renner - Doug HenwoodVon Doug Henwood
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World Court v Israel, crypto politics, psychoanalyzing Biden
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Heidi Matthews analyzes the World Court’s declaration of Israel’s occupations illegal • Molly White on how crypto is spending its money in politics • Nausicaa Renner psychoanalyzes Joe Biden The post World Court v Israel, crypto politics, psychoanalyzing Biden appeared first on KPFA.Von KPFA
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Episode 639: Colin Meloy of The Decemberists
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On today's episode, I talk to musician Colin Meloy. Originally from Helena, Montana, Colin played in a few bands in high school and college before eventually forming The Decemberists in Portland, Oregon at the turn of the century. They released their first album, Castaways and Cutouts a few years later on Kill Rock Stars, who they continued to work…
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Behind the News, 7/25/24
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Behind the News, 7/25/24 - guests: Cole Stangler on the French elections, David Palumbo-Liu on the world that produced JD Vance, a bit of Jane McAlevey on power - Doug HenwoodVon Doug Henwood
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The French elections, Vance’s background, Jane McAlevey (very briefly) on power
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Cole Stangler on the monumentally inconclusive French elections • David Palumbo-Liu on the Silicon Valley world that launched JD Vance as a politician • a brief bit from Jane McAlevey on power The post The French elections, Vance’s background, Jane McAlevey (very briefly) on power appeared first on KPFA.…
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Behind the News, 7/18/24
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Behind the News, 7/18/24 - guests: Brandon Mancilla on the Vance populist fraud; Adam Hilton on American political parties, esp the Dems - Doug HenwoodVon Doug Henwood
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JD Vance, no friend of the working class • the chaos of the American political party system
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Brandon Mancilla of the UAW looks behind the GOP’s pro-worker facade • Adam Hilton, author of True Blues, on the bizarre nature of the US political party system The post JD Vance, no friend of the working class • the chaos of the American political party system appeared first on KPFA.Von KPFA
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Behind the News, 7/11/24
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Behind the News, 7/11/24 - guests: Richard Seymour on British elections, Trita Parsi on Iranian elections, remembering Jane McAlevey - Doug HenwoodVon Doug Henwood
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elections in Britain and Iran, in memory of Jane McAlevey
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Richard Seymour discusses the British election (Sidecar article here) • Trita Parsi, the Iranian election • remembering Jane McAlevey with a 2017 BtN interview (catalog of interviews here) The post elections in Britain and Iran, in memory of Jane McAlevey appeared first on KPFA.Von KPFA
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Behind the News, 7/4/24
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Behind the News, 7/4/24 - guests: Robert Pape on how Hamas is winning • Wanda Bertram on the US carceral state - Doug HenwoodVon Doug Henwood
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Israel is killing a lot of people but losing its war, and the latest on the US carceral state
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Robert Pape on how, despite Israel’s murderous onslaught on Gaza, Hamas is winning (article here) • Wanda Bertram on how US incarceration rates stack up against the rest of the world (massively), and other news on crime & punishment (report here) The post Israel is killing a lot of people but losing its war, and the latest on the US carceral state …
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Haiti and the death of the future
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Robert Fatton explains Haiti’s further descent into poverty and chaos • Steve Fraser, author of this article, analyzes and mourns the death of any sense of a better future [holiday-induced reprise of a show first broadcast on March 14, 2024] The post Haiti and the death of the future appeared first on KPFA.…
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Episode 638: Sour Widows
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On today's episode, I talk to musicians Maia Sinaiko and Susanna Thomson, the founders and 2/3 of the Bay Area band Sour Widows. Originally meeting and becoming friends at Camp Winnarainbow in their youth, Maia and Susanna formed Sour Widows in 2017, when they found themselves living near one another for the first time. Eventually they invited drum…
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Israel and the Arab states and the latest on the education wars
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Steven Simon on Israel and the Arab states’ relations with it • Jennifer Berkshire, co-author of The Education Wars, on the right-wing’s latest educational ploys. (And here’s Marcus Brown’s website that I mentioned in the intro.) The post Israel and the Arab states and the latest on the education wars appeared first on KPFA.…
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Episode 637: Marina Allen
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On today's episode, I talk to musician Marina Allen. Originally from New Jersey, Marina's moved back and forth across the country a couple times, and now lives in Los Angeles. She began to write music in earnest her late-teens/early-20s, and her first album Candlepower came out in 2021, followed one year later by Centrifics and her latest Eight Poi…
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Mexican elections and radicals on the run
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Sociologist Edwin Ackerman on the Mexican elections, and the reasons for AMLO’s immense popularity (Sidecar piece here) • Joel Whitney, author of Flights, on radical and revolutionaries’ battles with the CIA The post Mexican elections and radicals on the run appeared first on KPFA.Von KPFA
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Episode 636: Jim Mickle
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On today's episode, I talk to writer and director Jim Mickle. Originally from Douglassville, PA, Jim studied film at NYU and then worked his way up in the industry, eventually deciding to make his own film in 2006, Mulberry Street, with frequent collaborator Nick Damici. Each film they made got a little more attention: Stake Land, We Are What We Ar…
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Ruling parties take a hit in India and South Africa
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Siddhartha Deb, author of Twilight Prisoners, on the Hindu right and its poor showing in India’s elections • Sean Jacobs, New School prof and publisher of Africa Is a Country, on the ANC’s poor showing in South Africa’s elections The post Ruling parties take a hit in India and South Africa appeared first on KPFA.…
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Episode 635: Susan Coyne
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On today's episode, I talk to playwright and TV writer Susan Coyne. Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Susan studied intellectual history before pivoting to acting. She acted in several seasons of the Stratford Festival (which was formerly known as the Stratford Shakespeare Festival) and then became a playwright. In the early aughts, Susan - along…
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The Constitutional fetish
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Aziz Rana, author of The Constitutional Bind: How Americans Came to Idolize a Document that Fails Them, on how our founding document constrains democracy The post The Constitutional fetish appeared first on KPFA.Von KPFA
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Episode 634: Jeff Martin of Idaho
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On today's episode, I talk to musician Jeff Martin. Originally from Los Angeles, CA, Jeff started playing piano when he was but a mere toddler. In 1992, he formed the band Idaho with his high school friend John Berry, though Berry would leave a few years later, making Idaho primarily Jeff's project. The band first signed to Caroline, who released t…
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Fundraising special: Mouin Rabbani on Israel–Palestine
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Mouin Rabbani on the war on Gaza, and the broader context of the Israel–Palestine conflict The post Fundraising special: Mouin Rabbani on Israel–Palestine appeared first on KPFA.Von KPFA
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Episode 633: Vicky Farewell
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On today's episode, I talk to musician Vicky Nguyen AKA Vicky Farewell. Originally from Garden Grove, CA in Orange County, Vicky has played piano since she was a child and worked as a music writer and producer for a long time, notably with a writing credit on Anderson .Paak’s Grammy winning single “Lockdown” and production credits on Paul McCartney…
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Fundraising special: a rare resignation on principle
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Annelle Sheline, who’d been on BtN three times before, on her resignation from the State Department as a protest against the war on Gaza (her statement is here). The post Fundraising special: a rare resignation on principle appeared first on KPFA.Von KPFA
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Episode 632: Eric Earley of Blitzen Trapper
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On today's episode, I talk to musician Eric Earley. Originally from Salem, Oregon, Eric and his friends formed the band Garmonbozia in the year 2000. Gamonbozia eventually became Blitzen Trapper, and after self-releasing their first few albums, including their breakthrough Wild Mountain Nation, the band signed to Sub Pop. Over the next four years, …
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Fundraising special: the Alabama ruling class confronts the UAW, the white supremacist wing of neoliberalism
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Derek Seidman looks into the Alabama corporate elite and its terror at the incursion of the UAW (articles here and here) • Quinn Slobodian on Peter Brimelow and the white supremacist wing of neoliberalism The post Fundraising special: the Alabama ruling class confronts the UAW, the white supremacist wing of neoliberalism appeared first on KPFA.…
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Episode 631: Ben Chasny of Six Organs of Admittance
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On today's episode, I talk to musician Ben Chasny. Born in Los Angeles, Ben's family moved to rural Northern California when he was young. His recording debut was a heavy, free rock project named Plague Lounge, whose album The Wicker Image, was released conjointly between the New World of Sound and Holy Mountain labels in 1996. Holy Mountain releas…
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