x

75% of people globally want unbiased news (Pew Research) but are concerned they're not getting that.

Get balanced coverage with Symby. See how stories are covered across diverse outlets and spot when one side covers a story the other skips.

PODCAST

KPFA - Behind the News

Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.

news politics

All Episodes

59:57

Health cuts, Trump’s trade policy

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2025/07/17

Adam Gaffney, co-author of this article, on Trump & Co.’s cuts to health care and research • Alan Beattie tries to make sense of Trump’s nonsensical trade policyThe post Health cuts, Trump’s trade policy appeared first on KPFA.

en-us

59:58

Too much work—and what to do about it

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2025/07/10

Juliet Schor, author of Four Days a Week, on experiments in reducing the workweek • Katherine Moos and Noé Martin Wiener, authors of this paper, on overwork among teachersThe post Too much work—and what to do about it appeared first on KPFA.

en-us

59:59

NATO summit, the depredations of private equity

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2025/07/03

Lily Lynch, author of this report, on the NATO summit • Megan Greenwell, author of Bad Company, on the depredations of private equityThe post NATO summit, the depredations of private equity appeared first on KPFA.

en-us

57:20

Iran, fake work

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2025/06/26

Sohrab Ahmari, US editor of UnHerd, on Iran, Israel, and the US • Leigh Claire La Berge, author of Fake Work, on the ludicrous side of capitalismThe post Iran, fake work appeared first on KPFA.

en-us

59:59

Israel’s war on Iran: two perspectives

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2025/06/19

Two perspectives on Israel’s war on Iran: Mouin Rabbani on the regional/global context and Joel Schalit on Israeli society and politicsThe post Israel’s war on Iran: two perspectives appeared first on KPFA.

en-us

59:59

BYD—whence it came, where it’s going • Marx in America

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2025/06/12

Paolo Gerbaudo on the Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD’s rise (articles here and here) • Andrew Hartman, author of Karl Marx in America, on the bearded one’s reception in the USThe post BYD—whence it came, where it’s going • Marx in America appeared first on KPFA.

en-us

31:34

Weapons and technology, China surpassing the US

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2025/06/05

Laleh Khalili, author of this review, on the long relationship between the US military and industry • Kyle Chan, author of this article, on how China is surpassing the USThe post Weapons and technology, China surpassing the US appeared first on KPFA.

en-us

59:59

Capitalism and its critics, real abundance vs. bogue...

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2025/05/29

John Cassidy, author of Capitalism and Its Critics, on just that • Sandeep Vaheesan, author of this review, will talk about abundance—neoliberal vs. genuineThe post Capitalism and its critics, real abundance vs. bogue abundance appeared first on KPFA.

en-us

17:35

Fundraising special: two views of Israel–Palestine

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2025/05/22

Meron Rapoport, co-author of this article, on Israel’s strategy of destruction in Gaza • Mouin Rabbani on Israeli politics, the fate of the Palestinians, and Trump’s schemingThe post Fundraising special: two views of Israel–Palestine appeared first on KPFA.

en-us

59:58

Fundraising special: wobbly dollar, perpetual wars

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2025/05/15

Fundraising special: Barry Eichengreen on why the gyrations in the value of the US dollar matter • Courtney Rawlings and Alex Jordan, hosts of Always at War, on why the US is always buying more weapons and bombing peopleThe post Fundraising special: wobbly dollar, perpetual wars appeared first on KPFA.

en-us

59:58

Fundraising special: Trumpian ideology

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2025/05/08

A look at Trumpian ideology: Kristin Du Mez on theology, Quinn Sloboidan on the latest iteration of neoliberalism (both rebroadcasts of interviews from February)The post Fundraising special: Trumpian ideology appeared first on KPFA.

en-us

59:58

The US empire, the state of the working class, and...

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2025/05/01

Vijay Prashad, executive director of Tricontinental, on the state of the US empire and the state of the global working class • Becca Rothfeld, author of All Things Are Too Small, speaks up for bignessThe post The US empire, the state of the working class, and things need to be bigger appeared first on KPFA.

en-us

59:58

How constitutional fetishism gave us Trump

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2025/04/24

Aziz Rana, author of The Constitutional Bind, on how the system crafted by the US Constitution, led to Donald Trump and has constricted our ability fight himThe post How constitutional fetishism gave us Trump appeared first on KPFA.

en-us

59:59

Hayek’s bastards: the second, cruder generation of...

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2025/04/17

Quinn Slobodian, author of Hayek’s Bastards, talks about the IQ- and race-obsessed goldbugs of second generation neoliberalismThe post Hayek’s bastards: the second, cruder generation of neoliberals appeared first on KPFA.

en-us

59:58

Financiers and universities, approaches to the...

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2025/04/10

Charlie Eaton and Alina Gibadulina on the increasing prominence of hedge fund and private equity titans on elite university boards (paper here) • Malcolm Harris, author of What’s Left, on a trio of political approaches to the climate crisisThe post Financiers and universities, approaches to the climate crisis appeared first on KPFA.

en-us

59:58

Tariff extravaganza: the UAW’s view, a critical view

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2025/04/03

Jason Wade of the UAW explains the union’s endorsement of Trump’s auto tariffs • Sam Gindin, author of this article and former long-time adviser to what used to be known as the Canadian Autoworkers Union, on what issues the tariff controversy obscuresThe post Tariff extravaganza: the UAW’s view, a critical view appeared first on KPFA.

en-us

59:59

Trump and the courts, class and politics, hipster...

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2025/03/27

Samuel Moyn on Trump and the courts • Chris Maisano, author of this article, on class and politics • Evgenia Kovda on hipster nihilism (article here)The post Trump and the courts, class and politics, hipster nihilism appeared first on KPFA.

en-us

59:58

Professional class liberalism

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2025/03/20

Brent Cebul and Lily Geismer, editors of Mastery and Drift, on professional class liberalism • a brief reprise of a 2019 interview with Gabriel Winant on the PMCThe post Professional class liberalism appeared first on KPFA.

en-us

59:58

Marx’s ethics, and what did the BLM protests do to...

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2025/03/13

Vanessa Wills, author of Marx’s Ethical Vision, on the morality behind Marxian “science” • Mathis Ebbinghaus on the effects of the summer 2020 anti-cop protests on police budgets (paper here)The post Marx’s ethics, and what did the BLM protests do to police budgets? appeared first on KPFA.

en-us

39:58

Fundraising special: militancy and repression in the...

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2025/03/06

Ben Tarnoff on tech worker militancy, the bosses’ crackdown, and their hard turn to the right • Jodi Dean, author of Capital’s Grave, on neofeudalismThe post Fundraising special: militancy and repression in the Valley, neofeudalism appeared first on KPFA.

en-us

872 results

Similar Podcasts

Expres Ráno

Expres FM

PBS News Hour - Full Show

PBS News

CD Voice

China Daily

Israel Today: Ongoing War Report

Noa Levi

Jeffrey Epstein: The Coverup Chronicles

Bobby Capucci