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KPFA - Behind the News

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

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59:59

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

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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.

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59:58

Financiers and universities, approaches to the...

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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.

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59:58

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

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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.

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59:59

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

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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.

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59:58

Professional class liberalism

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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.

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59:58

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

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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.

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39:58

Fundraising special: militancy and repression in the...

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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.

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3:42

Fundraising special: worker-led organizing

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2025/02/27

Eric Blanc, author of We Are the Union, on worker-led organizing (Amazon, Starbucks, etc.)The post Fundraising special: worker-led organizing appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Trump, a new/old kind of imperialist? • Is Trump a...

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2025/02/20

Anatol Lieven looks at the global dimensions of Trumpism • Quinn Slobodian muses on whether Trump is a neoliberal, and examines the three major strands of DOGE-ism (NYRB article here)The post Trump, a new/old kind of imperialist? • Is Trump a neoliberal? appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

The truth about DEI, a history of “choice”

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2025/02/13

Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò picks apart the contradictory strands of the DEI obsession • Sophia Rosenfeld, author of The Age of Choice, explores this history of that concept over the last few centuriesThe post The truth about DEI, a history of “choice” appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

The theology of MAGA, “sovereigntism” and Trump

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2025/02/06

Kristin Du Mez, author of Jesus and John Wayne, on Christian nationalism • Jennifer Middlestadt, author of this article, on “sovereigntism,” the foreign policy of Trump et al.The post The theology of MAGA, “sovereigntism” and Trump appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Moguls and their scribes, the New York intellectuals

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2025/01/30

Eoin Higgins, author of Owned, on tech moguls and the journalists, like Glenn Greenwald and Matt Taibbi, who work for them • Ronnie Grinberg, author of Write Like a Man, on the mostly male, mostly Jewish New York intellectualsThe post Moguls and their scribes, the New York intellectuals appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

The Gaza ceasefire, and sex work today

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2025/01/23

Mouin Rabbani on the Gaza ceasefire and Trump’s plans for the Middle East • Angela Jones and Bernadette Barton, co-editors of Sex Work Today, on that topicThe post The Gaza ceasefire, and sex work today appeared first on KPFA.

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59:57

Tech bros’ plans for SF, the Resnicks and water in...

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2025/01/16

Laura Jedeed, author of this article, talks about San Francisco and tech moguls’ plans to “fix” it • Yasha Levine, co-director of Pistachio Wars, on the Resnicks and water in CaliforniaThe post Tech bros’ plans for SF, the Resnicks and water in California appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

The Y2K era, the South Korean political crisis

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2025/01/09

Colette Shade, author of Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything, on culture at the turn of the millennium • Tim Shorrock discusses the political crisis in South KoreaThe post The Y2K era, the South Korean political crisis appeared first on KPFA.

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22:10

Best of 2024 retrospective

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2025/01/02

Three interviews on Israel’s many wars: Rashid Khalidi and Pankaj Mishra with a historical perspective, and Annelle Sheline adds a former insider’s view. Then, Aziz Rana on the awfulness of the US constitution, Anna Kornbluh with a cultural critique of immediacy, and Brooke Harrington on the offshore money-hiding racket. And a memorial to Jane McAlevey.The post Best of 2024 retrospective appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Behind the News – December 26, 2024

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2024/12/26

Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. The post Behind the News – December 26, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Syria and the failures of COP29

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2024/12/19

Trita Parsi and Joshua Landis analyze what’s been going on in Syria • Tina Gerhardt reviews the annual UN climate conference, COP29, where little happenedThe post Syria and the failures of COP29 appeared first on KPFA.

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59:57

Fundraising special: Gaza, the Constitution

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2024/12/12

Fundraising reprise of two interviews from May: Annelle Sheline, who resigned from the State Department as a protest of the war on Gaza, on what’s driving US support for that genocide • Aziz Rana on the awfulness of the US ConstitutionThe post Fundraising special: Gaza, the Constitution appeared first on KPFA.

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59:57

Fundraising special: what’s driving the populist right?

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2024/12/05

Political scientist Larry Bartels, author of this article, on how it’s politicians, not public opinion, that’s driving the right-populist upsurgeThe post Fundraising special: what’s driving the populist right? appeared first on KPFA.

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