Your Call

Jan 30 2025 20 ep. 45 mins 894
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KALW's call-in show: Politics and culture, dialogue and debate.

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Fear spreads among immigrants over ICE raids

Jan 30 2025 52 mins  
Trump’s border policy is having a chilling effect on immigrant and undocumented communities across the country.

The Quinoa Bust: The Making and Unmaking of an Andean Miracle Crop

Jan 29 2025 52 mins  
The Quinoa Bust traces the social, ecological, technological, and political work that went into transforming a humble Andean grain into a development miracle crop

Immigration raids and sanctuary cities: Today and the next four years

Jan 28 2025 52 mins  
Will California's sanctuary cities hold? And how can we determine raid rumors from reality?

Rethinking the approach to fighting wildfires

Jan 27 2025 52 mins  
In 2024, the Forest Service and Department of the Interior combined spent more than $4 billion on wildfire suppression, and a little more than $700 million on preparedness

Trump 2.0--What to expect on Energy, Climate, and Foreign Affairs

Jan 24 2025 49 mins  
We unpack the potential impacts of Trump's executive action on oil and gas drilling. And discuss a ProPublica investigation about Biden's Israel/Gaza policy.

How taxpayer money is funding private religious schools

Jan 23 2025 52 mins  
In the past few years, school vouchers have become universal in a dozen states, including Florida and Arizona. Proponents are pushing to add Texas, Tennessee and others

The impact of social media on the mental health of adolescents

Jan 22 2025 50 mins  
Most teens use social media and have a smartphone, and nearly half say they’re online almost constantly, according to a new Pew Research Center survey of U.S. teens.

What are your personal plans for getting through Trump's second term?

Jan 20 2025 52 mins  
We’ve seen this show before — it’s going to be policy whiplash. So how do we stay sane, and keep working for positive change in our country and our communities?

The geopolitical significance of Greenland

Jan 20 2025 25 mins  
In recent years, both Democratic and Republican administrations have cast Greenland as central to U.S. security in the Arctic and within America’s sphere of influence

what working in the sugar-cane industry means for Indian women

Jan 20 2025 25 mins  
The NYT and Fuller Project investigation found that companies like Coke and Pepsi profit from a brutal system that exploits children and leads to sterilization of women.