Today, we welcome first-time guest host Nada Elmikashfi, who spends the hour talking with alder Max Prestigiacomo about what it’s like working in the new generation of Madison politics. Over the course of the hour, they cover a wide range of topics including youth in politics, climate justice, defunding the police, being a newcomer in […]
The Government Needs To Tell The Truth Untold
Damita Brown talks with Stephanie Spehar and Justin Novotny from Extinction Rebellion about the intersection of climate justice and social justice and how we can save the world and ourselves too. Photo by Tipocracia on Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2j8gmre
Reporting Back from the UN Climate Change Conference in Madrid
As we embark on another year of urgent climate activism, today’s episode focuses on the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 25) held in Madrid from December 2–14, 2019. Our guests are local COP 25 attendees Brian Lavendel from the Sustaining All Life delegation and Carol Phelps with Christian Climate Observers Program, who share their experiences […]
Extinction Rebellion – Climate Justice Activism in England
Climate activism is on the rise throughout the US and globally. Today, host Bert Zipperer gets updates from Lynn Haanen and Sarah Lunnon from Stroud, England about Brexit, Green Party politics, and the Extinction Rebellion movement in the UK.
Madison Youth March Onward for Climate Justice
Sixteen year old Swedish climate activist Greta Thurnberg gained international attention when she lambasted the world’s CEOs for their inaction on climate change at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Since then, Thurnberg has used her new-found fame to call on her cohorts around the world to join in a one-day climate strike […]
Climate Justice in King County and the Amazon
With the recent announcement of the Green New Deal, we turn our attention to climate justice for today’s episode. First, we hear from Jess Wallach, an activist with 350 Seattle, about last week’s victory in King County, Washington: a moratorium to prohibit new fossil fuel infrastructure. For the second segment, journalist Alexander Zaitchik shares his […]
