Barbara Bogaev

radio journalist

Guest/Host

Radio journalist Barbara Bogaev is a guest host for American Public Media's Marketplace Money. She's a former host of Soundprint, a public radio documentary program, and substitute host of NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross. She also sits in for KCRW's Warren Olney.

Barbara Bogaev on KCRW

Fires ravaged San Diego in 2007, and scheduled power shut-offs caused chaos. Since then, the city has made improvements to their power grid and their scheduled outage procedures.

Lessons from San Diego’s planned blackouts

Fires ravaged San Diego in 2007, and scheduled power shut-offs caused chaos. Since then, the city has made improvements to their power grid and their scheduled outage procedures.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Mick Mulveney confirmed that the White House held up military aid to Ukraine partly because Trump wanted the country to investigate the 2016 election.

White House held up aid to Ukraine for political reasons

Mick Mulveney confirmed that the White House held up military aid to Ukraine partly because Trump wanted the country to investigate the 2016 election.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

What will change the minds of climate change skeptics? An astrophysics professor suggests reframing the climate debate in a more positive light -- as a result of human evolution.

Taking politics out of the climate change debate

What will change the minds of climate change skeptics? An astrophysics professor suggests reframing the climate debate in a more positive light -- as a result of human evolution.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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