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Joe Mathews Guest
Joe Mathews

Host, "Zocalo's Connecting California"

KCRW contributor and Connecting California editor at Zócalo Public Square; co-president of the Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy;  Irvine senior fellow at the New America Foundation; author of The People’s Machine: Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Rise of Blockbuster Democracy and California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It; former contributor to the Washington Post and writer of its Class Struggle blog; former contributor to NBC's Prop Zero blog 

FROM Joe Mathews

The roofs above our heads
Zócalo's Connecting California

The roofs above our heads What do our houses reveal about us – and what do they say about living in California?

5 MIN, 35 SEC Nov 22, 2018

Too rich for our own good
Zócalo's Connecting California

Too rich for our own good Affluent communities put their futures as risk when they become unaffordable for everyone but the wealthy.

5 MIN, 10 SEC Nov 08, 2018

The vilification of amnesty
Zócalo's Connecting California

The vilification of amnesty Americans would be wise to look to Ronald Reagan for lessons on how to deal with immigration.

5 MIN, 37 SEC Oct 25, 2018

Keeping it fresh
Zócalo's Connecting California

Keeping it fresh The intersection of Salinas, California and Yuma, Arizona is in your salad bowl.

5 MIN, 14 SEC Oct 18, 2018

Timber Troubles
Zócalo's Connecting California

Timber Troubles California has 4 billion trees, and it’s time they took some responsibility for their actions.

5 MIN, 36 SEC Oct 11, 2018

The fall of the American empire
Zócalo's Connecting California

The fall of the American empire The United States may not dominate the 21st Century the way it did in the 20th. What does that mean for California?

5 MIN, 34 SEC Oct 04, 2018

The little engine that could
Zócalo's Connecting California

The little engine that could There’s one small commuter train in California that does exactly what it’s supposed to.

5 MIN, 27 SEC Sep 27, 2018

Is it time to take Camp Pendleton public?
Zócalo's Connecting California

Is it time to take Camp Pendleton public? Wresting Camp Pendleton from the Marine Corps won’t be easy, but pressure is building for California to reclaim the largest piece of open coastal space between Santa Barbara and the Mexican border.

5 MIN, 35 SEC Sep 20, 2018

Standards of caring
Zócalo's Connecting California

Standards of caring California’s impressive children’s hospitals illustrate what it really looks like to put kids first. It’s too bad they’re an anomaly.

5 MIN, 29 SEC Sep 13, 2018

California billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk could both use some positive news
Zócalo's Connecting California

California billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk could both use some positive news Maybe they should buy newspapers.

5 MIN, 36 SEC Sep 06, 2018

In praise of the 'Modesto Girls'
Zócalo's Connecting California

In praise of the 'Modesto Girls' In a state where the population is increasingly transient, a group of close-knit sisters demonstrate the power of staying put.

5 MIN, 26 SEC Aug 30, 2018

The Great California Schools Squeeze
Zócalo's Connecting California

The Great California Schools Squeeze If California schools are getting more money than ever, then why are they so broke?

5 MIN, 40 SEC Aug 16, 2018

Coming of age in the Valley
Zócalo's Connecting California

Coming of age in the Valley Two new biographies shed light on what it was like growing up in multicultural Los Angeles in the 1980s and 1990s.

5 MIN, 36 SEC Aug 09, 2018

Rooting for the homegrown team
Zócalo's Connecting California

Rooting for the homegrown team California is losing too many of its young people, and there are only so many LeBron James around to save us.

5 MIN, 40 SEC Jul 19, 2018

Not as big as we think
Zócalo's Connecting California

Not as big as we think Sometime this summer, California will hit 40 million residents. But it may be quite a while before we reach 41 million.

5 MIN, 26 SEC Jul 19, 2018

In war and peace
Zócalo's Connecting California

In war and peace Russian collusion in California affairs is older than the state itself.

5 MIN, 42 SEC Jul 05, 2018

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Firestorms, Federal Relief and Climate Change
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29 MIN, 20 SEC Nov 09, 2018

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