President of the Ploughshares Fund, a nonproliferation group based in Washington, DC, and author of Bombscare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons and Deadly Arsenals: Tracking Weapons of Mass Destruction; former senior Vice President for National Security and International Policy at the Center for American Progress, a liberal think-tank
Joseph Cirincione on KCRW
More from KCRW
In Our Backyard: Heat is the deadliest aspect of climate change. It’s turning some underserved LA neighborhoods red hot
In Our BackyardRedlining and other forms of discrimination have turned LA’s Black and Brown neighborhoods into “urban heat islands” that are especially vulnerable to climate change.
Black Lives Matter: “When We Fight, We Win”
PoliticsAs the jury was deliberating its verdict in George Floyd’s murder by former police officer Derek Chauvin, BLM co-founder Melina Abdullah spoke with Robert Scheer about the movement’s…
How to change US policing after Derek Chauvin’s murder conviction?
PoliticsMany people in LA and across the nation have long called for significant changes to policing and public safety. But that can mean different things to different people.
LA’s $1 billion proposed plan to fight homelessness
HomelessnessMayor Eric Garcetti’s so-called “justice budget” for the next fiscal year includes nearly $1 billion to fight homelessness.
Joe Mathews: Climate change touches every issue in California
Environment"Judging California’s climate change policies by greenhouse gas emissions is backwards.
Whatever Happened to Americans’ Moral Compass?
PoliticsJournalist and anti-war activist David Harris speaks to Robert Scheer about his resistence to America’s genocide in Vietnam and his education in federal prison.
In Our Backyard: Greenhouse emissions we can't see are often out of mind, causing pollution power lines
In Our BackyardIn episode two of “In Our Backyard,” host Warren Olney hears how fighting both global warming and environmental injustice go hand in hand.
Where are all the jobs?
NationalJosh Barro talks with the Left, Right & Center panel about the slow return of jobs, the rift among Republicans over Donald Trump and social media rule.
The Rudy raid
PoliticsJosh Barro and Ken White talk about the confiscation of electronic devices from Rudy Giuliani’s home and office, and more.