Host, 'Free Forum'
Journalist and host of Free Forum, a weekly radio program heard on the KPFK-FM in Los Angeles and WBAI-FM in New York, and writer for Alternet.org; consultant, speaker, writer, and coach to public agencies, foundations, non-profits, and responsible corporations
If the Dow's Up, Why Are Housing and Jobs Still Down? The Dow hit 13,000 this week, yet housing and consumer spending continue to limp along. Terrence McNally explores the continued gap between Wall Street and Main Street.
Will Obama's Foreign Policy Successes Help Him? President Obama's announcement that the last US soldiers would leave Iraq by the end of this year capped a momentous week in which he could also take credit for...
The LAPD and the Dodger Stadium Beating Case Arraignment has been postponed for two Southern California men arrested Thursday and charged with severely beating of Giants fan Bryan Stow on opening day at Dodger Stadium...
DC Hammering Out Dueling Debt Ceiling Plans As the markets and the public look on nervously, the clock continues to tick on negotiations to raise the federal debt ceiling. Terrence McNally guest hosts.
Libya Showdown; Japan Fallout; Budget Ideologies Libya is forced to call for a cease-fire, Japan battles to prevent a nuclear disaster, and politicians duke it out over the budget on Capitol Hill.
GOP Agenda, Obama's Pro-Business Maneuvers, US-China Relations The first order of business for the 112th Congress was its vote to repeal the healthcare law. Also, President Obama courts the business community by ordering a review of government regulatory agencies and appointing the chairman of GE to run his outside panel of economic advisors. Finally, after a state visit by Chinese president Hu, what course should the US be taking with China? (Terrence McNally sits in for Matt Miller, who is off this week.)
KCRW Selects: Don’t @ Me 2 KCRW’s Bob Carlson presents another peek into Don’t @ Me – a new show hosted by Dear White People’s Justin Simien.
Are state-mandated gender quotas legal? California becomes the first state to impose gender quotas on corporate boards, but will the new law make it through legal review? It’s a close race for the 25th Congressional seat in Ventura County, as Democrats try to flip the district from red to blue. A wine from the Central Coast plays a lead role in “Somm 3,” and artists debut performances inspired by the Thomas Fire and subsequent mudslides.
Crossing borders, in mind and in the flesh The U.S. border with Mexico has become a linchpin in American politics under the administration of Donald Trump.
Rebecca Traister and the Power of Women’s Anger One of America’s leading feminist writers says women have changed history since Ancient Greece. And, she says, they’ll do it again. The backlash to President Trump was just the beginning. Record numbers of women are running for congress, state governorships and local offices. She tells Warren about her latest book,“Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger.”