Living in a Corporate Petri Dish. Carey Gillam is an investigative journalist who is on the forefront of the Monsanto expose. Through hard work and FOIA requests she uncovered a very tangled web of ghost writing, bought science and regulatory capture. Her book, Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science…
Category: Podcasts
District 34- Dr. Abdul El-Sayed on Public Policy and the Future
You already know Abdul El-Sayed the former gubernatorial candidate for the stare of Michigan- now meet Abdul El-Seyed the policy geek. Abdul is a Rhodes Scholar, has a doctorate from Oxford University and a medical degree from Columbia University. As a public health professor, Abdul became an internationally recognized expert in health policy and health…
District 34- National Nurses United Policy Platform with their Policy Director Ken Zinn
National Nurses United, with more than 150,000 members in every state, is the largest union and professional association of registered nurses in U.S. history. NNU was founded in 2009 unifying three of the most active, progressive organizations in the U.S.—and the major voices of unionized nurses—in the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, United American…
The Future of Activism with San Francisco Activist Adriel Hampton
Adriel Hampton runs a digital agency in San Francisco and The Really Online Lefty League. Previously, he co-founded and served as president of Pinpoint Predictive, a programmatic advertising targeting company based in San Francisco and was an early member of the Los Angeles software company NationBuilder. In 2009, Adriel became the first person to launch…
District 34- What is Socialism and Why Has it Been Weaponized with Guest John Graziano
The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One. This week I discuss the various forms of Socialism and why this term is so weaponized in the United States. From Marxism to social democracies- we cover the spectrum. Some recommended reading is below: Kropotkin Adam Smith- Tthe Unwealth of Nations Chomsky
District 34- What Does it Mean to be a Trans Rights Ally?
What does it mean to be an ally to Trans Rights activists in 2018? That is the question I posed to my panel of activists. Join me on a journey that will be both uplifting and informative. Kayleigh McKee is a voice over artist and activist in the Los Angeles area. You can follow her…
There Aint No Party Like a People’s Party! My Conversation with Amy Vilela
Amy Vilela is much much more than a grieving mother, but because she is a grieving mother, she will never give up. We don’t have time to wait around for career politicians, their donors or special interests to do the right thing. We need bold action, now. We need representatives in Washington that understand the…
District 34- Race and Class in a Moral Economy with guest Michael Graham
This is a candid conversation on the persistent problem of wealth inequality between blacks and whites. We discuss its roots, its myths and some possible solutions. My guest, Michael Graham, is an author and the founder of Actify Press. He has written extensively on economic and race issues. You can read his work on Progressive…
District 34- Mal Hyman: Common Sense for the Common Good
Mal Hyman is running for Congress in South Carolina’s 7th district. He is a professor of political science and sociology at Coker College. He is an alumnus of UCLA. Working with the United Nations, Mal Hyman monitored the elections in Nicaragua in 1990 and in Mexico in 1994. He also visited Gaza during the second…
Tim Canova on fixing the Fed, International Trade and Democrat Party Reform
Tim Canova is a law professor that works in the area of economics and international trade. He served on Senator Sanders economic reform committee in 2011. He is currently running as an Independent against Debbie Wassermann Schultz in Florida. In the 1990s, while an associate attorney at a prominent law firm and then as a…