Bee Soll
Oakland
mft therapist in training @scuecp // formerly @yourcallradio, @kcbsradio, @audacy, @kpfa, @cal grad, oakland based // *views are my own*
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What are the right policies & solutions for San Francisco’s future?
On this edition of Your Call, we discuss the future of San Francisco with journalists from the city. San Francisco has received endless national media coverage claiming crime is out of control and liberal policies are to blame. A federal judge recently banned the city from clearing homeless encampments without offering viable housing opportunities.
'Tyranny of the Minority' co-authors say democracy is at a crossroads
On this edition of Your Call, Steven Levitsky will discuss his new book, Tyranny of the Minority. Levitsky and his co-author Daniel Ziblatt are both Harvard professors of government studies. They write: “...the conditions that gave rise to the Trump presidency—a radicalized party empowered by a pre-democratic constitution—remain in place. We stand at a crossroads: either America will be a multiracial democracy or it will not be a democracy at all.
Will Proud Boys' sentences deter future white nationalist violence?
On this edition of Your Call, we’ll discuss the threat of violence by extremist right-wing groups in the US. Four leaders of the white nationalist group Proud Boys have now been convicted for their role in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and sentenced to between 15 and 22 years in prison. Will long prison sentences deter violence by white nationalist, neo-Nazi, and anti-government extremist groups?
Inside the corporate takeover of healthcare in the US
On this edition of Your Call, we're discussing A Sick System, a series from The American Prospect about the business of health care in the US and why it "is deeply out of whack." The series examines the "inner workings of monopolies and cartels extracting ever greater sums for ever lousier outcomes, and the policies and protocols pushing doctors and nurses to the brink - and increasingly into labor unions." In the US, the portion of national health expenditures commanded by administrative...
Students fight GOP book bans & the whitewashing of US history
On this edition of Your Call, students discuss how they're fighting Republican policies to ban books, whitewash US history, and censor discussions about LGBTQ issues and race. At least 25 states have enacted laws that make it easier to remove books, ban certain lessons on race, gender and sexuality, and limit the rights of transgender students, according to a Washington Post analysis. In response, students are organizing banned book clubs, protests, and lawsuits against their school districts.
How the Federalist Society came to dominate US law & politics
On this edition of Your Call, we discuss the power and influence of the Federalist Society. In a piece for Truthout, law professors Michael Avery and Mark Brodin detail how the society evolved from a small group of disaffected conservative law students into an organization with extraordinary influence over American law and politics. The group has successfully lobbied for years to strike down affirmative action, overturn Roe, and undermine civil rights.
The conservative legal network & dark money behind the Supreme Court
On this edition of Your Call, we’ll discuss recent Supreme Court decisions, and how we got here. Conservative justices voted to repeal affirmative action for college admissions, overturned a Biden Administration law relieving up to $20,000 in student debt, and ruled in favor of a Christian website designer refusing to serve LGBTQ customers.
The journey of an Afghan girl who risked everything for an education
On this edition of Your Call, we’ll discuss the new memoir, Defiant Dreams: The Journey of an Afghan Girl Who Risked Everything for Education, which tells the story of Sola Mahfouz, a young woman who fights to secretly educate herself under Taliban rule. Sola Mahfouz taught herself math and English online for years, eventually escaping to the United States, where she is now a quantum computing researcher at Tufts University.
What do you want to hear from Your Call?
On this edition of Your Call, we open the phone lines and take your show and guest ideas. How do you want us to cover the most critical issues facing this country, including the climate crisis, gun violence, inequality, homelessness, attacks on the LGBTQ communities, and abortion bans? Should we spend more time on local issues? What about international issues? What do you want from Your Call as the media environment continues to rapidly change?
The Octopus in the Parking Garage: A Call for Climate Resilience
On this edition of Your Call, climate law scholar Robert Verchick discusses his new book, The Octopus in the Parking Garage: A Call for Climate Resilience. Verchick explores what resilience looks like on the ground, from early humans on the savannas to today’s shop owners and city planners.
GOP debt ceiling plan would cut billions in federal spending
On this edition of Your Call, we’ll discuss the Republican Party's proposed legislation to raise the debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion in exchange for major government spending cuts. The GOP proposal includes cuts to food stamp and Medicaid. More than 10 million Medicaid enrollees would be subject to “work requirements” under Republicans’ new proposal, according to HuffPost. What will it take to stop Republicans from cutting vital programs or defaulting on the national debt?
Now is a great time to adopt or foster a pet as shelters are full
On this edition Your Call, we rebroadcast our conversation about why animal shelters are overwhelmed with pets that are being abandoned or turned in by owners. Inflation, evictions, and economic struggles have made caring for a pet unaffordable. There are 100,000 more pets in animal shelters nationwide than there were last year, according to Best Friends, an animal welfare organization. Some shelters are considering euthanasia for the first time in years.
What should be done to address Amazon's dominance?
On this edition of Your Call, we continue our discussion about Amazon’s empire. Global sales were nearly $150 billion in the first quarter of this year and 50 to 70 percent of online retail sales are made through Amazon. The company owns 110 warehouses and employs over a million people. Amazon workers are seriously injured at more than twice the rate of other warehouses, according to a new report from the Strategic Organizing Center.
Stabbing murder of tech exec Bob Lee & facts about crime in SF
On this edition of Your Call, we discuss the murder of tech executive Bob Lee earlier this month in San Francisco. The murder sparked widespread reports claiming a homeless person was responsible, but officials later said Lee was stabbed by a tech consultant he was with on the night of his murder. High profile people claimed Lee's killing is further evidence that crime is out of control in San Francisco. What does the data show?
Iraqis discuss the US invasion, 20 years later
On this edition of Your Call, we continue our series on the US invasion of Iraq, 20 years later.
30,000 Los Angeles school workers strike over unfair labor practices
On this edition of Your Call, we find out why workers who run the country’s second largest school district are on strike for the third straight day. Los Angeles school support staff are demanding a 30 percent pay increase, saying they barely make more than the minimum wage.
Since the Parkland shooting massacre five years ago, there have been 2,740 mass shootings in the US
On this edition of Your Call, it’s been five years since 17 students and teachers were shot and killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. 17 people were injured and an untold number were left traumatized. Because of the power of the gun lobby on mostly Republican politicians, little has changed since then. Last night, the United States experienced its 67th mass shooting this year. 67 mass shootings in just 44 days.
During his State of the Union address, President Biden was met with unprecedented heckling from Republicans
On this edition of Your Call, we'll discuss President Biden's third State of the Union address. The President called for a $35 monthly cap on insulin for all Americans, new taxes on billionaires, and quadrupling the tax on stock buybacks. He spent very little time on the environment and devoted just four sentences to abortion rights.
How House Republicans could threaten the future of Medicare and Social Security by refusing to raise the debt ceiling
On this edition of Your Call, we’ll discuss the new Republican-led congress. A deal reached by the new speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy and the far right wing Freedom Caucus will give these extremists more power to set the policy agenda and remove the Speaker if they decide. Already, the Republican House has voted to rescind IRS funding and is threatening to block an increase to the debt ceiling.
The Legacy Film Festival on Aging features films about caregiving & Alzheimer's on Apple Podcasts
On this edition of Your Call, we discuss Dear Audrey, a documentary about filmmaker Martin Duckworth who cares for wife, Audrey Schirmer, as she faces the final stages of Alzheimer’s. Dear Audrey is screening at this year's online Legacy Film Festival on Aging, through January 15.
California declares a State of Emergency, as a bomb cyclone hits the Bay Area
Tune in for the maiden broadcast of Fog City Blues on Sunday afternoons with a celebration of the birthday of Tampa Red, Elvis Presley, and David Bowie – January 8 at 4 pm. Devon Strolovitch studied medieval Judeo-Portuguese manuscripts and earned a PhD in Linguistics from Cornell University before coming to KALW. He is the Senior Producer of Philosophy Talk, and since 2007 has hosted Fog City Blues, the weekly digest of Blues in the Bay Area and beyond. 3 HOURS AGO
The Visiting Room Project invites the public to sit face-to-face with men serving life sentences
On this edition of Your Call, we're rebroadcasting our discussion about The Visiting Room Project, an initiative that invites people to sit face-to-face with men serving life without the possibility of parole. Nearly 5,000 people are sentenced to die in Louisiana prisons without any possibility of parole. The Visiting Room Project is the largest collection of first person testimonials ever gathered from people serving this sentence.
The Pope apologizes for the "deplorable evil" committed in Canada's residential schools -- Indigenous people want action
On this edition of Your Call, we're discussing reaction to Pope Francis's trip to central Alberta where he apologized for the "deplorable evil" committed in Catholic-run Indigenous Residential Schools. More than 150,000 Indigenous children in Canada were removed and separated from their families and communities to attend these schools. The last one closed in the late 1990s. The Pope's trip has received a mixed reaction among the Indigenous community. Many say they want action, not just words.
What explains inflation & what are real solutions for working people?
On this edition of Your Call, we're discussing rising inflation, which soared to a 40-year high last month with prices increasing percent over the past year. Corporate profits and CEO pay have hit record highs, but average wages are not keeping up with the increased cost of goods and overall living. More people than ever are taking extra jobs to make ends meet. What explains this and what are real solutions for working people? Guests: James Galbraith, Lloyd M.
After Manchin's refusal to act, advocates are calling on Biden to declare a national climate emergency
On this edition of Your Call, we're discussing the future of the climate crisis now that West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin has refused to support a stripped down version of the Democrats' package to invest billions in clean energy. Manchin has accepted more money from the oil and gas industry than any other senator this election cycle. His decision dooms what could have been the largest climate bill in US history.
New 988 Suicide and Crisis Hotline debuts. Are local centers prepared for a surge in calls?
On this edition of Your Call, we'll discuss the rollout of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Hotline, which is now live. People experiencing mental health crises can call or text 988 to seek support from a trained mental health professional. The goal is to connect people immediately and reduce confrontations with law enforcement. The new line will also provide specialized services for LGBTQ youth, who are four times more likely to attempt suicide than their peers, according to The Trevor Project.
The latest January 6 hearing exposes direct connection between Trump officials and extremist groups
On this edition of Your Call, we're discussing the latest January 6 hearing, which focused on the role extremist groups like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers played in the deadly insurrection. The evidence presented showed that members of Donald Trump's inner circle were in close communication with these groups in the lead-up to the attack.
How abortion bans are impacting doctors, medical training, and patient care
On this edition of Your Call, we’ll speak with doctors about the unprecedented landscape they face now that Roe has been overturned. Yesterday, Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Mississippi’s only abortion clinic, closed its doors. The clinic’s owner Diane Derzis has worked in abortion care for 50 years. She told Newsweek abortion bans will be in place for decades to come. "Most doctors are not going to jail for murder and I don’t think people realize that," she said.
How a network of powerful conservatives have dismantled civil liberties & the social safety net
On this edition of Your Call, media analyst Anne Nelson discusses her book, Shadow Network: Media, Money, and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right. She writes about the Council for National Policy, a powerful group of Republican operatives, evangelicals, oil barons, and gun lobbyists who formed during the Reagan administration. Their goal was to attack civil liberties and the social safety net. Nelson traces how the collapse of local journalism laid the foundation for the Policy's information war.
Abortion providers face closures, legal chaos & increased demand
On this edition of Your Call, we'll check in with clinic workers and reproductive justice advocates to find out how they are dealing with the fallout of the recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Abortion is now banned in at least six states, according to The 19th: Texas, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, and Alabama. There are no exceptions for rape or incest. If providers break the law in many of those states, they could go to prison. Additional bans are expected in the coming weeks.
Conservative Justices limit the EPA's power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions
On this edition of Your Call, we discuss the 6-3 Supreme Court ruling that curtails the EPA’s power to force power plants to reduce carbon pollution. Those plants make up a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions in the US, according to the EPA. In her dissent, Justice Elena Kagan wrote, “The Court appoints itself — instead of Congress or the expert agency — the decisionmaker on climate policy. I cannot think of many things more frightening.
Supreme Court expands the right to carry concealed weapons, limits Miranda rights & rejects death row precedent
On this edition of Your Call, we’ll discuss Supreme Court decisions. The court has struck down a New York law that limits the right to carry concealed handguns. The court has effectively rendered gun restrictions presumptively unconstitutional. This is a revolution in 2nd Amendment law, according to Slate reporter Mark Joseph Stern. The court also ruled that suspects cannot sue for a violation of their civil rights when police fail to provide them with Miranda warnings.
Election officials describe death threats & mob violence fueled by Trump's lies
On this edition of Your Call, we're discussing the fourth day of the January 6 hearings, which focused on state election officials and the death threats and mob violence they endured as a result of Donald Trump's lies. We heard powerful testimony from Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and her daughter Shaye Moss who still live in fear after being the targets of a racist smear campaign by Trump and Rudy Giuliani.
Former firearms exec exposes how the gun industry fosters extremism & racism
On this edition of Your Call, Ryan Busse will discuss Gunfight: My Battle Against the Industry that Radicalized America. Busse is a former firearms executive who built a successful career selling millions of guns. After getting an insider's view of the industry's addition to fear and hardcore conservatism, he decided to leave and expose what’s happening behind the scenes. He says the multibillion-dollar gun industry fosters extremism, racism, and the radicalization of right-wing America.
January 6 committee focuses on the Proud Boys & the Trump campaign raising $250M off the big lie
On this edition of Your Call, we'll continue our discussion about the House committee hearings to investigate the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. According to interviews with Donald Trump's inner circle, there were competing factions in the Trump White House: one that tried to convince him that the election results were legitimate, and the other, led by Rudy Giuliani, who continually pushed the big lie.
January 6 hearings begin as five Proud Boys are indicted for seditious conspiracy
On this edition of next Your Call, we’ll discuss the January 6th committee hearings, which begin tonight at 5pm PT.
San Francisco ousts DA Chesa Boudin with 25.8% voter turnout
On this edition of Your Call, we'll discuss San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin who was recalled by 60 percent of (74,335) voters. Only 25.8 percent of registered voters returned their ballots (127,926 out of 495,498 registered voters). Mayor London Breed will choose Boudin's replacement. Recall supporters, backed by $7.2 million in contributions, said, "Chesa Boudin is failing us.
The majority of US gun violence is carried out with handguns, but mass shooters tend to use AR-15s
On this edition of Your Call, we'll discuss gun violence committed with handguns and semi-automatic rifles. Six states have increased the minimum age to purchase semi-automatics from 18 to 21. Families impacted by the Uvalde massacre are taking steps that could lead to lawsuits against Daniel Defense, the company that made the weapon used to kill 19 children and two teachers. Daniel Defense is a powerful Republican donor and has received more than 100 federal contracts and a few loans.
How can we reach young men like the Buffalo shooter before they embrace white supremacy and commit acts of violence?
On this edition of Your Call, we'll discuss how we can reach young men like the self-described white supremacist and antisemite who shot and killed 10 people at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York. According to a document written by the 18-year-old white shooter, he researched a zip code with a high percentage of Black residents and traveled three hours to Tops several times before carrying out the massacre.
How can we reach young, isolated men like the Uvalde, Texas school shooter?
On this edition of Your Call, we'll discuss how we can reach young people facing isolation, bullying, and family struggles before they're driven to extreme acts of violence. The 18-year-old gunman who carried out a massacre at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas last Tuesday was dealing with bullying and a difficult home life, according to reports. Peers also say he had a pattern of violent relationships, threatened teen girls online, shot at random people with a BB gun, and hurt animals.
Will this time be different?
On this edition of Your Call, we’ll find out if this time will be different. Will the massacre of 10 Black people in Buffalo, New York, and 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, finally force Senate Republicans to support basic gun control? Gun violence, not just mass shootings, left at least 156 people dead and 412 injured from 5pm ET Friday to 5am Tuesday, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
How easy is it to buy a gun in the US?
On this edition of Your Call, we'll find out how easy it is to buy a gun in the US. Americans own 393 million firearms. That's half of the world’s civilian firearms. The US leads the world in firearms per capita. In 2020 alone, more than 45,000 Americans died by gunfire, more than any other year on record. That figure represents a 25 percent increase from 2015, and a 43 percent increase from 2010.
How to stop hate crimes & violence against communities of color
On this edition of Your Call, we're discussing how society should respond to racism, hate crimes, and self-described white supremacists like the 18-year-old white shooter who researched a zip code with a high percentage of Black residents before killing 10 people in Buffalo. Three-quarters of Black Americans are worried that they or someone they love will be attacked because of their race, according to a Washington Post poll.
SF DA Chesa Boudin discusses his record & the June 7 recall
On this edition of Your Call, San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin joins us to take your questions about his record and June 7th recall election. In 2019, Boudin's campaign focused on reforming the legal system and ending mass incarceration and cash bail. What does his record show so far? Recall supporters say he is "failing to keep San Franciscans safe." The majority of the $6 million in recall money has come from wealthy donors, according to reports.
American conservatives host CPAC in autocratic Hungary, showcasing a shift to the hard right
On this edition of Your Call, we discuss why top conservatives are having this week's Conservative Political Action Coalition or CPAC conference in Budapest. The keynote speaker will be Hungary's authoritarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who, this week, embraced the racist "great replacement" ideology, called the spread of LGBTQ+ rights "gender madness," and said the West is "committing suicide" through immigration. What does this say about the direction the hard-right is headed?
After hundreds of mass shootings, Republicans still refuse to support gun control. What now?
On this edition of Your Call, we'll discuss the ongoing gun violence epidemic in the US. The 18-year-old Buffalo shooter legally bought a semiautomatic rifle in New York and illegally modified it with a high-capacity magazine, according to officials. So far this year, there have been 201 shootings in which four or more people were injured or killed, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
The complex state-by-state legal issues that will arise if Roe is overturned
On this edition of Your Call, we discuss The New Abortion Battleground, a new report about the post-Roe legal landscape. If Roe is overturned, anti-abortion Republican jurisdictions will likely try to prohibit their citizens from traveling to another state to obtain an abortion. Abortion-supporting states will seek to protect their providers from legal action for helping out-of-state residents. We'll then check in with a provider in California to find out how they're preparing.
How gerrymandering, the electoral college & dark money has brought us to the brink of overturning Roe v. Wade
On this edition of Your Call, we'll continue our discussion about the future of abortion rights in the US. In several polls, 70 percent of the public say Roe should not be overturned and yet, many in the media still say abortion is the most divisive issue of our time. How did we get here? Both sides journalism, gerrymandering, the electoral college, voter suppression, the Koch Brothers working with the religious right, and dark money.
Romanian activists risk their lives to protect old growth forests from furniture giant Ikea
On this edition of Your Call, we rebroadcast our conversation with reporter Alexander Sammon. He discusses his New Republic piece, Ikea’s Race for the Last of Europe’s Old-Growth Forest. Romania is home to one of the largest and most important old-growth forests left in the world. Sammon reports that in 2015, the furniture giant Ikea bought 83,000 acres of forest in Romania. Within months, Ikea became, and remains, Romania’s largest private landowner.
The environmental effects of the global slave trade
On this edition of Your Call, we’ll speak with archaeologist Dr. Justin Dunnavant about the environmental impacts of the transatlantic slave trade with a focus on the former Danish West Indies, which are now the US Virgin Islands. Between 1500 and 1875, 4.8 million enslaved Africans were brought to the Caribbean, compared with 389,000 brought to the US. About a million people died in transit.
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