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Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.

  1. Behind the News – January 1, 2026

    5D AGO

    Behind the News – January 1, 2026

    Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. The post Behind the News – January 1, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

    1h 33m
  2. Year-end roundup: some of the best of BtN 2025

    12/25/2025

    Year-end roundup: some of the best of BtN 2025

    Highlights of 2025: Emile Torres on the posthumanists • Quinn Slobodian on eugenics and neoliberalism • Femi Taiwo on DEI and the war on it • Kristin Du Mez on white Christian nationalism • Anatol Lieven on the Trumpian worldview • Laleh Khalili on the relationship between the Pentagon and US capitalism • and Susannah Glickman on similar The post Year-end roundup: some of the best of BtN 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

    1 hr
  3. Fundraising special: the problem with lithium

    12/18/2025

    Fundraising special: the problem with lithium

    Thea Riofrancos, author of Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism, on the complications of using lithium batteries to green our future (think tank here) The post Fundraising special: the problem with lithium appeared first on KPFA.

    1 hr
  4. Fundraising special: Trump’s natsec strategy, the US gov as private equity firm

    12/11/2025

    Fundraising special: Trump’s natsec strategy, the US gov as private equity firm

    Anatol Lieven analyzes the Trump national security strategy • Susannah Glickman on the transformation of the US government into a private equity firm (NYRB interview here) The post Fundraising special: Trump’s natsec strategy, the US gov as private equity firm appeared first on KPFA.

    1 hr
  5. Honduras, Sudan, sewer socialism

    12/04/2025

    Honduras, Sudan, sewer socialism

    David Adler and Matt Kirkegaard of the Progressive International on the Honduran elections • Elfadil Ibrahim on the Sudanese civil war • Eric Blanc on the lessons of Milwaukee’s decades of “sewer socialism” for Mamdani and Wilson The post Honduras, Sudan, sewer socialism appeared first on KPFA.

    1 hr
  6. Behind the News – November 27, 2025

    11/27/2025

    Behind the News – November 27, 2025

    Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. The post Behind the News – November 27, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

    1 hr
  7. Republicans: how did they go from Eisenhower to Trump?

    11/20/2025

    Republicans: how did they go from Eisenhower to Trump?

    Paul Heideman, author of Rogue Elephant, on how the Republican party went from a staid vehicle of American business to the frothy lunacy of today The post Republicans: how did they go from Eisenhower to Trump? appeared first on KPFA.

    1 hr
  8. Sudan, and Japan’s new PM

    11/13/2025

    Sudan, and Japan’s new PM

    Mosaab Baba, author of this article, on what’s behind the horrendous civil war in Sudan • Jake Adelstein, an American journalist who’s been living in Japan for almost 40 years, on that country’s reactionary new Prime Minister The post Sudan, and Japan’s new PM appeared first on KPFA.

    1 hr
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Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.

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  • Creator
    KPFA
  • Years Active
    2009 - 2026
  • Episodes
    25
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