LA Progressive Podcast
1) How Charlie Kirk Echoes Horst Wessel
Trump friend-turned-foe Conway has enraged the MAGA right by charging on X, “They may not want to hear it, and it may incense them, but the parallels between what the Nazis did then [with Wessel], and...Show More
2) Collateral Damage: The Global Health Crisis War Leaves Behind
Andrea Mazzarino, the co-founder of Brown University’s Costs of War Project joins Dick and Sharon to discuss the consequences of war rarely discussed. While conventional casualty figures focus on batt...Show More
3) White Christian Nationalism - Trump's Most Loyal Base
The rapid rise of a pugilistic and politicized white evangelicalism occurred in direct tandem with the virulent reaction to the advances of the midcentury civil rights movement. Peter Laarman a retire...Show More
4) Jeff Mackler: A Revolutionary Voice from the Margins
In a political landscape increasingly defined by polarization and corporate influence, Jeff Mackler stands as a principled voice for revolutionary socialism. As the national secretary of Socialist Act...Show More
5) Breaking the Cycle: Why White People Must Help Dismantle Racism to Save American Democracy
Frank Joyce and Elizabeth Woodson joined Dick and Sharon of the LA Progressive to talk about the role that white people MUST play in creating democracy for all. They are both dedicated to dismantling...Show More
6) From PBS to KBLA: Tavis Smiley’s Mission
From his early days as a commentator on BET to his groundbreaking role as the first African American to host signature talk programs on both NPR (The Tavis Smiley Show) and PBS (Tavis Smiley), he has ...Show More
7) Teaching Real History: Why Complexity, Not Myth, Builds Informed Citizens
Across the country, classrooms are under pressure—politically, ideologically, and pedagogically. One quiet but powerful force distorting how young people understand the world is reductionist reasoning...Show More
8) Authoritarianism, Historical Amnesia, and the War on Education
Culture is the primary battlefield authoritarians use to establish a foothold in the public imagination, where fear is normalized, dissent is demonized, and history is rewritten to serve the interests...Show More
9) Can California Dems Win Back Latino Voters
After the disastrous November election, we have not seen the emergence of a Democratic Party agenda or any effort that clearly goes to the heart of the Latino community.During the fall’s Presidential ...Show More
10) America’s Addiction to War: A Lieutenant Colonel Reflects 40 Years Later
Forty years ago. Bill Astor was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. In this conversation with Dick Price, himself a Vietnam Veteran, the two military veterans reflect on two decade...Show More