Air Date: 1-28-2025

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The existence of out-of-control wildfires in Los Angeles amid the rising climate crisis is not confusing or strange. How to deal with such an emergency during our ongoing political and information crisis is a completely different story.

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: Untold Stories of L.A. Fires: Incarcerated Firefighters, Black Altadena & Octavia Butler's Warning - Democracy Now! - Air Date 1-13-25

KP 2: Water Wars - Sustainable Minimalists - Air Date 12-14-23

KP 3: Climate Scientist Debunks L.A. Wildfire Myths with Dr. Daniel Swain - Factually! with Adam Conover - Air Date 1-19-25

KP 4: Wildfire Conspiracies And Reinvigorating Black Male Voters with Mondale Robinson & Trae Crowder (Ep 263) Part 1- The Bitchuation Room - Air Date 1-15-25

KP 5: The Politics of Fire - The Keith Boykins Channel - Air Date 1-12-25

KP 6: Fires, Liars, and Oligarchy Rising; Garland nixes execution drug - The Bradcast - Air Date 1-16-25

(47:06) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On why progressive visions are interconnected

DEEPER DIVES

(55:26) SECTION A: WATER

A1: Water Wars – myth or reality? Part 1 - Disorder - Air Date 1-24-24

A2: How This Billionaire Couple STOLE California's Water Supply - The Class Room ft. @SecondThought - More Perfect Union - Air Date 12-20-22

A3: Water Wars – myth or reality? Part 2 - Disorder - Air Date 1-24-24

(1:18:36) SECTION B: INSURANCE

B1: Derek Seidman on Insurance and Climate (2024); Ariel Adelman on Disability Civil Rights - Counterspin - Air Date 1-17-25

B2: Insurance Company CORRUPTION and The Worst Confirmation Hearings EVER - The Bitchuation Room - Air Date 1-18-25

(1:38:09) SECTION C: POLITICAL FAILURE

C1: Wildfire Conspiracies And Reinvigorating Black Male Voters with Mondale Robinson & Trae Crowder Part 2 - The Bitchuation Room - Air Date 1-15-25

C2: LA Fires Sparked By Climate Change - The Muckrake Political Podcast - Air Date 1-10-25

C3: Gaza Ceasefire, GOP Conditioning Aid to LA, and the TikTok Ban Might Really Happen - Some More News - Air Date 1-17-25

C4: Reactionary Conspiracy Nuts Blame California Wildfires On Homeless Drug Addicts - The Majority Report - Air Date 1-17-25

C5: The Politics of Fire - Today, Explained - Air Date 1-14-25

(2:21:29) SECTION D: CLIMATE

D1: Will 2025 be the Hottest Year Ever Recorded? - ClimateAdam - Air Date 1-13-25

D2: Living in the Time of Dying - Watch Full Documentary - Air Date 10-1-22

D3: How to Beat Climate Change with Aru Shiney-Ajay - Factually! with Adam Conover - Air Date 1-15-25

D4: Naomi Klein on Our Hotter, Meaner Future, and How to Avoid It - Moyers on Democracy - Air Date 2-3-16

D5: L.A. Fires Should Be a Climate Wake-Up Call: 5 Dead, 130K+ Evacuated in Uncontained “Apocalypse” - Democracy Now! - Air Date 1-9-25

D6: The Great Displacement: Climate Migration in America - Carnegie Endowment - Air Date 3-20-23

D7: Climate Scientist Peter Kalmus Fled L.A. Fearing Wildfires. His Old Neighborhood Is Now a Hellscape - Democracy Now! - Air Date 1-10-25

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Description: Photo of downtown Los Angeles at night with the Pacific Palisades fire burning on the mountains in the background.

Credit: “Palisades Fire from downtown” by Toastt21, Wikimedia Commons | License: CC-SA 4.0 | Changes: Cropped, time stamp in lower right corner removed

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