(Airdate: May 10, 2021) In this edition of Critical Conversations, hosts Robert Ambrose and Dahr Jamail interview International Panel on Climate Change Expert Reviewer Dr. Peter Carter about his warning that billions of people likely facing death from widespread crop failures as the climate crisis deepens. They also discuss local climate crisis effects like lack of fresh water as glaciers disappear, sea level rise that will erase downtown, and the continuing influx of climate refugees.
(Airdate: April 26, 2021) What links the murder trial of police officer Derek Chauvin with the dominant politics of the current Republican Party and that party’s accelerating efforts to suppress voting by people of color? Cohosts Robert Ambrose and Dahr Jamail speak with Marjorie Cohn, professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, where she taught from 1991-2016, and a former president of the National Lawyers Guild, about the historic trial, Republican politics, and the crucial importance of the For The People Act.
(Airdate: April 12, 2021) Are we facing a permanent COVID-19 pandemic and, if so, how do we proceed into the future? Cohosts Robert Ambrose and Dahr Jamail talk with Jefferson County Health Officer Dr. Tom Locke about the success of the vaccination drive, and the threats posed to that success by the emergence of more dangerous virus variants. Brazil is facing a “biological Fukushima” with uncontrolled virus spread, largely because its president denies COVID-19 is anything to worry about. Sound familiar? Is there a more rational pathway to the future?
Critical Conversations airs on 91.9FM KPTZ the second and fourth Mondays each month, from 5:30-6pm.
(Airdate: March 22, 2021 ) In this episode, cohosts Dahr Jamail and Robert Ambrose speak with Professor Emeritus of Journalism Robert Jensen about “The Big Lie” – propaganda, misinformation, U.S. Imperialism, white supremacy, and potential fates of the GOP.
Critical Conversations airs on 91.9FM KPTZ the second and fourth Mondays each month, from 5:30-6pm.
(Airdate: March 8, 2021) Cohosts Dahr Jamail and Robert Ambrose speak with author, feminist, mythologist, and analyst Carolyn Baker about the collapse of western civilization, climate chaos, and the rise of Nazism in the United States. She also discusses the necessity for spiritual grounding, and the imperative of doing our work, whatever it is, from the heart.
Critical Conversations airs on 91.9FM KPTZ the second and fourth Mondays each month, from 5:30-6pm.
(Airdate: February 22, 2021) In Chapter 5 of Critical Conversations, cohosts Robert Ambrose and Dahr Jamail speak with noted author and journalist William Rivers Pitt, editor and chief columnist at TruthOut.org. The discussion centers on the abrupt end of Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial and the future of the Republican Party. Does the January 6th insurrection presage a Trumpist party with a military wing?
Critical Conversations airs on 91.9FM KPTZ the second and fourth Mondays each month, from 5:30-6pm.
(Airdate: February 8, 2021) Eclipsed recently by the raging pandemic that will soon have killed half a million Americans, and a near-toppling of Congress by white supremacist insurgents encouraged by the ex-president, climate change continues to accelerate relentlessly and nearing exponential increase. Are the social disruptions caused by the pandemic along with the anxiety induced by political warfare just a mere foretaste of things to come? If so, how do we as a community prepare to meet a daunting future? Hosts Dahr Jamail and Robert Ambrose examine these difficult-to-discuss aspects of our new normal that pose an urgent challenge to all of us and our communities.
(Airdate: January 18, 2021) KPTZ’s new show Critical Conversations is a half-hour deep dive into timely topics, with a special focus on how recently evolving situations apply to each and every one of us. Co-hosts Robert Ambrose and author Dahr Jamail share their analysis of the American Coup, climate crisis, and global pandemic. This episode of Critical Conversations will repeat on Monday Jan 25, at 5:30pm.
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(Airdate: November 30, 2020) In this second chapter of Critical Conversations, co-hosts Robert Ambrose and Dahr Jamail discuss the existential crisis of climate change and its linkages to the current pandemic and dysfunctional government, and they look for hope in the strength of our local community.
(Airdate: October 29, 2020) In this premier episode of KPTZ’s Critical Conversations, co-hosts Robert Ambrose and Dahr Jamail explore three major challenges to life as we know it, and they discuss how community resilience will be key to a future of adaptation. The next airing of this half-hour program will be on 91.9FM Monday, November 9 at 6:30pm, immediately following Climate One.
