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Be Bold, America!

by Jill Cody

“Be Bold America!” is a live, talk show, on KSQD 90.7FM, for those who are motivated to step out with the actions necessary to begin reuniting this country and saving our democracy.Given the challenges ahead, we’ll need to be our own superheroes, individually and collectively, becoming super-citizens who are fearless, daring, and bold. Our future depends on it.We were proud to be that “beacon on the hill”, now, like climate change, Democracy has become a partisan issue. When and why did that happen?On “Be Bold America!” we’ll not only talk about issues, we’ll identify actions, and solutions. Experts will tell us what we must Keep doing, Stop doing, and Start doing to recapture our democracy.Join me, my community guests and topic experts to explore issues and to identify constructive and compelling actions on “Be Bold America!” Sundays at 5 PM, biweekly, on KSQD 90.7 FM.We have big things to do.

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  1. The Christian Fixation on Political Power

    The Christian Fixation on Political Power “Be Bold America!” Aired October 2, 2026 at 5:00pm (PT) Christian fixation with political power is the theological emergency of our time. – Dr. Matthew D. Taylor In this interview, Dr. Matthew D. Taylor traces the origins of Christian supremacy. Jesus...

  2. Who Killed the American Dream with Thom Hartmann

    Who Killed the American Dream? “Be Bold America!” Airs September 18, 2026 at 5:00pm (PT) In 1886, a corrupt court reporter inserted a single fraudulent sentence into the official record of a Supreme Court case. The Court never ruled that corporations were “persons” under the 14th amendment, the...

  3. Was America Wired for Authoritarianism from the Start?

    Was America Wired for Authoritarianism from the Start? Be Bold America! September 4, 2026 @ 5:00pm (PT) Since Donald Trump ascended to the presidency, Americans are increasingly concerned about authoritarianism and creeping fascism. Their fears are justified, but according to eminent sociologist...

  4. Who are the Deny-o-sours and Solutionaries?

    Who are the Deny-o-sours and Solutionaries? “Be Bold America!” Airs August 21, 2026 at 5:00pm (PT) It’s 2026, just a little over halfway through Donald-the-Deny-o-sour’s second term and the world is seemingly on fire. As if record heat waves, fires, and floods on multiple continents aren’t bad...

  5. Who is the Man Behind the Curtain? It’s Russell Vought!

    Who is the Man Behind the Curtain? It’s Russell Vought! Be Bold America! August 7, 2026 “We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected. … When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains.” – Russell Vought,...

  6. Every Voter Deserves a Voice That Matters!

    Every Voter Deserves a Voice That Matters! “Be Bold America!” Live Interview* Friday, July 3, 2026 at 5:00pm (PT) Times have changed! 45% of today’s voters identify as political independents. They are rejecting rigid opinions. Now, there is a non-partisan reform organization who are advancing…

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  7. Project Censored’s 50th Anniversary – “The Global Crackdown on Free Expression”

    “The Global Crackdown on Free Expression” In Honor of Project Censored’s 50th Anniversary “Be Bold America!” Airs June 19, 2026 at 5:00pm (PT) In this interview, on the global crackdown of free expression, Dr. Steve Macek from North Central College in Illinois will discuss his work to combat the...

  8. How Women Are Centered and Silenced in Pop Culture

    How Women Are Centered and Silenced in Pop Culture “Be Bold America!” Friday, June 5 at 5:00pm (PT) This interview will examine how women are both centered and silenced, and maligned in popular culture. It will explore a generational legacy in which media harms women, and will unpack what it…

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  9. How to Mobilize to Defend Democracy

    How to Mobilize to Defend Democracy Be Bold America! Friday, May 15, 2026 at 5:00pm (PT) With the 2026 midterm elections looming and democracy on the line, progressive attorney, activist, and author, Gary Lucks, presents in his new book We Are The Power fiercely practical, street-level directions...

  10. Saving the American Dream

    “Saving the American Dream” “Be Bold America!” Airs May 1, 2026 at 5:00pm (PT) “John K. Roth has spent over five decades challenging students to wrestle with the import and meaning of the American Dream and inspiring them to fulfill its promise. In Saving the American Dream, he uses that lifetime...

  11. The Making of Donald Trump with David Cay Johnston

    “The Making of Donald Trump” “Be Bold America!” Airs April 17, 2026 at 5:00pm (PT) Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist David Cay Johnston stated in his bestselling book, The Making of Donald Trump, when Donald Trump rode down the Trump Tower lobby escalator live on national television...

  12. Why the Climate Fight is Failing

    “Why the Climate Fight is Failing. Radical Activism is Needed!” “Be Bold America!” Airs April 3 2026 at 5:00pm (PT) “The climate rallying cries to “Save the Planet” no longer work in our hyper-partisan world, nor do images of polar bears on melting glaciers. The problem isn’t scientific,...

  13. Living in the United States May Be Hazardous to Your Health!

    Living in the United States May be Hazardous to Your Health! “Be Bold America!” Airs March 6, 2026 at 5:00pm (PT) “America presents an egregious paradox – it has both the most expensive healthcare and the shortest life expectancy in the West.” – Robert Sapolsky Living in the United States today...

  14. The Last American President with Thom Hartmann

    The Last American President: A Broken Man, A Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink “Be Bold America!” February 6, 2026 at 5:00pm (PT) It began with something far more insidious. It began with a smile. ~ Thom Hartmann Democracy is dying. And we handed the killer the weapon. The countdown has...

  15. “American Kompromat” with Journalist Craig Unger

    American Kompromat Kompromat: noun, Russian for “Compromising Information” “Be Bold America!” – January 2, 2026 Craig Unger’s bestseller, American Kompromat, shows that something much more sinister has been taking place than the public could ever imagine–that from Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein,...

  16. State of the Free Press 2025

    “State of the Free Press 2025” “Be Bold America!” Sunday, December 15, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT) “First they came for the journalists. We don’t know what happened after that.” – Maria Ressa Every year, Project Censored highlights the vital stories that corporate media underreported, exposes rampant…

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  17. Who Owns Democracy? The Real Deep State and the Struggle Over Class and Caste in America

    Who Owns Democracy? The Real Deep State and the Struggle Over Class and Caste in America “Be Bold America!” Sunday, December 1, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT) “Severe problems of democracy are much in the news, but actually go way back to the beginning of the country. We now want to look at how both the […]

  18. How California Works: Building Democracy in the Golden State – PART 2

    “Be Bold America!” Sunday, November 9, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT) “Wishing that things worked one way or another is not the same as knowing how things work. It’s when we all know how things work that we can impact things, from democracy itself to a local development project in your neighborhood.” – Fred...

  19. The Choice Between Two Americas with Bette Dangerous

    The Choice Between Two Americas with Bette Dangerous “Be Bold America!” Sunday, November 3, 2024 “A vote for Trump is a vote for fascism and a betrayal of American democracy and for everything it stands.” – Judge J. Michael Luttig (R), Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, retired Listen to this...

  20. What Happened to the American Dream? with Thom Hartmann

    What Happened to the American Dream? with Thom Hartmann The Demise of the Middle Class and How to Restore Our Future “Be Bold America!” Sunday, October 20, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT) (Pledge Drive Sunday!) What does each political party mean by “The American Dream” when they invoke this touchstone of...

  21. Burn Scars

    “Burn Scars” “Be Bold America!” Sunday, October 6, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT) “Fire is ‘aaw.’ For the Kumeyaay, a greeting starts with ‘haawka,’ from the fire within. Fire is both spiritual and physical. Fire destroys but also purifies; it kills but brings rebirth. Kumeyaay, as with most of the peoples...

  22. California Against the Sea: Visions for our Vanishing Coastline

    “California Against the Sea: Visions for our Vanishing Coastline” “Be Bold America!” Sunday, September 22, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT) “As climate chaos threatens the places we love so fiercely, we will finally grasp our collective capacity for change?” – Rosanna Xia Along California’s 1,200-mile...

  23. The Most Dangerous Document Ever Written: Project 2025, The Dismantling of Our Freedoms

    The Most Dangerous Document Ever Written: Project 2025, The Dismantling of Our Freedoms (Please share this show so as many people may hear it before the Presidential election) “Be Bold America!” Sunday, September 8, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT) “When somebody has taken the time to draw up a playbook, they...

  24. How California Works: Building Democracy in the Golden State – PART 1

    “How California Works: Building Democracy in the Golden State” “Be Bold America!” Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT) PART 1 Covers the following: Editor’s Note: Why “Citizen” is a Verb Foreword: Truth vs. Cynicism (written by Fred Keeley, Mayor of Santa Cruz) Introduction: Welcome to...

  25. Winging It: Improv’s Power & Peril in the Time of Trump

    “Winging It: Improv’s Power & Peril in the Time of Trump” “Be Bold America!” Sunday, July 28, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT) In the new century, we’re all winging it now. – Stephen Nachmanovitch, The new book “Winging It: Improv’s Power & Peril in the Time of Trump (Spring Publications) brings a breadth of...

  26. How Our Economic Religion is Dragging Civilization Towards Overshoot and Collapse

    “How Our Economic Religion is Dragging Civilization Towards Overshoot and Collapse” “Be Bold America!” Sunday, July 14, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT) America has fatal flaws in its economic paradigm. Neoclassical Economics has ruled the United States for most of the past century. Valid economics cannot be...

  27. From Ronald to Donald: How the Myth of Reagan Became the Cult of Trump

    “From Ronald to Donald: How the Myth of Reagan Became the Cult of Trump” “Be Bold America!” Sunday, June 16, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT) Throughout Reagan’s eight years in the oval office, the “Great Communicator” was largely successful in shaping the soul of America to reflect his durable mantra that...

  28. Around the Political World with John Rothmann

    “Around the Political World with John Rothmann” “Be Bold America!” Sunday, June 2, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT) John F. Rothmann is a renowned radio talk show host, popular lecturer and political and foreign policy consultant. John was a long-time host on KGO Radio until the station’s management suddenly...

  29. State of the Free Press 2024

    “Be Bold America!” Sunday, May 19, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT) “First they came for the journalists. We don’t know what happened after that.” – Maria Ressa Project Censored, in their latest book, takes the pulse of the media, highlights the most underreported stories of the past year, and exposes…

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  30. Side Hustle Safety Net: How Vulnerable Workers Survive Precarious Times

    Side Hustle Safety Net: How Vulnerable Workers Survive Precarious Times “Be Bold America!” Sunday, May 5, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT) Back in 1929 when the market crashed and the Great Depression began, Uber, TaskRabbit, and the gig economy were almost a century in the future. So why are the laws we use…

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  31. Preventing and Healing Climate Traumas: Building Resilience and Hope in Communities

    “Preventing and Healing Climate Traumas: Building Resilience and Hope in Communities” “Be Bold America!” Sunday, April 21, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT) Associated Press: Updated 6:02 AM PDT, April 10, 2024: “Humanity has only two years left “to save the world” by making dramatic changes in the way it…

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  32. Everything, Everywhere and All at Once: Our Planet is Drastically Changing, But You Won’t See It on the Nightly News!

    “Everything, Everywhere and All at Once: Our Planet is Drastically Changing, But You Won’t See It on the Nightly News!” “Be Bold America!” Sunday, April 7, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT) “We are not prepared, have no plan, don’t know how bad it’s going to get, and have no time to waste. Everything and...

  33. Moral Courage: Profiles of Investigative Journalists

    “Moral Courage: Profiles of Investigative Journalists” “Be Bold America!” Sunday, March 24, 2024 at 5:00pm (PDT) “Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt Moral courage is in the spotlight today given…

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  34. A Long Road to Tao: A Thought-Provoking and Uplifting Film Inspired by a True Story

    “A Long Road to Tao: A Thought-Provoking and Uplifting Film Inspired by a True Story” “Be Bold America!” Sunday, February 25, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT) This interview will take you on a journey into the recesses of your soul and will explore the ontological question: What is our underlying essence?...

  35. Capt. Pete Bethune: The Indiana Jones of Endangered Species

    Capt. Pete Bethune: The Indiana Jones of Endangered Species Celebrating Be Bold America!’s 5th-year Anniversary! Back by popular demand! One of the most listened to “Be Bold America!” programs in five years. If you missed it, here is another chance! “Be Bold America!” Sunday, February 11, 2024 at...

  36. The Climate Crisis Hits Monterey County

    “The Climate Crisis Hits Monterey County” “Be Bold America!” Sunday, January 28, 2024 at 5:00pm (PDT) As climate change and atmospheric rivers bring flooding, wind storms, and power outages to the Central Coast, Monterey County must prepare for an ongoing shift in its communities. This includes...

  37. When Policing the Border, Cruelty Is the Point.

    When Policing the Border, Cruelty Is the Point. “Be Bold America!” Sunday, January 14, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT) “Because whatever has happened to humanity, whatever is currently happening to humanity, it is happening to all of us. No matter how hidden the cruelty, no matter how far off the screams of...

  38. Corporate Bullsh*t

    Corporate Bullsh*t: Exposing Lies and Half-Truths That Protect Profit, Power, and Wealth in America “Be Bold America!” Sunday, December 17, 2023 at 5:00pm (PT) From praising the health benefits of cigarettes to moralizing on the character-building qualities of child labor, rich corporate…

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  39. Are We Dying For Capitalism?

    “Are We Dying For Capitalism?” “Be Bold America!” Sunday, December 3, 2023 at 5:00pm (PT) “Dying for Capitalism is carefully reasoned and informed, spelling out what we can and must do, without delay.” – Noam Chomsky We are dying—literally—from capitalism, and if our species is to survive we need…

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  40. Pirates of the Slave Trade: The Birth of an American Institution

    “Pirates of the Slave Trade: The Birth of an American Institution” “Be Bold America!” Sunday, November 19, 2023 at 5:00pm (PT) No one present at the battle of Cape Lopez off the coast of West Africa in 1722 could have known that they were on the edge of history. This obscure, yet fierce naval […]

  41. Trump’s Mind, America’s Soul

    “Trump’s Mind, America’s Soul” “Be Bold America!” Sunday, November 5, 2023 at 5:00pm (PT) (Some important points made in this interview: Dr. Lee shared that she isn’t political but that politics found her. She talks about how her life changed course after her decision … her “Duty to Warn. Dr. Lee...

  42. What America Do You Want to Live In?

    “What America Do You Want to Live In?” “Be Bold America!” Sunday, October 22, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT) “We can’t expect the world to get better by itself.” ~ Gwen Ifill America is at an inflection point! We never thought authoritarian forces could take hold here, right? Wouldn’t our democracy live...

  43. Frontline Reports from the Race to Save the Earth

    “Frontline Reports from the Race to Save the Earth” “Be Bold America!” Sunday, September 24, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT) “We don’t need to rely just on climate scientists anymore to warn us that we are in a Code Red emergency.” – John J. Berger The news is undeniably grim. Raging wildfires,...

  44. Warnings: The Holocaust, Ukraine, and Endangered American Democracy

    “Warnings: The Holocaust, Ukraine, and Endangered American Democracy” “Be Bold America!” Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT) “Holocaust education must sound the alarm—clearly, insistently, repeatedly: The Holocaust is a warning,” write the philosophers John K. Roth and Leonard Grob, two of...

  45. Igniting A Bold New Democracy

    “Igniting A Bold New Democracy” “Be Bold America!” Sunday, August 27, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT) “You are not alone … and there is a solution. The stark polarization in American politics is woven into the fabric of our culture – but it doesn’t have to be.” – Ruth Backstrom Are you tired of broken...

  46. Are You Being Gaslighted? What Are the Telltale Signs?

    “Are You Being Gaslighted? What Are the Telltale Signs?” “Be Bold America!” Sunday, July 30, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT In 2007, Dr. Robin Stern coined the phrase “gaslight effect” to explain the long-term effects of repeated gaslighting: an insidious, and sometimes covert form of emotional abuse in…

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  47. The Hidden History of American Democracy with Thom Hartmann

    The Hidden History of American Democracy with Thom Hartmann “Be Bold America!” Sunday, July 16, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT) Democracy is the default state of virtually every animal species on earth, and humanity is no exception. Only with the power of great wealth, control of media, or the force of arms...

  48. The Most Dangerous Organization in America You’ve Never Heard Of

    “The Most Dangerous Organization in America You’ve Never Heard Of” “Be Bold America!” Sunday, July 2, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT) The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is a pay-to-play operation in which legislators and corporate lobbyist meet behind closed doors to write model legislation…

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  49. Christine Barrington’s “Behind the Mic” Interview with Jill Cody

    KSQD “Behind the Mic” Interview with Jill Cody Sunday, June 18, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT) ksqd.org/be-bold-america Jill Cody is a pro-democracy truth activist. Jill is fighting for Americans to reclaim their boldness in pursuit of a creative, constructive, and compelling America that nurtures an…

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  50. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man with John Perkins

    “Confessions of an Economic Hit Man with John Perkins” “Be Bold America!” Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT) In this interview the New York Times bestselling author, John Perkins, blows the whistle on China’s economic hitman strategy, exposes corruption on an international scale, and offers…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

“Be Bold America!” is a live, talk show, on KSQD 90.7FM, for those who are motivated to step out with the actions necessary to begin reuniting this country and saving our democracy.Given the challenges ahead, we’ll need to be our own superheroes, individually and collectively, becoming super-citizens who are fearless, daring, and bold. Our future depends on it.We were proud to be that “beacon on the hill”, now, like climate change, Democracy has become a partisan issue. When and why did that happen?On “Be Bold America!” we’ll not only talk about issues, we’ll identify actions, and solutions. Experts will tell us what we must Keep doing, Stop doing, and Start doing to recapture our democracy.Join me, my community guests and topic experts to explore issues and to identify constructive and compelling actions on “Be Bold America!” Sundays at 5 PM, biweekly, on KSQD 90.7 FM.We have big things to do.

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Jill Cody

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