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"Be Bold America!"
by Jill Cody, MPA
“Be Bold America!” is produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89FM and is a live, biweekly, radio talk show for those who are motivated to step out with the bold actions necessary to reimagine ethical politics, restore our democracy and fight the climate crisis. “Be Bold America” is for those who want to understand the unique challenges ahead and who are curious to learn what they can Keep doing, Stop doing, and Start doing to fight for a bold democracy. Our future depends on it.Our future is unwritten. It will be shaped by how we treat each other and what we do right now. We have big things to do!
Episodes
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Saving the American Dream
Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89.7FM The American Dream at its best is an ethical ideal and a moral compass. If respected and sustained, it can guide the United States through Trump 2.0. Anchored in the US Constitution, Saving the American Dream features meditations for dark times. Meditations…
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The Making of Donald Trump with David Cay Johnston
Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89.7FM “Be Bold America!” Aired 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...
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Why the Climate Fight is Failing
Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89.7FM "Why the Climate Fight is Failing. Radical Activism is Needed!" “Be Bold America!” Aired 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.…
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Defiance.org with Miles Taylor
Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89.7FM “If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.” – President Dwight D. Eisenhower from a 1956 speech) Defy...
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Living in the US May Be Hazardous to Your Health
Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89.7FM “Be Bold America!” Aired 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 means surviving in a...
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The Last American President with Thom Hartmann
Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89.7FM The Last American President: A Broken Man, A Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink February 6, 2026 at 5:00pm (PT) Democracy is dying. And we handed the killer the weapon. The countdown has begun. As fascism spreads globally and climate catastrophe...
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American Kompromat with Craig Unger
Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89.7 FM American Kompromat - Kompromat: noun, Russian for “Compromising Information” January 2, 2026 at 5:00pm (PT) American Kompromat is "the counterintelligence that was promised by the Mueller Report but which failed to materialize" - Journal of Cyber Policy Craig...
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State of the Free Press 2025
Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89.7FM “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…
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Who Owns Democracy? The Real Deep State and the Struggle Over Class and Caste in America
Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89.7FM “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 deep state and American fascist forces played a key…
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How California Works: Building Democracy in the Golden State - PART 2
Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, November 17, 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...
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The Choice Between Two Americas
Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89.7FM "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 fast-paced interview...
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What Happened to the American Dream? The GOP Ripped It Apart.
Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89.7FM What does each political party mean by “The American Dream” when they invoke this touchstone of American success? Our comprehending the difference between the Democratic and Republican definitions of “The American Dream” provides us a clear understanding of…
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Burn Scars
Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, October 6, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT) How do historic documents show that fire suppression was driven by explicit racist and colonial beliefs? Is there nothing in American history that isn’t based in racism in some way? Well, fire suppress…
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California Against the Sea: Visions for our Vanishing Coastline
Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT) “The coast is never saved. It’s always being saved” - Rosanna Xia Along California’s 1,200-mile coastline, the overheated Pacific Ocean is rising and pressing in, imperiling both wildlife and the…
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The Most Dangerous Document Ever Written: Project 2025, The Dismantling of Our Freedoms
Produced by KSQD 90.7, 895. & 89.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, September 8, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT) “When somebody has taken the time to draw up a playbook, they are going to use it.” - Tim Walz, 2024 DNC Vice-Presidential Acceptance Speech (re: Project 2025) Call it what you want. The Republican...
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How California Works: Building Democracy in the Golden State - PART 1
Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89.7FM “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 California, the Most American…
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Winging It: Improv’s Power & Peril in the Time of Trump
Produced by KQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89.7FM In the new book, “Winging It: Improv’s Power and Peril in the Time of Trump”, the author explores popular cultural and public affairs, ranging deftly from the unmediated experience in Fred Astaire’s tap dancing, Frans Hal’s brush strokes, hook-up culture,...
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How Our Economic Religion is Dragging Civilization Towards Overshoot and Collapse
Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.7 & 89.5FM “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 separated from values, and what it means to be...
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From Ronald to Donald: How the Myth of Reagan Became the Cult of Trump
Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89.7FM “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 “government is the problem.” That same...
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Around the Political World with John Rothmann
Produced by KSQD 907, 89.5 & 89.7FM “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 will discuss Donald Trump’s 34 convictions, Justice Alito’s upside-down flags, Project...
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State of the Free Press 2024
Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89.7 FM “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...
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Side Hustle Safety Net: How Vulnerable Workers Survive Precarious Times
Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89.7FM “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 to protect the workers who power...
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Preventing and Healing Climate Traumas: Building Resilience and Hope in Communities
Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89.7FM “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 spews heat trapping emissions and it has even less…
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Everything, Everywhere and All at Once: Our Planet is Drastically Changing, But You Won’t See It on the Nightly News!”
Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89,5 & 89.7 FM “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 everyone is at risk.” ~ Kasper Benjamin Reimer Bjorkskov, Danish Climate Activist As…
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Moral Courage: Profiles of Investigative Journalists
Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, March 24, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT) “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 an upsurge in...
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A Long Road to Rao: A Thought Provoking and Uplifting Film Inspired by a True Story
Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, February 25, 2024 at 5:00pm (PDT) 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? Internationally acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize…
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New Zealander Capt.Pete Bethune: The Indiana Jones of Endangered Species
Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89.7 FM Celebrating Be Bold America!’s 5-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 5:00pm (PT) New…
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The Climate Crisis Hits Monterey County
Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89.7FM “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 being...
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When Policing the Border, Cruelty is the Point
Produced by KSQD 90.7FM, 89.5 & 89.7FM 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…
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Corporate Bullsh*t: Exposing Lies and Half-Truths That Protect Profit, Power, and Wealth in America.
Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89.7FM “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 overlords have gone to astonishing, often morally indefensible lengths…
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Are We Dying For Capitalism?
Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, December 3, 2023 at 5:00pm (PT) Noam Chomsky states: “Dying for Capitalism is carefully reasoned and informed, spelling out what we can and must do, without delay.” We are dying—literally—from capitalism, and if our species is to...
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Pirates of the Slave Trade: The Birth of an American Institution
Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89.7 FM (Note: You can still hear, but mic was not on but comes back soon) 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 battle, would have a...
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Trump's Mind, America's Soul with Dr. Bandy X. Lee
Produced by KSQD 90.7. 89.5 & 89.7FM “Trump’s Mind, America’s Soul” “Be Bold America!” Sunday, November 5, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT) (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...
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What America Do You Want to Live In?”
Produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 &89.7FM (See below post-show note from Congressman Farr) “Be Bold America!” Sunday, October 22, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT) “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” – Anne Frank America is at an inflection point! We…
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Frontline Reports From the Race to Save the Earth with Dr. John J. Berger
Produced by KSQD 89.5, 89.7 & 90.7FM and KSQT Prunedale “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,...
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Warnings: The Holocaust, Ukraine, and Endangered American Democracy
Produced by KSQD 89.5, 89.7 & 90.7FM (Note: If you have not yet heard about Project 2025 , a $22M scheme to destroy democracy once and for all, it is discussed in this interview.) “Be Bold America!” Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT) “Holocaust education must sound the alarm—clearly,...
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Igniting A Bold New Democracy
Produced by KSQD 89.5, 89.7 & 90.7FM “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...
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Are You Being Gaslighted? What Are The Telltale Signs?
Produced by KSQD 89.5, 89.7, & 90.7FM “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 which a gaslighter...
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The Hidden History of American Democracy with Thom Hartmann
Produced by KSQD 89.5, 89.7 & 90.7 FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, July 16, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT) What do red deer, birds, and gnats have in common with democracy? Democracy is the default state of virtually every animal species on earth, and humanity is no exception. Only with the power of great...
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The Most Dangerous Organization in America You’ve Never Heard Of
Produced by KSQD 89.5, 89.7 & 90.7FM “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 lobbyists meet behind closed doors to write model legislation that advances a radical...
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"Behind the Mic" with Jill Cody
Produced by KSQD 89.5, 89.7 & 90.7FM Be Bold America! June 18, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT) 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 America with ethical principles...
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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man with John Perkins
Produced by KSQD90.7FM KSQD 90.7FM “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 much needed solutions…
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Can You Do Good and Defeat Evil Without Power?
Produced by KSQD 90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT) “Your power is already in you. Now that you know, it’s up to you to believe and wield it on behalf of the powerless.” – Bill Wong Bill Wong, a renowned strategist to a bevy of iconic California politicians, offers...
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Are Humans A Cancer on The Planet?
Produced by KSQD90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, May 7, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT) Warren Hern develops a deep and unsettling comparison between metastatic cancer and the expanding footprint of humanity, as we consume and degrade the environment that sustains us. - John W. Terborgh, Duke University…
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CLIMATE CHAOS: THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY AND THE VERY UGLY
Produced by KSQD90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT) The UN report released last month stated that “climate change is speeding toward catastrophe.” And … that, “the pace and scale of what has been done so far and … current plans are insufficient to tackle climate…
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KSQD 90.7FM "Behind the Mic" Interview: Jill Cody
Produced by KSQD90.7FM Who is the bold personality behind “Be Bold America!”? "Talk of the Bay" host, Christine Barrington, takes you "Behind the Mic" with host Jill Cody, author of America Abandoned and Climate Abandoned whose vision for an American political renaissance centers on igniting...
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The Media and Me with Dr. Allison Butler
Produced by KSQD90.7FM (Note: The"humm" at first is corrected in a few minutes) “Be Bold America!” Sunday, March 26, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT) Media shape our sense of who we are, what we value, and our place in the world. Against the backdrop of pundits and politicians promoting fearful…
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How Can We Unlock Climate Science?
Produced by KSQD90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 5:00pm (PST) In July 2022 the hashtag #ClimateScam suddenly spiked on Twitter, and by December had accrued over 362k mentions (including retweets) from 91k unique users. ~ “Deny, Deceive, Delay, Exposing New Trends in Climate...
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You Are The Universe: Ram Dass Maps The Journey
Produced by KSQD90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, February 26, 2023 at 5:00pm (PST) “We are all affecting the world every moment, whether we mean to, or not. Our actions and states of mind matter, because we are so deeply interconnected with one another.” – Ram Dass You Are the Universe: Ram Dass...
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Kuni Manifesto: The Time for Kuni Is Now
Produced by KSQD90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 5:00pm (PST) Kuni can be created anywhere through the determination of one person. ~ Tsuyoshi Sekihara As we despair about shrinking rural areas and are intimidated by cities growing to a monstrous scale, where are we supposed...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
“Be Bold America!” is produced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89FM and is a live, biweekly, radio talk show for those who are motivated to step out with the bold actions necessary to reimagine ethical politics, restore our democracy and fight the climate crisis. “Be Bold America” is for those who want to understand the unique challenges ahead and who are curious to learn what they can Keep doing, Stop doing, and Start doing to fight for a bold democracy. Our future depends on it.Our future is unwritten. It will be shaped by how we treat each other and what we do right now. We have big things to do!
HOSTED BY
Jill Cody, MPA
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