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ChatChat - Claudia Cragg
by Claudia Cragg
Feature interviews from journalist and broadcaster, Claudia Cragg
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Asylum, Umberto Nicola Nicoletti on
Asylum: Author Umberto Nicola Nicoletti, Introduction by Filippo Grandi Claudia Cragg speaks here with author, Umberto Nicola Nicoletti, about his fine-art book Asylum. We discusses the phenomenon of LGBTIQ+ refugees, asylum seekers, and those subject to discrimination in their home countries…
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The Museum, Repositories of Controversy and The Stuff of Life
@claudiacragg (DM Twitter) speaks here with Samuel J Redman @samueljredman about his new book, A Short History of Crisis and Resilience. The work, Professor Redman says, celebrates as he sees it the resilience of American - and it must be said many worldwide - cultural institutions in the face of...
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A Boost From The Late Great Maya Angelou
What better way to jump into 2022 than with a boost from a rebroadcast of our Maya Angelou interview? This month the US Mint will start shipping quarters featuring Angelou, the first black woman to ever grace the coin. The program was conceived in 2017 and was officially signed into law in 2020....
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For The Holidays, Become a 'Wallet Activist' with Tanja Hester
Tanja Hester, @TanjaHester is the author of Wallet Activism: How to Use Every Dollar You Spend, Earn, and Save as a Force for Change (November 2021). Clear-eyed and practical, #WalletActivism helps angry, overwhelmed, and disillusioned consumers cut through the marketing lies of companies that…
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First Genocide Verdict against Islamic State For Killings of Yazidis
(REPOST of June 2018 Interview with Dunya Mikhail) This week, a German court on Tuesday jailed a former Islamic State militant for life after convicting him of involvement in genocide and crimes against humanity over mass killings of minority Yazidis by IS in Syria and Iraq. It was the first...
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The Struggle to Protect Health Care from the Violence of War
Claudia Cragg (@claudiacragg) speaks here with Dr Leonard Rubinstein. @JohnsHopkins @bermaninstitute #CentreForPublicHealthAndHumanRights #CentreForHumanitarianHealth Bringing together extensive research, firsthand experience, and compelling personal stories, Perilous Medicine also offers a path...
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Celine-Marie Pascale Discusses 'Living On The Edge'
Claudia Cragg (Twitter: @claudiacragg) talks to Celine-Marie Pascale @cmpascale about her new book, 'Living On The Edge: When Hard Times Become A Way Of Life' published by @politybooks. For the majority of Americans, hard times have long been a way of life. Some work multiple low-wage jobs…
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Solving The Essential Racism and Sexism In The Occupy Movement
Claudia Cragg (@claudiacragg - Twitter) talks with Heather Hurwitz about her book, 'Are We The 99%." Despite cries of "We are the 99%," signaling solidarity, certain groups were unwelcome or unable to participate. Moreover, problems with racism, sexism, and discrimination due to sexuality and…
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Human and Material Detritus at Mumbai's Deonar Waste Mountains
"'I came to see the mountains as an outpouring of our modern lives,' Roy writes, 'of the endless chase for our desires to fill us.' Readers of Behind the Beautiful Forevers will be drawn to this harrowing portrait." — Publishers Weekly Claudia Cragg (@claudiacragg) speaks here with journalist...
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Isn't The Case For Us All To Work With Our Hands Not Stronger Than Ever Now?
In this (reposted) interview, Dr. Matthew B. Crawford talks to Claudia Cragg @KGNU about 'Why Office Work is Bad for Us and Fixing Things Feels Good. This iconic book also explores why some jobs offer fulfilment while others leave us frustrated. It answers the question as to why we so often think...
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COVID19, Its Possible Lab Origins and the indispensable Horseshoe Crab
Claudia Cragg (Twitter: @claudiacragg) speaks here with William Sargent about his book, Crab Wars, now out in a newly revised edtion. Surviving almost unmolested for 300 million years, the horseshoe crab is now the object of an intense legal and ethical struggle involving marine biologists,...
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How Ordinary People Saved a Country From Greed
Claudia Cragg @claudiacragg speaks with Robin Broad and @IPS_DC's John Cavanagh, authors of The Water Defenders: How Ordinary People Saved a Country from Corporate Greed. In a time when countless communities are resisting powerful corporations: from Flint, Michigan to the Standing Rock…
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Just Because.... Joanne Greenberg, One Of Our Most Interesting Past Guests
No apologies. She is always just delightful. Claudia Cragg @claudiacragg speaks here with Joanne Greenberg (born September 24, 1932 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American author who published some of her work under the pen name of Hannah Green. She was a professor of anthropology at the Colorado...
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M. J. Fièvre on How To Be A 'Bad Ass Black Girl' (w update to help Haiti!)
UPDATE: For those who want to help Haiti, M.J. suggests there are two options for two different solid organizations. Ayiti Community Trust and Fokal....
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stef m. shuster On The Banning of Medical Care for Transgender Youth
In the US, several states are making strong moves to ban medical treatment for transgender youth. The laws are intended to prohibit doctors from providing gender confirming hormone therapy, puberty blockers or gender-confirmation surgeries or from referring patients to other health care…
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Now streaming on Amazon Prime, from Maria Diane Ventura, 'Your Color'
Claudia Cragg @claudiacragg speaks here with Filipina American filmmaker, Maria Diane Ventura (Instagram @mariadianeventura) whose new film 'Color' (German: Deine Farbe) is streaming on Amazon Prime from today, 15 July 2021. The movie, written and directed by music producer and artist manager...
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"Smart and Just On One Side, vs. Free and Real On The Other"
Claudia Cragg @claudiacragg (comments, suggestions, ratings welcome) speaks here with George Packer staff writer at The Atlantic. He is the author of Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal, Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century, The Unwinding: An Inner History of…
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Dennis Kucinich, the Energizer Politician
Claudia Cragg @claudiacragg, speaks here with former Cleveland Mayor Dennis J. Kucinich (1977 – 1979). Twitter: @Dennis_Kucinich In his new book, Kucinich gives an unprecedented, fully documented insider's account of his battle against a shadow city government which allegedly engaged in corporate...
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Former Ag Secretary and Congressman Dan Glickman
Claudia Cragg speaks to former Congressman Dan Glickman, @DanRGlickman, about his new book from the University Press of Kansas, Laughing at Myself: My Education in Congress, on the Farm, and at the Movies. Secretary Glickman (he held the post of Agricultural Secretary in the Clinton…
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Dr Neil Schachter in the NY War On Covid For More Than 16 Months
After 16 months on the front lines of the COVID war in New York at Mount Sinai, Dr Schachter @MountSinaiNYC does not focus on exhaustion or trauma, but rather the possibilities that have come with dealing with such wide-scale and going medical trauma. Dr. Schachter is currently the Maurice Hexter...
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The Urgent Housing Issue, All Hands On
Jonathan Cappelli is a true champion for affordable housing in the Denver metro area. An experienced urban planning, real estate, and community development professional, Cappelli is focused on finding ways to bring equitable and sustainable development to communities across Colorado. N.B. In this...
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Denver Post columnist, Sue McMilllin
Claudia Cragg speaks with Denver Post columnist, Sue McMilllin on the difficulties of trying to rent an affordable apartment.
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Speaking with Mother Jones Michael Mechanic, 'Jackpot' Author\
Claudia Cragg speaks here with Mother Jones' senior editor @MichaelMechanic (Michael Mechanic) who offers a harsh wake-up call for the millions of American dreamers who still believe that winning the lottery—or just simply having obscene wealth—will change their lives for the better. The author...
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Donnel Baird's BlocPower
Claudia Cragg (@claudiacragg - all comments, reviews, suggestions welcome) speaks here for @KGNU #ItsTheEconomy with Guyana-born Donnel Baird, founder of BlocPower, This is a startup that markets, finances and installs solar and #green #energyefficiency technology to help houses of worship,...
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The Black Panthers Context From Mary Williams, Jane Fonda's Daughter
If you watched Sunday evening's 2021 Oscars and learned of British actor, Daniel Kaluya's, stunning and accolade-winning performance and have not gone on to watch 'Judas And The Black Messiah', maybe you should ask yourself why? If you have, you will have learned that it is an American…
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As President Biden Prepares To Declare The Armenian Massacre A "Genocide"
President Joe Biden is to declare the massacre of an estimated million or more Armenians under the Ottoman Empire a "genocide", risking a potential fracture with Turkey but fulfilling a campaign pledge. This pledge was to, at long last, use the word to describe the horrendous mass killings after…
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Vermont's Dinah Yessne, Successful But Unknown, Always Politically Defined
Claudia Cragg @claudiacragg speaks here for @KGNU with Dinah Yessne. A native of St. Paul, Minnesota, Yessne's parents were active in the Progressive movement of the 1940s and 50s, earning them the enmity of their neighbors during the "Red Scare" hysteria and causing them to remove both her and…
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Get the 'Wealth Hoarders' To Pay For the Biden Infrastructure Bill
Claudia Cragg @claudiacragg speaks here for @KGNU (Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins, www.kgnu.org) for #ItsTheEconomy with Chuck Collins, senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies. There, he directs the Program on Inequality and the Common Good. Collins latest book is The Wealth Hoarders…
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Denver's Erik J Clarke on President Biden's 'American Jobs Plan'
Claudia Cragg @claudiacragg speaks here with @ErikJClarke about the implications for Denver, Colorado and the nation from President Biden's new infrastructure plan to fulfill his campaign promise to "rebuild the backbone of America". The expansive proposal, called the American Jobs Plan, intends…
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No More Growth At Any Price, How To Build Back Better w Rob Dietz
If COVID19 has shown us anything at all, it must be that growth at any price is not an option going forward. 'Build Back Better' is an opportunity to ensure that growth is of the most productive and valuable kind to ALL members of our society, not just for the all too many CEOs who prize above…
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The COVID Relief Bill Will Help Greatly But Will Food Banks Still Be Busy?
Claudia Cragg @claudiacragg speaks here for #ItsTheEconomy @KGNU with Sheen Kadi of #Metro Caring Denver. As Colorado's leading frontline anti-hunger organization, Metro Caring works with the community to meet people's immediate need for nutritious food while building a movement to address the…
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Racist Attacks on Asian Americans in Denver and Beyond
Claudia Cragg @claudiacragg speaks here for @KGNU #ItsTheEconomy with Fran Campbell, President of the Asian Chamber of Commerce in Colorado The last 6 months have been an unprecedented challenge to the health of all, to our economy, and to our concepts of racial equity. This makes the work for…
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Reforming The World's Financial Systems Heretically - Brett Scott
(Reprise from 2014, but very sadly the US - and indeed the world's - financial system has not been reformed to offset inbuilt disadvantages against the economically underserved or deprived. Here at #ItsTheEconomy there is hope that perhaps #COVID19 might offer an opportunity for a much needed...
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Texas Proves Anti-Racist, Feminist Policies Must Be Applied vs. Climate Change
Claudia Cragg speaks here for @KGNU with Dr. Jennie C. Stephens, @jenniecstephens, the Director of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and the Dean's Professor of Sustainability Science & Policy at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. She is also the Director for Strategic...
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The Democratization of Tech as Business Aide during COVID TImes
Claudia Cragg @KGNU (@claudiacragg) addresses the business operational adjustments everyone is having to make in what we hope will soon be a post-COVID world. At Zenreach, where he is CEO, John Kelly (@zenreach) is addressing entrepreneurs and operators, both small and large, to let them know…
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Rape, (inJustice) and The Objects That Remain
Claudia Cragg @claudiacragg speaks here with Laura Levitt @llevitttemple about her book, The Objects That Remain. On a November evening in 1989, Laura Levitt was raped in her own bed. Her landlord heard the assault taking place and called 911, but the police arrived too late to apprehend Laura's...
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Small Planet's Moore Lappe - Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want
Many Americans have been distraught for the last four years as tightly held economic and political power drowned out their voices and values. But now, with a new administration and the Biden-Harris partnership, there is hope that building on small past successes real success could be found.…
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Nuclear Disaster Update for Fukushima Daichi Japan
Claudia Cragg speaks here for @KGNU with Caitlin Stronell, for an update about the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, an 11 March 2011 nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Ōkuma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. The event was caused by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and...
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In Her Own Words, An Essential Mental Health Worker on the CO Covid Frontline
Claudia Cragg @claudiacragg speaks here with an essential mental health worker on the Colorado front lines in the age of the COVID19 pandemic.
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Christa Parravani, on Her Reckoning with Life, Death and Choice.
Claudia Cragg @claudiacragg speaks here with Christa Parravani @cparravani about her harrowing account, Loved and Wanted, the story of one woman's reckoning with life, death and "choice". It is, she says, a memoir of 'Choice, Children and Womanhood.' In 2017 Christa Parravani had recently moved…
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KGNU Special: "Broke In America", Preview w Joanne Samuel Goldblum, Colleen Shaddox
This interview is a special KGNU pre-publication interview (the book comes out in February 2021 from BenBella Books) of 'Broke In America. The authors, Joanne Samuel Goldblum, (@jgoldblum), founder of the National Diaper Bank Network, and journalist Colleen Shaddox who argue that the systems that...
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The Biden-Harris Administration, Climate, with John Kerry, On Board
We can only hope, going forward from increasingly alarming climate change horrors of the past few years, that the Biden-Harris administration will make climate change a top policy concern after COVID19. The appointment of John Kerry as The Special Presidential Envoy for Climate certainly suggests...
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Scott Myers Lipton: Note From Us To #BidenHarris On Anti-Poverty
Five years on from this interview, it should NOT be necessary to remind people that with #COVID19, poverty and inequality are at record levels. Through the roof, they are, as foodbanks around the country increasingly bear witness. As Scott Myers-Lipton, @smlipton, showed us @KGNU in his book,...
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It's Such an Interesting Moment, Says Biden Biographer, Evan Osnos
On Election eve, Claudia Cragg speaks for @KGNU with Evan Osnos @eosnos about his book about Joe Biden, 2020 Presidential Candidate for The Democratic Party. Former vice president Joseph R. Biden Jr. has been called both the luckiest man and the unluckiest—fortunate to have sustained a fifty-year...
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Universal Suffrage a US Given - NOT in Indian Country, says Jean Reith Schroedel
Claudia Cragg @claudiacragg speaks with Jean Reith Schroedel about her new book, Voting in Indian County: The View from the Trenches. Schroedel is professor emerita of political science at Claremont Graduate University and in this work she weaves together historical and contemporary voting rights...
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All Politics is Local, and Now More Than Ever, Says Heather Lende
Claudia Cragg (@claudiacragg) talks here to Heather Lende, (@HeatherLende) a New York Times bestselling author who writes about her hometown -- Haines, Alaska, She has been discussing what community means since she published If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name in 2006 (selling more than 125,000...
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Harvard's Planetary Planetary Health Alliance - Dr Sam Myers
Claudia Cragg @claudiacragg speaks here with Samuel Myers of the Harvard Planetary Health Alliance. In a recent article he wrote for The Lancet with his colleague, Howard Frumkin, Myers states that, of course, elections impact health through changes in both health-care delivery and upstream…
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Why Women Have To Do It For Themselves, Getting Better Healthcare
Claudia Cragg speaking for @KGNU to @Rosemarie_Day1 on #Women and #Healthcare #Obamacare and her new book Marching Toward Coverage: How Women Can Lead the Fight for Universal Healthcare Rosemarie Day is the former deputy director and chief operating officer of the Massachusetts Health…
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Revisiting T R Reid in the Age of Coronavirus
REPRISE of an interview for @KGNU in which Claudia Cragg talks for with T.R. Reid who was a bureau chief in Tokyo and London for The Washington Post. His book, "The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care," is as valid with #COVID19 in 2020 as it was when...
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RGB's SCOTUS Replacement as The Apotheosis of 'Religious Nationalism'
Claudia Cragg @claudiacragg speaks here with Katherine Stewart @kathsstewart about her book, 'The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism.' With a sad nation still mourning the tragic loss of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stewart's work takes on new relevance in its opinion...
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