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KPFA - Sunday ShowCalifornia becomes 1st state in nation to adopt a guaranteed income program; What white people can learn from indigenous fire management
Guest host Christina Aanestad talks about new legislation making California the first state in the nation to provide a guaranteed income to former foster youth and low-income pregnant women, then talks about indigenous fire management and cultural practices.
California lawmakers unanimously approved legislation for a $35 million guaranteed income program, making it the first state in the nation to do so. Former foster care youth, aging out of the system and low-income pregnant women will be eligible for the monthly stipend, with no limits on how the money is spent.
Andrea Amavisca, @An...2021-07-181h 59
KPFA - Sunday ShowDecriminalizing Psychedelics & Raising Feminist Boys
Guest host Christina Aanestad talks about the push to decriminalize psychedelics in California and how to raise a feminist boy for a 4th of July special.
A bill to legalize psychedelics for those over the age of 21 is making its way through the California legislature. SB 519 has passed the Senate and is moving through the Assembly. It’s got an unlikely group of supporters: veterans. An average of 18 veterans commit suicide each day. A movement is brewing to help them access psychedelic treatment for healing the traumas of war, the Heroic Hearts Project. The clinical studies...2021-07-041h 59
KPFA - Sunday ShowSunday Show – December 3, 2017
In the first hour, guest host, Christina Aanestad, speaks with Lama Tsultrim Allione, renowned Tibetan Buddhist teacher and practitioner, about the divine feminine in Buddhism. She is also the author of several books including “Women of Wisdom” and “Feeding Your Demons: Ancient Wisdom for Resolving Inner Conflict.” Allione’s forth coming book is “Wisdom Rising: Journey into the Mandala of the Empowered Feminine.” www.taramandala.org
The second hour is a conversation about sexual harassment with feminist scholar Ashwini Tambe and Bill Tamayo, District Director at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Tambe is an Associate Professor of Women’s Studie...2017-12-0335 min