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“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 unwritt ...
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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, psychedelic trips, social media, and Hamilton’s hip-hop to…
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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 human. Any notion of “Utility” must honor and encoura…
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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 American soul later embraced Donald Trump—a presiden…
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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 25, and the pivotal upcoming election. And, what the…
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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 of the past year, and exposes corporate manipulation…
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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 those businesses unchanged from 100 years ago? As we le…
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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 time to act to get the finances behind such a massive s…
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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 the European Environmental Agency reported, “We are ent…
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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 authoritarian regimes worldwide. To date, 96 investigative …
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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 nominated, and local author and filmmaker, Michael A. Allen, u…
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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 Zealander, Capt. Pete Bethune, has been run over by Japanese …
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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 faced with significant social and economic impacts in…
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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 cruelty, no matter how far off the screams of pain and terro…
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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 to defend their profits. Since the dawn of capitalism…
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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 survive we need a new abolitionist movement whose goal i…
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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 monumental impact on British colonies and the future of s…
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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 decision ... her "Duty to Warn. Dr. Lee states that …
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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 never thought authoritarian forces could take hold here,…
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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, record-breaking temperatures, monster storms, and any number …
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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, insistently, repeatedly: The Holocaust is a warning.” wri…
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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 politics and the deteriorating quality of life in Ame…
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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 undermines and controls another person by deflecting, twi…
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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 wealth, control of media, or the force of arms and tech…
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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 right-wing, pro-corporate, and pro-Republican agenda on ever…
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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 and functional systems. Jill believes we can be a c…
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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 for curing the global Death Economy. In his shocking e…
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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 readers in his new book “Better to Win” a unique and pro…
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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 What is Homo Ecophagus? It is a new term meaning, “The …
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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 change. We are walking when we should be sprinting.” Recen…
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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 citizen action. Every other Sunday at 5:00pm (PT) on KSQD…
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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 understandings of “fake news,” and the negative impacts of social …
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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 Mis-and Disinformation” at COP27 The climate crisis’ res…
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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 Maps the Journey, is a beautifully illustrated guide…
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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 to go? We are dazzled by image, enslaved by fads, an…
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Produced by KSQD90.7FM Note: What does inequality look like today in America? It is 50 trillion dollars moved from the middle class to the 1% since Reagan took office in 1981. It looks like only three billionaires owning as much wealth as the bottom half of America. It looks like one Millennial owning more money than all the other millennials in th…
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Produced by KSQD90.7FM (Note: This live interview was conducted during the California storms (atmospheric rivers) January, 2023. “Be Bold America!” Sunday, January 15, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT) How can art be a catalyst for political change? In a new autobiography, groundbreaking and acclaimed artist, Aviva Rahmani, shares her evolution as a woman, an a…
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Produced by KSQD90.7FM Note: It’s live radio, folks! What a crazy show. There were technical issues (edited out) and the confirmed interview guest was a no show. Thank goodness Jill and Pettis read Lynne Twist’s book, Living a Committed Life: Finding Freedom and Fulfillment in a Purpose Larger Than Yourself. However, it turned out to be a great pro…
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Produced by KSQD90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, December 4 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT) “Natural Consequences” is a collection of 42 environmental essays. These essays variously encourage readers to get out in nature and restore our relationship to the land in order to better recognize the challenges of climate change. Collected into six sections, these …
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Produced by KSQD90.7FM KSQD 90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT) So... that's why I tell you to keep your eyes wide. To keep them wide open... at least on one side. ~ Dr. Seuss Keep at least one eye open and focused on the climate crisis these next two years! The House of Representatives most likely will be Republican…
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Produced by KSQD90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, November 6, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT) Will we still have a Democratic Republic on Wednesday, November 9? This coming election will be a real moment of truth. It has come to this … you are either for democracy or you are not. One political party embraces democracy and one party has abandoned it. Each offe…
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Produced by KSQD90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, October 23, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT) “It is time for all women to come out of the closet and roar with all their spiritual power … because that is our true sound.” – Acharya Shunya In light of women in the United States losing rights … and women in Iran fighting for theirs, … we’ll be speaking with Acha…
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Produced by KSQD90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT) “A fascinating and compelling case that right-wing politics has subverted our democracy … This book unmasks the politics of fear – the deeper chords touched by campaigns that appeal to the dark side.” – Robert Shrum Bryant Welch is a clinical psychologist and attorney…
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Produced by KSQD90.7FM “The United States of Distraction” “Be Bold America!” Sunday, September 25, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT) "Sorry. It’s a terrible thing to say. But bring it on, Donald. Keep going… It may not be good for America but it’s damn good for CBS." ~ Les Moonves, (at the time) the Executive Chairman and CEO, CBS Network The United States of D…
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Produced by KSQD90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, September 11, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT) While America is at a crossroads regarding its economic future, many of us don’t fully understand how we got here! How and why did neoliberalism become so prevalent in the U.S. and why is it time for us to turn our backs to it? The Hidden History of Neoliberalism: …
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Produced by KSQD90.7FM KSQD 90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, August 28, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT) “It is universally admitted that a well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people.” ~ James Madison In states all over the country, classrooms have become culture war battlegrounds. The National Education Association stated that 55% of Ameri…
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Produced by KSQD 90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT) “You’ve got to be careful if you don’t know where you’re going ‘cause you might not get there.” – Yogi Berra For over 50 years Common Cause has served as a vehicle to strengthen public participation and ensure public officials and public institution are accountable a…
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Produced by KSQD90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, July 31, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT) Women! Did you just wake up and realize that the Supreme Court stole your body? What was the Constitutional reasoning to overturn Roe v. Wade after nearly 50 years? What was the Dobbs v. Jackson lawsuit all about? How did the majority of judges use it to allow governmen…
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Produced by KSQD90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT) “How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!” ― Thomas Jefferson How do we do politics right when the Republican Party has abandoned America? Americans were in “possession of” and were bui…
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Produced by KSQD 90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, June 19, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT) “… that the utmost reward of daring should still be to dare.” – Robert Frost Americans should honor and remember those who failed in pursuit a great goal; in this case, the presidency of the United States. Some handle their defeat on a world stage creatively and some n…
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Produced by KSQD90.7FM (Note: if you've ever wondered what the full version of the show's theme music, "New Visions", is like listen at the end of the show!) “Be Bold America!” Sunday, June 5, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT) “The conspiracy theory rabbit hole is a complicated place, and the people are complicated individuals.” – Mick West The World Trade Cent…
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