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A Rude Awakening is an award-winning climate crisis and environmental justice radio show with interviews and commentary – hosted and produced by Sabrina Jacobs.Tune In! Every Friday @ 8amFollow A Rude Awakening on Facebook, Mastodon, Twitter and Instagram
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Signup to Generate a PitchA Rude Awakening is an award-winning climate crisis and environmental justice radio show with interviews and commentary, hosted and produced by Sabrina Jacobs. Tune In! Every Friday @ 8amFollow A Rude Awakening on Facebook, Mastodon, Twitter and Instagram
KPFA - A Rude Awakening is hosted by KPFA. The show has published 25 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Entangled Whales & Reparations" (30 October 2026, 60 minutes), "Raj Patel – Award Winning Author" (23 October 2026, 60 minutes), and "Energy Innovation & 350 Bay Area" (16 October 2026, 60 minutes).
KPFA - A Rude Awakening publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 60 minutes across 25 episodes.
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Whale Entangled in Fishing Wire – Created in Canva On today’s show, Ben Grundy-Hawley, oceans campaigner at the Center for Biological Diversity speaks to us about the high whale entanglements along the California coast...
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Raj Patel, Award Winning Author and Educator- from rajpatel.org On today’s show, 350 Bay Area’s Laura Neish is back to share more voter information. We’ll switch gears and speak to award winning author and academic Raj...
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350 Bay Area Logo On today’s show, a brief discussion with Robbie Orvis of Energy Innovation about your energy bill we switch gears and catch up with Laura Neish of 350 Bay Area for an update on their legislative...
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Open the Floodgates – Cover On today’s show, a river is granted personhood and enters the courtroom to defend itself. We spend the hour with acclaimed author and Stanford professor Nina Schuyler discussing her latest...
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Rasuwa, Nepal – Prakash Dahal On today’s show: catastrophic floods on the Nepal–Tibet border. Kathmandu-based journalist Prakash Dahal joins us with the latest from the disaster zone—and a look at who bears...
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Mutinta Nketani – National Coordinator Zambia Alliance for Agroecology and Biodiversity 20 Years of Failure: On today’s show, after nearly two decades and billions in backing, has Africa’s so-called Green Revolution...
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Oakland Institute – Report Cover 2026 Rubaya Mines On today’s show, Greenfaith’s development director and strategist Anna Wagner will be here promoting their interfaith event in San Jose on August 23rd. We’ll switch...
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Pic of CCS plant in MississippiNina Robertson, Ileana Navarro, Thom Hersbach On today’s show, carbon capture and storage for California? That is the question. I’ll speak to Ileana Navarro policy associate with the...
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Report Cover with Authors R. Leber and R. John On today’s show, the Center for Climate Integrity has released a new report titled “The Fraud of ‘Clean’ Natural Gas: How Big Oil and Gas Created the Myth that Natural Gas...
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Book Cover – Compassion in Crisis This is a rebroadcast of May 1, 2026 A Rude Awakening featuring Maurice Carney, Kailea Rose Loften and Kate Rose Weiner. On today’s show, part two of my conversation with Maurice...
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Fill the Fund Logo On today’s show, we bring you three urgent climate and environmental justice stories. Talia Nimmer of the Center for Biological Diversity shares the latest on Sable Offshore Drilling’s push to acquire...
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Sachu Constantine – Executive Director of Vote Solar On today’s show, I spend the hour with the executive director of Vote Solar, Sachu Constantine discussing how solar, batteries and distributed energy resources are...
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Gaslit – PosterCourtesy of SolarPR On today’s show, I’ll speak to senior policy and campaign manager for Asian Pacific Environmental Network, Faraz Rizvi about the legislation, SB 1259, moving through committee in...
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Folsom Lake Drought 87 – Free Pic via publicdomains.net On today’s show, the Center for Biological Diversity has sued the Trump Department of Agriculture for more information about the origins of an executive order in...
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Bayview Hunters Point Naval Shipyard – May 2010 – Take notice of how close the homes are. Wikicommons – Edward Betts On today’s show, San Francisco Bayview Hunters Point Shipyard is still a superfund site and still...
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Cute Beagle Dog – Public Domain On today’s show, Asian Pacific Environmental Network’s new report uncovers how CA taxpayers might be footing the bill for the clean up and remediation cost of Phillips 66’s Carson...
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<p>On today’s show, an update on the feral cows roaming the Gila Wilderness of New Mexico, I speak to Todd Schulke of Center for Biological Diversity, we’ll switch gears and speak to Liberty University’s Dr. Leslie...
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<p>On today’s show, Hollin Kretzmann of Center for Biological Diversity gives an update on Assembly Bill 2461 – the Oil Well Cleanup Accountability bill, Jaime Court of Consumer Watchdog gives a rundown of all the...
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<p>An in-depth look at community affairs on a local, national and international level, with interviews and commentary. Hosted by Sabrina Jacobs.</p> <p>The post A Rude Awakening – May 22, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.</p>
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<p>An in-depth look at community affairs on a local, national and international level, with interviews and commentary. Hosted by Sabrina Jacobs.</p> <p>The post A Rude Awakening – May 15, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.</p>
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