KPFA - A Rude Awakening

Updated: 04 Jul 2025 • 530 episodes
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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 @ 8am Follow A Rude Awakening on Facebook, Mastodon, Twitter and Instagram

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USRTK logo On today’s show, a bailout for California oil refineries? I’ll speak to Consumer Watchdog’s founder and executive director Jaime Court about the pushback from 50 plus environmental and public interest groups. We’ll switch gears and commemorate 10 years of U.S. Right To Know with co-founder and managing edito

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Yellow Dot Studios – Logo Faux Girl Scout Fossil Fuel Badge – Graphics by Sabrina Bedford On today’s show, I’ll spend the hour exploring the sponsorship and public relations side of the fossil fuel industry’s attempts to stay relevant and powerful.  I’ll speak to investigative reporter Rebecca John on her latest piece

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Mycelium Youth Network – Community Day of Action On today’s show, Mycelium Youth Network’s outside educator and storyteller, Marcy Brown is back to spread the word about their latest community event “Community Day of Action” on Saturday, June 28th.  We’ll switch gears and speak to Evlondo Cooper of Media Matters for Am

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Melissa Romero, Policy Advocacy Director for CA Environmental Voters On today’s show, we will hear the remaninder of my conversation with U.S. Right to Know investigative journalist Pamela Ferdinand about all the plastic in our bodies.  We’ll switch gears and have a conversation with policy advocacy director for CA Env

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WECAN Logo On today’s show, investigative journalist for U.S. Right To Know, Pamela Ferdinand on her recent article entitled, “Plastics may disrupt the body’s clock, raise risk of chronic disease”.  We’ll switch gears and speak to founder and executive director of Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network on their upcom

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From the website of AmazonWatch.org The WilPhoenix sits in Cromarty Firth, near Invergordon, Scotland. The 1982-built rig is equipped for drilling in water depths up to 1,200 ft. On today’s show, an update from Paul Paz y Mino, deputy executive director with Amazon Watch on anti-Chevron day and an environmental justice

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