Behind the News: The Billionaires Killing California w/ Yasha Levine
On the water wars destroying the environment. Plus: Laura Jedeed on tech moguls in San Francisco.
January 22, 2025
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January 22, 2025
Behind the News: The Billionaires Killing California w/ Yasha Levine
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<p><a href="https://laurajedeed.com/" rel="nofollow">Laura Jedeed</a>, author of an <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/189303/san-francisco-moderate-politics-millionaire-tech-donors" rel="nofollow">article for the <em>New Republic</em></a>, talks about San Francisco and tech moguls’ plans to “fix” it. <a href="http://yashalevine.com/" rel="nofollow">Yasha Levine</a>, co-director of a new documentary, <em><a href="https://www.pistachiowars.com/" rel="nofollow">Pistachio Wars</a></em>, talks about billionaire couple and self-styled philanthropists the Resnicks and their involvement in the California water crisis.</p>
<p><em>Behind the News</em>, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive online: <a href="https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/radio.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/radio.html</a></p>
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