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"Why the Climate Fight is Failing. Radical Activism is Needed!"

“Be Bold America!” Aired April 3 2026 at 5:00pm (PT)

The climate rallying cries to “Save the Planet” no longer work in our hyper-partisan world, nor do images of polar bears on melting glaciers. The problem isn't scientific, fact-based, or even technological.

The problem is political, emotional, and ideological. Hackman provides a path forward for engagement and voter mobilization that combats apathy, dread, and resentment, and builds greater issue identification.

Conservation and climate advocacy expert, Will Hackman, in his book Radically Reframing Climate Change: A Guide to Saving Ourselves reframes the climate crisis as a humanity crisis, arguing that we must change how we think and talk about climate change, both in our conversations with non-believers and among those who care.

Assuring humanity's place on a changing planet will require a near universal level of public support we will never reach if we keep making the same mistakes. We know how to do this. But the stakes have never been higher and time is running out.

Interview Guest:

Since 2013, Will Hackman has served as a senior strategist in conservation advocacy efforts and has helped to advance public policies related to ocean and land conservation as well as clean energy and the environment. Among his many efforts, Will spent years defending Alaska’s Tongass National Forest from industrial logging—the United States’ largest national forest and one of the world’s largest temperate rainforests.

Hackman also worked with local and indigenous communities across the western United States on conservation of public lands and rivers, helped strengthen fuel-efficiency regulations for cars and trucks, helped pass major bipartisan legislation to combat illegal fishing, and engaged in international marine fisheries conservation efforts around the world. Will is a contributing author on energy, environmental, and climate change topics for print, podcasts, and online media. in his 2022 TEDx talk, “The Future of Climate Change is Personal”, Will challenges us to reframe our climate conversations to overcome polarization and partisanship.

CoHost:

Mike Clancy, is a climate expert who serves on the “Question Review Team” for the Annual Leon Panetta Lecture Series. He is the former Scientific and Technical Director of the Navy's Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center in Monterey, and a recipient of the Navy’s highest civilian award, the Distinguished Civilian Service Award. And, if that wasn’t enough, he played a supporting role in the movie, “A Long Road to Tao”.

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“If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.” – President Dwight D. Eisenhower from a 1956 speech)

Defy Like De Niro.

From the mean streets to the halls of power, Robert De Niro has always stood up to bullies. His new role? Defying Trump and he’s daring the rest of us to do the same.

No. I’m sorry to say we won’t be interviewing Robert De Niro, but we have the next best person, his friend Miles Taylor. Miles Taylor is a former White House official who was Chief of Staff to the Department of Homeland Security in the first Trump administration. You may know him by the pen name “Anonymous.” He created a nationwide controversy when he wanted to assure the American people that there were those inside the administration who were trying to hold on to the democratic guardrails against a lawless president.

When Trump returned in 2024, he claimed Miles’ action treasonous.

Miles is fighting back, not just legally, but creating a nationwide organization called Definace.org. This organization has real teeth and is funding 100% of its income to nonprofits fighting against the Trump regime.

Interview Guest:

Miles Taylor (security expert): is an American author, commentator, and former government official who served in the administrations of George W. Bush and Donald Trump. In the first Trump administration, he was an appointee in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from 2017 to 2019. He was first recruited into the department by former DHS Secretary and White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly, serving as his senior advisor.

In 2018, Taylor wrote an op-ed in The New York Times under the pen-name "Anonymous" that was titled, "I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration", which drew widespread attention for its criticism of Trump. Several months after quitting the administration, again under the pen name "Anonymous," he published a book in 2019 titled, A Warning. In 2020, he revealed that he was "Anonymous" while campaigning against Trump's reelection. His second book: Blowback: A Warning to Save Democracy from Trump's Revenge and workbook for Blowback by Miles Taylor: a step-by-step guide to Understanding the Struggle for Democracy were published in 2024.

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“Be Bold America!”

Aired March 6, 2026 at 5:00pm (PT)

“America presents an egregious paradox – it has both the most expensive healthcare and the shortest life expectancy in the West." - Robert Sapolsky

Living in the United States today means surviving in a society where the social fabric has been ravaged.

How healthy you are is dependent on where you live. Americans suffer, more cancers, heart disease, mental illness, and chronic diseases than those who live in other wealthy nations, despite having the most expensive healthcare system in the world.

Why?

This Interview will embark on a journey to unravel the profound impact of public policies on American health from before birth in the book

"Born Sick in the USA" by Stephen Bezruchka, PhD.

Delve into the intricate web where economic inequality weaves a tapestry of sickness stemming from a highly stressed society.

Interview Guest:

Stephen Bezruchka, M.D., M.P.H. is Associate Teaching Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Health Systems & Population Health and of Global Health at the School of Public Health, University of Washington. At UW he received the 2002 Outstanding Teacher Award, the 2008 Faculty Community Service Award, the 2017 Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award, and the 2018 Communicating Public Health to the Public Award.

Dr. Stephen Bezruchka is a returning guest. His previous interview was on his book, Inequality Kills Us All, and was one of the most listened to "Be Bold America!" podcasts.

Dr. Bezruchka serves on the board of the Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility, whose parent organization has shared two Nobel Peace Prizes. There he developed the Economic Inequity Health Task Force. He launched the Population Health Forum in 1998, which presents many of the ideas in this book. His previous books include The Pocket Doctor: A Passport to Healthy Travel; A Guide to Trekking in Nepal, with the 8th edition appearing in 2011; Nepali for Trekkers; and Altitude Illness: Prevention & Treatment. These books have been translated into other languages.

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