{"podcast":{"title":"KQED's Forum","slug":"kqed-s-forum-910728","podcast_index_feed_id":910728,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC9557381633","website_url":"https://www.kqed.org/forum","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/f7fab6b6-22d6-11eb-9a54-13d0154cc15e/image/KQED_Podcast_tiles_-_NPR_network_Forum.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"KQED","episode_count":3536,"summary":"Forum tells remarkable and true stories about who we are and where we live. In the first hour, Alexis Madrigal convenes the diverse voices of the Bay Area, before turning to Mina Kim for the second hour to chronicle and center Californians’ experience. In an increasingly divided world, Mina and Alexis host conversations that inform, challenge and unify listeners with big ideas and different viewpoints. Want to call/submit your comments during our live Forum program Mon-Fri, 9am-11am? We'd love to hear from you! Please dial 866.SF.FORUM or (866) 733-6786 or email forum@kqed.org, tweet, or post on Facebook.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-30T22:18:30.402859+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kqed-s-forum-910728"},"episode":{"title":"Authors Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor on How to Resist ‘End Times Fascism’","slug":"authors-naomi-klein-and-astra-taylor-on-how-to-resist-end-times-fascism","published_at":"2026-09-22T18:39:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kqed-s-forum-910728/authors-naomi-klein-and-astra-taylor-on-how-to-resist-end-times-fascism","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kqed-s-forum-910728","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/KQINC4003644195.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/KQINC4003644195.mp3","summary":"Authors Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor say that not only is fascism here, but this 21st century version wants apocalyptic collapse. In their new book “End Times Fascism,” Klein and Taylor examine how politicians, religious prophets and Silicon Valley billionaires are trying to wipe out flora and fauna, undermine human solidarity and block our ability to imagine a future on Earth. But they also say that it’s not too late for us to fight this “end times fascism” — for the sake of our world. Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor join us on Forum. Guests: Naomi Klein, columnist; The Guardian; documentary filmmaker; associate professor of geography and codirector of the Centre for Climate Justic, University of British Columbia; author, “Doppelganger,” “No Logo,” “The Shock Doctrine” among others; co-author, “End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World” Astra Taylor, writer, activist, and documentarian; cofounder, Debt Collective, a debtors’ union that came out of the Occupy Movement; co-author, “End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Authors Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor say that not only is fascism here, but this 21st century version wants apocalyptic collapse. In their new book “…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3287,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/kqed-s-forum-910728/episodes/authors-naomi-klein-and-astra-taylor-on-how-to-resist-end-times-fascism/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kqed-s-forum-910728/authors-naomi-klein-and-astra-taylor-on-how-to-resist-end-times-fascism.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}