Malihe Razazan

Oakland

Senior Producer and Journalist at Your Call

Co-Host at Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

Journalist, senior producer @yourcallradio @kalw, host of Voices of the Middle East and North Africa @kpfa @StatusHour

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Articles

Scientists fight back against funding cuts and attacks on science

3 days ago | kalw.org | Malihe Razazan

On this edition of Your Call's One Planet Series, we discuss the response to the Trump administration's relentless attacks on scientific research.
Eating: The Power to Save the Ocean

3 days ago | kalw.org | Malihe Razazan

On the next Your Call’s One Planet Series, we’ll discuss Eating: The Power to Save the Ocean, a documentary that investigates how industrial fishing, agriculture, pesticides, and global food transport are endangering ocean health. The film asks, what if our food could save the ocean? "The ocean is the source of life. It regulates the climate. It covers 70 percent of the planet's surface. The ocean is vital, but it is under threat. And that is mainly because of our food.
The human cost of Russia's war in Ukraine & media coverage of tariffs

6 days ago | kalw.org | Malihe Razazan

On this edition of Your Call’s Media Roundtable, we discuss Russia's war on Ukraine with Jen Stout, an award-winning journalist and author of Night Train to Odesa: Covering the Human Cost of Russia’s War. Later in the show, we'll examine media coverage of Trump’s tariff policies, which have raised fears of a recession. California has filed a lawsuit challenging Trump's authority to impose sweeping tariffs.
Latin American Indigenous activists risk their lives to protect water

1 week ago | kalw.org | Malihe Razazan

On this edition of Your Call's One Planet Series, we discuss Water for Life, a documentary film that tells the story of three Indigenous activists in Central and South America as they fight to protect their ancestral lands and water rights.
Trump's executive order targets California's climate laws

1 week ago | kalw.org | Malihe Razazan

On this edition of Your Call's One Planet Series, we discuss a recent executive order that that aims to stop the enforcement of state climate laws and policies. According to CalMatters, Trump’s executive order directs US Attorney General Pam Bondi to identify state and local acts that may be unconstitutional or preempted by federal law. Within 60 days, the attorney general must report back with findings and recommendations for action.
Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America

1 week ago | kalw.org | Malihe Razazan |Rose Aguilar

On this edition of Your Call’s Media Roundtable, New York Times award winning reporter Clay Risen discusses his new book, Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America. Risen examines how Senator Joseph McCarthy and a vast network of government officials and organizations led a ruthless campaign that systematically destroyed thousands of lives in a paranoid crusade against alleged Communist conspiracies.
The 22nd annual International Ocean Film Festival kicks off in SF

2 weeks ago | kalw.org | Malihe Razazan

On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet Series, we discuss two documentaries featured at this year’s International Ocean Film Festival, which runs from April 11-13 in San Francisco, followed by an online program from April 14 - 22. Salmon Run explores the Bay Area's salmon fishery and the people who work hard to sustain it. Saving Seagrass documents the importance of seagrass by bringing us to the underwater nursery in the estuaries of Mobile Bay, Alabama.
Remembering the renowned media scholar and activist, Robert McChesney

2 weeks ago | kalw.org | Malihe Razazan |Rose Aguilar

On this edition of Your Call's Media Roundtable, we honor the legacy of media scholar and activist Robert McChesney, who passed away on March 25th at age 72 after a year-long fight with cancer. Professor McChesney was a tireless champion for media democracy. Throughout his career, he advocated for publicly funded media and spoke out against corporate media consolidation. McChesney authored or edited 27 books, including Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times.
NIH will stop funding research on the health impacts of climate change

3 weeks ago | kalw.org | Malihe Razazan

On this edition of Your Call's One Planet Series, we discuss a ProPublica investigation that found the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will no longer be funding work on the health effects of climate change.
The vanishing kelp forests of Northern California

3 weeks ago | kalw.org | Malihe Razazan

On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet Series, we discuss the 22nd annual International Ocean Film Festival in San Francisco. The three-day festival, which begins on April 12, features more than 30 captivating films that showcase the beauty and importance of our oceans. We'll focus on Sequoias of the Sea, a documentary that explores the challenges facing kelp ecosystems in California and creative solutions to protect these underwater forests.