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

The US-Ukraine minerals deal & the alarming drop in bird populations

3 days ago | kalw.org | Malihe Razazan

On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet series, we discuss Trump’s so-called "minerals deal" with Ukraine, which grants the US priority access to Ukrainian minerals and sets up an investment fund for Ukraine’s reconstruction. Then, we look at a new study, published in the journal Science, showing that three out of every four of the 500 North American bird species are in decline, with two-thirds of the total shrinking significantly.
The human cost of Trump's DOGE cuts & the rise of Trump’s crypto firm

6 days ago | kalw.org | Malihe Razazan

On this edition of Your Call’s Media Roundtable, we’ discuss The DOGE Impact Tracker, a new project from Capital & Main that documents the real-life consequences of the Trump administration’s budget cuts and firings across the country. The Tracker shines a light on the personal toll these cuts are taking on everyday Americans.
The dire consequences of Trump’s assault on NOAA

1 week ago | kalw.org | Malihe Razazan

On this edition of Your Call's One Planet Series, former NOAA chief scientist Craig McLean discusses the impact of sweeping proposed budget cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)—and what they mean for the future of the nation’s leading science agency. Last month, a leaked document from the Office of Management and Budget revealed plans for a drastic budget cut to NOAA—more than 27 percent overall.
Alaska's Vanishing Native Villages

1 week ago | kalw.org | Malihe Razazan

On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet Series, we discuss Alaska’s Vanishing Native Villages, a Frontline documentary that examines how Indigenous communities are fighting for survival in the face of climate change. Researchers have found that parts of Alaska are warming at up to four times the rate of most of the rest of the world. It’s a shift that has left residents of places like Hooper Bay fighting for their survival — and even facing potential relocation.
The Trump administration's war on children and the judiciary

1 week ago | kalw.org | Malihe Razazan

On this edition of Your Call’s Media Roundtable, we discuss a ProPublica report about how the Trump administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funding and staff for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support, providing child care, and more. Then we’ll turn to Trump’s escalating war on the judiciary. Last week, a sitting Wisconsin judge was arrested and charged in federal court for allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant avoid arrest.
The human costs of Trump's immigration crackdown

2 weeks ago | kalw.org | Malihe Razazan

On this edition of Your Call's Media Roundtable, we discuss the plight of undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers who are facing the threat of deportation to a notorious mega prison in El Salvador. Then, we focus on the abduction and detention of Tuft University PhD scholar Rümeysa Öztürk’s, who is being held in detention in Louisiana. She is among nearly 1,000 students whose visas have been revoked.
Scientists fight back against funding cuts and attacks on science

3 weeks 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 weeks 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

3 weeks 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 month 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.