XRNOW!

Steven’s reporting from The Big One in London features Jamie Kelsey-Fry on Citizens Assemblies, and Cate Swigart interviews Karen “Figlynn” Morgaine about Mothers Rebellion and much more.

XRNOW! host Steven Starr reports from XRUK’s “the Big One,” where 60,000 people descended on London to demand an end to fossil fuels. Plus Max Gomberg, who resigned in protest from the California State Water Resources Board, on the injustices of our water allocation, and a more equitable path forward.

Dan Kidby shares his on-the-track perspective of Animal Rising's recent disruption of the Grand National, horse racing's most famous event, and tells us why animal rights can no longer be the orphan of the left. Plus youth activists from Families4aFuture and XRYouthLA!

Richard Ecclestone joins us to discuss the Big One, XRUK’s plan to attract maximum participation in its Earth Week events, and force Britain’s government to make the changes the public demands for all of our futures.

Director Daniel Goldhaber talks about his new movie How to Blow Up a Pipeline and its message of climate civil-disobedience as self-defense, plus Steven interviews the amazing Cate Swigart of XRLA!

Lindsay Sturman, co-host of KPFK’s Bike Talk and co-founder of Livable Communities Initiative, shares a practicable action plan to address our city’s interrelated housing and climate crises.

A deep-dive interview with Hardi Yakubu, the leader of  Africans Rising , the largest people-powered Pan-African activist organization on the continent, spanning 54 nations. 

Steven interviews defenders of Virunga National Park Lucien Kamala, Francois Kamate, and Reddy Kubuya, plus XRLA member Cate Swigart shares a talk on the validity of all emotional responses to the climate crisis.

Sunrise Movement-LA Coordinator Josiah Edwards breaks down environmental racism and much more, and offers his vision for the future of the movement.

Former DWP Commissioner and LA City Council candidate Aura Vasquez shares her inspiring journey from childhood activism in Colombia to politics and social service work in New York, and community organizing in Orange County and now LA.

Two of our local refineries continue to use one of the world’s most dangerous chemicals, Hydrogen Fluoride (HF), despite decades of demands to convert to a safer alternative. We’re joined by Steve Goldsmith, Fatima Iqbal-Zubair, and Cliff Heise to break it down.

Sim joins Steven for an intimate conversation about growing up multiculturally in South LA, remarkable family mentors including a great-grandfather who was a Tuskegee Airman, and life on the front lines of the city’s climate movement.

Founder of EcoLeaks Esteban Servat shares his story of persecution and exile after taking on mega-mining and fracking in Argentina, plus dehumanization in Silicon Valley and the burgeoning Debt for Climate movement.

Kevin J. Patel, founder and executive director of OneUpAction, joins us to discuss his activism origin story, the LA County Youth Climate Commission, the LA River, and much more.

Our interview with Gabi and Ile about how Extinction Rebellion Brazil differs from its Northern counterparts, plus their take on recent events in Brasilia, and their hopes for the Lula administration.

Extinction Rebellion co-founder Clare Farrell joins us to discuss XRUK’s recent WeQuit! proclamation, and what it means for the rest of the movement.

Bii Gallardo & Lex Saenz of International Indigenous Youth Council join us to discuss their journeys to activism, the "Free the River, Heal the Land" street mural, and showing up to do the work!

Families4aFuture's Youth Climate Warriors Maya (14), Shelby (14), and Liv (16) describe their journeys to the climate movement and share visions for its future, in an interview by XRYouth National Coordinator Keya Chaudry. Plus, Families4aFuture co-founders Vy Nguyen and Cameron Levin talk to Steven about the work they're doing to empower the city's next generation of leaders.  

A full length interview with OpenAI's ChatGPT, as well as original content created for the show by the AI language interface. Even the promo image was generated by DeepAI based upon a description of the show!

We catch up Rose Abramoff and Peter Kalmus, inspiring leaders of scientific activism, as they carpool to a conference in Chicago to build the movement

Part II of our interview with Human Rights Attorney Steven Donziger

Part I of our interview with Human Rights Attorney Steven Donziger, plus a look inside an XRLA blockade at Van Nuys Airport