KPFA - Behind the News

Doug Henwood

Booking Overview

This is a weekly interview-focused public-affairs show about economics, politics, and their intersection, typically featuring authors, scholars, journalists, policy analysts, and activists with specialized expertise. PR agencies could credibly pitch economists, historians, political theorists, policy researchers, investigative journalists, and authors with substantive work on political economy or social movements; booking difficulty is medium.

Metrics

Episodes: 25

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 4.4k subscribers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

behindthenews@kpfa.org

web@kpfa.org

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Host

Doug Henwood - Economist, journalist, author, and longtime host of a public-affairs program focused on economics and politics.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Authors, academics, economists, historians, journalists, policy researchers, and activists with demonstrated subject-matter expertise and substantive published work.

Required Achievements:

Published books or major research, Academic or policy expertise, Substantive journalism or political analysis, Leadership or research roles in relevant organizations

Recent Guest Discussions

Hagen Blix - Public Fears And Concerns Surrounding Artificial Intelligence.

Michaela Brangan - The Democratic Socialists Of America’s New Platform.

David Austin Walsh - Similarities Between Intellectual Conservatives And The Broader Trump-supporting Right.

Laura Field - The Intellectual And Highbrow Dimensions Of Trumpism.

Jasmine Wynn - The National Black Empowerment Coalition And Its Relationship To Aipac.

Recent Topics

Political Economy, Economics, Politics, Socialism, Capitalism

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

KPFA - Behind the News

AI may kill us all, so it must be stopped • the life of historian Howard Zinn

September 10, 2026

Garrison Lovely, author of Obsolete, on the terrors and possible promise of AI • Dave Zirin on Howard Zinn, the subject of his new biography The post AI may kill us all, so it must be stopped • the life of historian Howard Zinn appeared first on KPFA.

Grabbing Venezuela’s oil • a future without cops and jails

September 03, 2026

Alejandro Velasco on Trump’s oil grab in Venezuela • Alex Vitale on a post-carceral future The post Grabbing Venezuela’s oil • a future without cops and jails appeared first on KPFA.

The political economy of slavery • building postcarbon futures

August 27, 2026

David McNally, author of Slavery and Capitalism, on the political economy of the institution • Billy Fleming, author of Building Postcarbon Futures, on how to get from here to there The post The political economy of slavery • building postcarbon futures appeared first on KPFA.

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