Show overview
KPFA - Behind the News launched in 2025 and has put out 36 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 35 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language News show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 26 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2026, with 26 episodes published. Published by KPFA.org - KPFA 94.1 Berkeley, CA.
From the publisher
Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.
Latest Episodes
View all 36 episodesWhat’s going on with the Iran negotiations?
Cop power, sex and the social
Against money, hating theory
Two views of the right: the sordid side of “respectable,” and Trump’s court intellectuals
Latin America’s influence on Pope Leo • the Cultural Marxist conspiracy
fundraising special: the Xi–Trump summit, the dark doings of Opus Dei
Fundraising special: two views on the Iran war
fundraising special: imperialism and the homeland
A look back at yuppies • Iran: politics and war
Muskism: the world of Elon
Two views of Hungary’s election, a global blow to the authoritarian right
Corruption in the capital, crypto in the age of Trump
Andrew Cockburn, author of Washington Is Burning, on “the spectacular greed at the heart of the nation’s political system” • Hadas Thier, author of this article, on crypto in the age of Trump The post Corruption in the capital, crypto in the age of Trump appeared first on KPFA.
Venezuela after Maduro • the forgotten radical history of Texas
Gabriel Hetland on what’s been happening in Venezuela since the kidnapping of Maduro (Intercept article here) • David Griscom, author of The Myth of Red Texas, on that state’s forgotten radical history The post Venezuela after Maduro • the forgotten radical history of Texas appeared first on KPFA.
Iran crisis, Cuba crisis
Mouin Rabbani talks about the Iran war and its many complications • Helen Yaffe talks about Trump’s oil embargo on Cuba—its effects and how Cubans are reacting The post Iran crisis, Cuba crisis appeared first on KPFA.
beyond the class/identity dead end • effect of federal layoffs on black women
Nancy Fraser goes beyond the class/identity disputes • Natalie Y. Moore on the effects of federal layoffs on black women (article here) The post beyond the class/identity dead end • effect of federal layoffs on black women appeared first on KPFA.
Trump’s unified domain of impunity
Historian Nikhil Pal Singh, author of this article, talks about how the Trump regime weaves foreign and domestic policy into a single domain of impunity, Homeland Empire The post Trump’s unified domain of impunity appeared first on KPFA.
Fundraising special: two views of Iran
Behrooz Ghamari, author of The Long War on Iran, on the politics and culture of the country • Anatol Lieven on the effects of the war on Iran on the region and world The post Fundraising special: two views of Iran appeared first on KPFA.
Fundraising special: David Harvey on capital
David Harvey, author of The Story of Capital, looks at the political economy of the present through a Marxist lens The post Fundraising special: David Harvey on capital appeared first on KPFA.
Fundraising special: politics in Bangladesh, local cops and the Trump crackdowns
Naomi Hossain on politics in Bangladesh generally and the recent election specifically • Stuart Schrader on “authoritarianism from below”—the role of local cops in the Trump crackdowns (article here) The post Fundraising special: politics in Bangladesh, local cops and the Trump crackdowns appeared first on KPFA.
Wrecking East New York, financing schools
Stacy Horn, author of The Killing Fields of East New York, on the damage mortgage fraud did to that neighborhood • David Backer, author of As Public as Possible, on how we finance schools and how we could do better The post Wrecking East New York, financing schools appeared first on KPFA.