We interview Jesus Alonso and Ngodoo Atume from Clean Water Action in California. Ngodoo is a Senior Water Policy Analyst and Jesus serves as Clean Water Action’s Kern County Gas and Oil Organizer. We learn about California’s Central Valley com

Big Oil and Fracking Part 2: Fox in The Hen House

Jun 27th, 2023 46m 43s

This is part 2 of a 2-part interview with Food and Water Watch (FWW) and the second in our Fossil Fuels Series. In this episode, we interview (FWW) National Policy Director, Jim Walsh, and Tomás Morales Rebecchi, California's Central Coast Org

Big Oil, Fracking, and the Hydrogen Scam Part 1

Apr 25th, 2023 44m 22s

This is part 1 of a 2-part interview with Food and Water Watch (FWW) and the first in our Fossil Fuels Series. In this episode, we interview (FWW) National Policy Director, Jim Walsh, and Tomás Morales Rebecchi, California's Central Coast Orga

Clean Water for California

Feb 28th, 2023 1h

In this episode, we interview Laurel Firestone, a member of the State Water Resources Control Board. We learn about the organization and its work to ensure that every person in the state has a right to clean, safe, and affordable drinking water

Native Youth Rising

Nov 16th, 2022 54m 28s

In this episode, we interview Danielle Frank, a Hoopa Valley Tribal Member, activist, and youth coordinator with Save California Salmon. Danielle shares her story of growing up in Hoopa Valley along the banks of the Trinity River near its confl

Protecting California's Water Before It Runs Out

Oct 11th, 2022 58m 49s

In this episode, we follow up with Clifford Lee, retired Deputy Attorney General with the California Department of Justice. We dive deeper into water policy and hear about critical changes needed to protect our most valuable resource: water! We

Updating California Water Policy for Climate Change

Jun 21st, 2022 43m 15s

Currently, California is on track to lose most if not all native fish species within this century if we don't adapt to climate change. We talk with Clifford Lee; retired deputy attorney general with the California Department of Justice who s

Klamath Dam Removal, a Confluence of Indigenous and Western Sciences

Apr 9th, 2022 53m 57s

Keith Parker, Senior Fisheries Biologist for the Yurok Tribe explains some of the basics that make up a healthy fishery and river ecosystem. We learn about the different salmon runs and basic salmon genetics. He shares his background in Indige

California’s Inequitable Water Rights System and Water Projects

Mar 8th, 2022 53m 20s

In this episode, we interview Doug Obegi, Senior Attorney at Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Doug shares his expertise about the history of our archaic and inequitable water rights system and how protections for fish and wildlife, and

From the Bay to the Winnemem Waywayket (McCloud River)

Feb 1st, 2022 32m 4s

We follow up with hereditary Chief Caleen Sisk about the expansive watershed of the Sacramento River from the headwaters of the Winnemem Waywayket all the way to the Bay-Delta and the Pacific Ocean. We learn about the history of this once epic

Following the Water: How Dams and Water Shape Tribal Recognition in California

Jan 18th, 2022 38m 7s

In this episode, we hear from hereditary Chief Caleen Sisk of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe. Their tribal homelands encompass the Winnemem Waywaket (McCloud River) and much of the land now flooded by the Shasta Reservoir, California's largest. The

Water Infrastructure and Colonization in California

Dec 21st, 2021 43m 53s

Dr. Beth Rose Middleton Manning is a Professor of Native American Studies at UC Davis. In this episode, we learn about water rights in California and how Native lands and communities have been treated as sacrifice zones for national priorities

Going Beyond Land Acknowledgments

Nov 23rd, 2021 24m 27s

A call to action from Morning Star Gali, a member of the Ajumawi band of Pit River Tribe. This episode is dedicated to Native American Heritage Month and focuses on Native resistance, justice, and action in California. Join Save California Salm

Fishermen Facts Behind Klamath Dam Removal

Nov 12th, 2021 37m 20s

We talk with Glen Spain, the North West Regional Director for the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations (PCFFA). Glen shares his experience over the last 40 years working with the Klamath Basin. We hear about how the community ha

Connecting Indigenous Knowledge, Policy and Infrastructure

Oct 26th, 2021 31m 58s

Brook Thompson (She/Her) is a Yurok and Karuk Native from Northern California. Growing up she lived and fished on the same land that her ancestors have been on for over 12,000 years. Brook fights for water and Native American rights through spe

Envisioning Justice on the Klamath River

Oct 11th, 2021 39m 7s

In this episode, we interview Dr. Cutcha Rising Baldy (Hupa, Karuk, Yurok, enrolled Hoopa Valley Tribe) Department Chair and Associate Professor of Native American Studies at Humboldt State University. Cutcha shares her unique perspective growi

Save California Salmon

Sep 25th, 2021 23m 43s

The Klamath River is slated to be the largest dam removal project in the history of the United States. Removing these dams will open up over 400 miles of salmon, trout, and eel habitat. Find out what's at stake and what it takes to protect a wa

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