Sonali Kolhatkar

Why Bernie Sanders Lost Me In the Dem Debate, New Revelations on the Drone War in Afghanistan, and the Beauty and Power of Trans-National Solidarity

In this episode of Uprising Uncut, host Sonali Kolhatkar discusses the Democratic Presidential Debate and why Bernie Sanders needs us to hold him accountable on everything other than economic policy. And a shout out to The Intercept’s Jeremy Scahill on…

Why I Am Against All Homework and Testing, the Wars in Afghanistan and Syria, and Why We Shouldn’t Indulge Gun Nuts With Facts

In this sixth episode of Uprising Uncut, Sonali APOLOGIZES for skipping last week’s podcast, goes off on a crazy-sounding rant about why homework and testing are the devil’s work, and then moves on to the grim anniversary of US war…

Our Child-Raping Afghan Allies, Pope Francis’ Genocidal Blindspot, Martin Shkreli’s Public Shaming, VW’s Deception and More

In this fifth episode of Uprising Uncut, Sonali discusses her latest column in Truthdig, focusing on the US war in Afghanistan and how we’ve overlooked the dirty deeds of our warlord allies. She also examines the love-fest over the Pope…

Charlie Hebdo Vs. Adrian Grenier, Matt Damon Vs. Effie Brown, Standing With Ahmed

In this fourth episode of Uprising Uncut, Sonali discusses Charlie Hebdo’s callous mocking of Alan Kurdi, actor Adrian Grenier’s 9/11 comments on Iraqi deaths, Victoria Law’s incredible stories about mothers incarcerated in federal prisons on drug charges, the women scientists…

Clinton, Sanders, KPFK, A New Study on Unions, Musings on Sept 11th Anniversary, and Yet More Anti-Twitter Ranting

In this third episode of Uprising Uncut, Sonali discusses Hillary Vs. Clinton and Sanders Vs. BLM, more Twitter-hate, KPFK’s internal woes, a new cool study on unions, yay for Seattle teachers, and ‘Did you see the Hungarian Camerawoman trip a…

Haunted by a Syrian Toddler, California’s Solitary Confinement Ends, and Why People Hate Cops, Plus a Mini-Rant Against Twitter

In this second episode of Uprising Uncut, Sonali discusses Alan Kurdi, the tragedy of Syria’s refugees and how the world was traumatized this week. Plus, victory against California’s barbaric practice of solitary confinement, and reflections on why people hate police.…

Amazon.com, Yemen, and why Media Are Forced to Rely Corporate Advertising Even Though it Sucks

In this pilot episode Sonali discusses Amazon.com’s workplace hell, and the brutal war in Yemen (including the question of how shocking can or should television images of war be?), plus the conundrum of relying on corporate advertising. (Warning: Profanity. Not…