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Forum tells remarkable and true stories about who we are and where we live. In the first hour, Alexis Madrigal convenes the diverse voices of the Bay Area, before turning to Mina Kim for the second hour to chronicle and center Californians’ experience. In an increasingly divided world, Mina and Alexis host conversations that inform, challenge and unify listeners with big ideas and different viewpo... more

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Elissa Epel
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Stephanie Nguyen
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Hosts

Mina Kim
Host of Forum.
Alexis Madrigal
Host of Forum.

Reviews

4.2 out of 5 stars from 815 ratings
  • Ok when not discussing politics

    Great podcast with an array of good real life topics. The host and guest cover interesting subjects at depth. A narrative for leftist politics is deep with a little bit of an intrusive victim complex.

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    3
    Aqui_16
    United States2 months ago
  • Please Alexis do not interrupt the guests while they were speaking

    Please do not interrupt the guest while they were speaking. You have them on because they have a level of knowledge that you do not have.

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    2
    boomer and proud of it
    United States4 months ago
  • Garbage

    I tried to listen to this and felt like I was getting dumber with every minute. Not worth the time. Hosts seem very low IQ.

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    1
    RA989
    United States4 months ago
  • g0dforbidi!!!

    what happened to asking follow up questions? are these hosts allergic to it?

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    3
    silly_goose!
    United States7 months ago
  • State media with a pro-genocide slant

    Posing as a current events discussion show, Forum managed to studiously ignore the largest news story of 2023-present, the so called “Israel-Gaza war.” Zero Palestinian guests were ever asked onto the program, which instead took its cues from the editorial staff of neo-conservative magazine The Atlantic (that same publication that once sold us Bush’s Iraq War, and whose editor recently colluded with Trump’s state department in a private chat about bombing Yemen). When Forum finally began to addr... more

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    melodie-c
    United States8 months ago

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The hosts are praised for their ability to ask the right questions and create engaging dialogues.

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#159
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#163
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#181
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Trump Expanding Third-Country Removals of Asylum Seekers in California
Q: Is there a way that organizations or individuals can vouch for or sponsor migrants at risk of expulsion?
Typically, this is not a factor in a migration case, especially for those facing immediate removal.
Trump Expanding Third-Country Removals of Asylum Seekers in California
Q: What do judges say about their authority to deny the motions for asylum claims?
Judges are claiming they have no authority to deny motions based on country caps already being met.
Trump Expanding Third-Country Removals of Asylum Seekers in California
Q: How is the Trump administration able to obligate other countries to accept the people sent from the US?
Through agreements that have sometimes been established under threat of economic sanctions or other pressures.
Trump Expanding Third-Country Removals of Asylum Seekers in California
Q: What happened to German where the US refused to even hear his claim at the border?
The day President Trump assumed office, he issued an executive order that suspended access to asylum to all asylum seekers coming to the border.
How Freaked Out Should We Be About All These Small Earthquakes?
Q: If there is another earthquake on another tectonic plate, does that energy come back and then impact our tectonic plate and cause earthquakes over here?
On a small scale, large earthquakes can trigger tiny earthquakes in other areas, but this effect typically only occurs if those areas were already primed for quakes.

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