Aspire with Osha: art, nature, humanity

Osha and guest, Erin Kelly, discuss the California Billionaire Tax Act, a one-time tax on billionaires to help fund the gap left by the bill Congress passed that gave huge tax cuts to the wealthiest 1 % and cut funding for healthcare. (called "The big beautiful Bill" by its sponsors). As a result of the cuts, our healthcare costs continue to rise, millions will lose their coverage, and hospitals and clinics will shut down, threatening the very fabric of our healthcare system. How does t...

With wealth inequality growing by the minute, and the dismantling or hollowing out of public programs, there is now, perhaps more than ever, a need for charitable giving. In today’s interview, we’ll reveal the results of an important report on the status of the Giving Pledge - 15 years after its creation. You may be wondering, what is the Giving Pledge? Founders Bill Gates, ex-wife Melinda French and Warren Buffet established the Pledge to encourage greater charitable giving by b...

Hello Friends, This is Osha and I want to share a poem that came tumbling out yesterday morning in response to the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti and all the brave souls who gathered in the streets of Minneapolis, in below freezing cold to protest. I stand with you. If you enjoyed this show, please leave a positive review and share with your friends. Thank you! Osha

How is the billionaire class harming you? The answer may be deeper and more pervasive than you imagined. My guest, Chuck Collins, author of Burned by Billionaires, is an expert in the subject of rising wealth inequality. The share of US wealth concentrated in the top .01% has grown exponentially. Within one year, during the pandemic, while many people and small businesses were struggling to survive, the total wealth of the billionaire class grew by about 54%. Chuck Collins is a s...

Honoring Dorothea Lange, the American documentary photographer and photojournalist who, through her snapshots and commentary, recorded the consequences of the Dust Bowl, the Great Depression and WWII in California. Snapshots in black & white illustrate the human suffering and struggle to survive of farmers fleeing the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression, and the internment of Japanese American citizens. A walk through the past brings us back to today. Here we are, 95 years years after the ...