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California Sun Podcast

Jul 30, 2026

Lainey Feingold has spent her career winning digital access for disabled people without ever filing a lawsuit — sitting down with the banks instead of suing them. Now the San Francisco disability rights attorney gathers thirty-nine voices into Digital Accessibility Ethics, arguing that as AI rebuilds the digital...


Jul 23, 2026

Greg Sarris has served as tribal chairman of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria for more than 30 years. He led the tribe's push for federal recognition, which paved the way for the multibillion-dollar Graton Resort & Casino in Rohnert Park. Along the way, he authored six books, including the 1994 novel...


Jul 16, 2026

Erika Anderson isn't an engineer — she's a writer who came to artificial intelligence and to the Bay Area asking what it means to be human. She built HumaneBench, a tool that evaluates whether AI systems actually treat us well. As we increasingly develop relationship with bots, Anderson argues that we can only manage...


Jul 9, 2026

The author and journalist Mark Arax joins us to discuss his recent sweeping essay in the Guardian, published under the headline "California: Land of Plunder and Hypocrisy." From the Gold Rush to the artificial intelligence boom, Arax explores how California's myths, ambitions, and repeated reinventions have often...