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Back to SearchWhy Is Climate Communication So Impossible and Frustrating?
Episode 117
George Monbiot has been working on issues of climate and environmental justice for three decades. A columnist for The Guardian, George's books includ…
4 years, 2 months ago
Our Era of Scams & Hype: From the Fyre Festival to Trump's Career to NFTs
Episode 116
We live in an age where economic success can depend a lot more on hype and branding than offering actual useful things that help people. Occasionally…
4 years, 2 months ago
How Did Anyone Ever Believe WeWork's BS?
Episode 115
Maureen Farrell is a business reporter with the New York Times and co-author of the book The Cult of We: WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup …
4 years, 3 months ago
Is The International Criminal Court a Functional Institution?
Episode 114
The International Criminal Court in the Hague is the place where war criminals are supposed to be tried and punished. It embodies a vision of global …
4 years, 3 months ago
Is Mocking the Deaths of Anti-Vaxxers "Necessary"? Or Cruel and Useless?
Episode 113
Michael Hiltzik is a Pulitzer Prize-winning business columnist for the Los Angeles Times. He has recently attracted a lot of (almost entirely negativ…
4 years, 3 months ago
Why Judge Judy Is A Reactionary Enemy of the Poor Who Must Be Destroyed
Episode 112
Judge Judy Sheindlin has long been one of the highest-paid TV stars, earning a staggering $47 million per year for her show, Judge Judy. She is unive…
4 years, 3 months ago
How Segregation Was Built—And Why It's Still With Us
Episode 111
Sheryll Cashin is the author of White Space, Black Hood: Opportunity Hoarding and Segregation in the Age of Inequality. She has been called "one of t…
4 years, 3 months ago
Leadership Lessons from Bill Clinton
Episode 110
Editors of Current Affairs recently took Hillary Clinton's "MasterClass" and had a deeply unpleasant time. But Bill Clinton, too, has a MasterClass, …
4 years, 3 months ago
How Can Socialists Get Things Done In State Government?
Episode 109
Today, in our last episode of the year, we present a hopeful discussion about what leftists can accomplish in power. Sam Bell is a Rhode Island state…
4 years, 3 months ago
Why Are Student Loans Such a Catastrophe?
Episode 108
Today Nathan is joined by Wall Street Journal reporter Josh Mitchell, author of The Debt Trap: How Student Loans Became a National Catastrophe. Under…
4 years, 3 months ago