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The Psychological & Emotional Impact of Occupation w/ Actress, Director CHERIEN DABIS
Season 16 Episode 1226
“These oppressive structures are built to strip us of our humanity. One of the ways they do that is by filling us with anger and hatred. If we allow …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Game Over: Metrics, Big Data and Why We Need to Stop Keeping Score w/ C. THI NGUYEN - Highlights
Season 16 Episode 1223
"To be in the process of making things, to be in the process of talking to people about what things mean. The creative process is actually, I think, …
2 months ago
The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game with C. THI NGUYEN
Season 16 Episode 1222
We live in a world obsessed with tracking. From our sleep scores to our social media engagement, invisible systems constantly quantify our worth. But…
2 months ago
The Politics of Collecting: Race & the Aestheticization of Property with EUNSONG KIM
Season 16 Episode 1223
Are the walls of our most celebrated museums actually monuments to wealth extraction and labor suppression? How did the violent union-busting tactics…
2 months ago
The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd’s Life with HELEN WHYBROW
Season 16 Episode 1222
Have we forgotten how to truly participate in the natural world? What can the ancient practice of shepherding teach us about ecological healing? How …
2 months ago
Exile, Empire & Resistance: YURI HERRERA on Benito Juarez & Today's Political Crises
Season 16 Episode 1221
What happens when Mexico's future president lands in New Orleans, a city of operas, slave markets, and radical musical invention? A man who spoke a v…
2 months ago
On Agency and the Female Gaze: Writers, Artists, Filmmakers & Activists Share Their Stories
Season 16 Episode 1222
Today, on International Women's Day, we hear from writers, artists, filmmakers and activists who have used their work to question old hierarchies and…
2 months ago
Trust, Education & Writing as Resistance w/ AL KENNEDY - Highlights
Season 16 Episode 1221
"The thing that puzzled him was why people don't agree to be fully expressed while they're alive. Why does it only happen in their last moment? Why w…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Art of Fiction, Democracy & Truth with AL KENNEDY
Season 16 Episode 1220
What happens when the state infiltrates your most intimate relationships? How do we protect the innocence and imagination of children in an increasin…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
SIRI HUSTVEDT on Love, Grief & Her Late Husband PAUL AUSTER - Highlights
Season 16 Episode 1219
“Grief is a particular kind of unrequited love. It wasn't unrequited in the past. Usually, we think of unrequited love as you never got to do it, you…
2 months, 2 weeks ago