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A Bank Behind Every Crime: Dark Towers: Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, and an Epic Trail of Destruction
Episode 390
Usually attributed to Balzac is the observation that behind every great fortune is a great crime. In this day and age, It might be paraphrased as tha…
6 years, 1 month ago
When Will The Boomers Leave the Stage?
Episode 389
We are living through what is perhaps the last hurrah of boomer leaders. It’s hard to believe that it was only 28 years ago that we elected, in Bill …
6 years, 2 months ago
Hong Kong on the Brink
Episode 388
Trade Wars, intellectual property, public health, the global economy and democracy vs. authoritarianism. All are major parts of our public dialogues …
6 years, 2 months ago
You Say You Want A Revolution
Episode 387
We look at our political and cultural divide today and think that it can’t get much worse. What we forget is that it has been worse. Not just when po…
6 years, 2 months ago
Nicholas Kristoff & Sheryl WuDunn: Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope
Episode 386
Back in 1962, sociologist and political activist Michael Harrington published a book entitled The Other America. In it, he argued that a full twenty-…
6 years, 2 months ago
Can We Distance Ourselves From the Sins of Our Parents? A Conversation with the Daughter of George Wallace
Episode 385
It’s hard to make the point in our 24/7 information-saturated culture, but all of us, politicians included, are a lot more than the worst or even the…
6 years, 2 months ago
If You Spend Hours Watching Cable News, You Are Just A Political Hobbyist
Episode 384
Partly as a result of 24/7 cable news and its unending political coverage, politics today is simply another form of entertainment. A spectator sport …
6 years, 2 months ago
How Can We Avoid A New Generation of Brett Kavanaughs and Harvey Weinsteins
Episode 383
When an event truly captivates the nation, it’s usually because it touches on something that we’re not very good at talking about. Such was the case …
6 years, 3 months ago
Australia's Climate Apocalypse: Up Close and Personal
Episode 382
By now, we’ve all seen the pictures and footage of Australia-on-fire. In many ways it’s equivalent to those Rover pictures of Mars. They make us sit …
6 years, 3 months ago
Silicon Valley and the Quest for Immortality
Episode 381
The not so subtle joke has always been that the two things that are inevitable are death and taxes. And while efforts are always front and center to …
6 years, 3 months ago