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When Thinking Stops, Evil Spreads: The Danger in Our Everyday Compliance (Rerun)
When we stop thinking, we enable harm. In this reprise of my WhoWhatWhy podcast with Elizabeth Minnich, she warns us that systemic evils don’t need m…
8 months, 1 week ago
Freedom, Community, Jerry Garcia, and the Grateful Dead
On my latest California Sun podcast, Jim Newton joins me to discuss “Here Beside the Rising Tide,” exploring how Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead e…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Still in the Fight: Veteran Journalists on the Perils of Reporting the World
In a week when two Al Jazeera journalists were killed in Gaza, we’re reminded that foreign reporting isn’t just dangerous—it’s occasionally fatal. In…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
How Zoning Controls Everything
Discover the hidden force shaping every aspect of your community—from housing costs to racial inequality to environmental sustainability. Architect a…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
From Puberty to Politics: How Judy Blume Inspired a Progressive Generation
My 2024 conversation with Rachel Bergstein explores the lasting political influence of Judy Blume, whose writing shaped a progressive worldview now u…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
How Trade is Impacting America’s busiest port
I’m joined by Gene Seroka, executive director of the Port of Los Angeles. The port handles 20% of America’s incoming cargo. In this California Sun co…
9 months ago
The Ghost in the Machine: How William F. Buckley Birthed Today’s Extreme Right
In 1951, a 25-year-old oil heir with an unplaceable accent declared war on Yale University — and modern American conservatism was born.
On this WhoWha…
9 months ago
Debate Doesn’t Matter
Episode 680
What if everything we believe about changing political minds is wrong? The real work of transformation happens elsewhere.
What if everything we beli…
9 months ago
Has NPR Passed Its Sell-By Date?
Now that funding has been cut off by Congress, the future of NPR and individual public radio stations remains uncertain. Back in May, on myWhoWhatWhy…
9 months, 1 week ago
Debate Doesn’t Matter
What if everything we believe about changing minds is wrong? What if the foundation of democratic discourse — the belief that better arguments lead t…
9 months, 1 week ago