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Bet Your Life: Sports betting is opening new and expensive ways to waste your time and destroy your mental health. The impacts of gambling are straining the legitimacy of sports and how they're reported by ESPN and beyond.
Episode 1580
Air Date 9/3/2023
Sports gambling through smartphones has become widely available and wildly addictive but the effects are being felt beyond the indi…
2 years, 11 months ago
#TBT Rise of the Oligarchs Like the Ones Taking Clarence Thomas on Trips: From the Libertarians of the Chicago School and the Push for Market Fundamentalism to the Megadonors Pulling the Strings of Politicians Today (Money in Politics) (Throwback)
Episode 1152
Original Air Date: 12/15/2017
The history and current state of rich people seeking to undermine democratic rule by the people in favor of oligarchy f…
2 years, 11 months ago
Native Landback for a Healthier Society and Environment (Repost)
Episode 1506
Original Air Date 8/10/2022
Origins of the European colonial land-grab, the need for the #Landback movement, and the benefits to society and the envi…
2 years, 11 months ago
Neurodiversity is Strength: Autism, ADHD and Beyond (Repost)
Episode 1504
Original Air Date 8/2/2022
Explaining neurodiversity and why it should be seen as a strength and benefit to society when accommodated properly rather…
3 years ago
#TBT How to Debate Your Values: Being part of the solution in an age of hyper-polarization as we enter a new election cycle (Throwback)
Episode 1209
Original Air Date 9-11-2018
Strategies to, and reasons why we need to, have better political conversations. As the first GOP debate signals the begin…
3 years ago
Positive masculinity is a process. Many boys hear more about what they shouldn't say, how they shouldn't act, but without a strong alternative example which opens the door for the purveyors of toxic masculinity like Andrew Tate to fill the gap.
Episode 1579
Air Date 8/23/2023
For decades, we have rightly been focused on dialing back endemic misogyny and poking holes in the patriarchy in the hopes of a ne…
3 years ago
A.I. is a big tech airplane with a 10% chance of crashing, should society fly it? ChatGPT was only the starter pistol but it has shown the sloppiness of these companies and the need for regulate artificial intelligence for the public good.
Episode 1578
Air Date 8/20/2023
Big tech is currently scrambling to bring untested A.I. products to market, over-promising, under-delivering, and working hard obs…
3 years ago
#TBT Maui Fire and Power to the People: The Future of Public Ownership and Local Control (Throwback)
Episode 1323
Original Air Date 12-7-2019
In the context of the devastating fire on Maui, we are replaying this throwback episode to look at the reaction to decade…
3 years ago
Bonus Sample: There Are No Mild-Mannered People on the Internet
Episode 276
Air Date: 8-15-23
Today, Jay!, Amanda, Erin and Deon discuss:
- The Internet, it turns out, is bad
- Musk and Zuckerberg cage fight
- The "Dopamine…
3 years ago
Trump's historic third indictment containing three counts of conspiracy and one of obstruction regarding the 2020 election and Jan 6th, 2021
Episode 1577
Air Date 8/12/2023
Today, we take a look at the most consequential case against Trump which summarizes his direct involvement in using allegedly ille…
3 years ago