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CLIMATE ONE: Molly Wood on Tech, Money and Survival
After a 20-year career as a tech reporter for CNET, the New York Times, and the public radio program Marketplace, Molly Wood has come to see the climate crisis as an engineering problem requiring an …
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
Queer and Trans People in the AAPI Movement
When people talk about the many attacks on Asian and Pacific Islander (API) people, they usually don’t talk about gay or queer people. These attacks have been going on for a long time, and seemingly …
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
Join Us at the Club: Celebrating the Oyster!
Oysters are one of humanity’s oldest foods and have great historical significance and current-day importance. For John Finger, founding partner and CEO of Hog Island Oyster Company, the shellfish are…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
Saving Freud
In March 1938, German soldiers, under Hitler's orders, crossed the border and absorbed Austria into the Third Reich. Anticipating these events, many Jews had fled Austria, but the most famous Austria…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
Congressman David Cicilline: Fighting for Democracy Matters
Over the past two years, Rhode Island congressman David N. Cicilline has become an outspoken voice on some of the most critical issues facing the country and the Bay Area, including regulating and re…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
My Friend Is a Science Denier—What Can I Do?
In this second part of our series on conspiracy theories and other false narratives, we'll look at practical actions we can take and tools we can use to have fruitful discussions with friends and fam…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
CLIMATE ONE: No Going Back: EVs and Clean Tech Tipping Points with Albert Cheung
In the tech world, there’s a common belief that once a new device hits 5% market penetration, it rapidly goes from a niche to mass adoption. According to Bloomberg, the US has just passed that critic…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
Why Have False Beliefs and Conspiracy Theories Become so Powerful?
Why does a lie travel around the world while the truth is still lacing up its boots? In all areas, not just politics, science, and medicine, outrageous or fascinating false information outpaces truth…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
CLIMATE ONE: Bridging The Great American Divide
Most Americans support climate action, but you wouldn’t know it from Congress or the courts – or from most of the media. People on both the left and the right experience the same devastating floods, …
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
Gods of Want: Author K-Ming Chang Show editorially warning
Join us online for a discussion and reading of Gods of Want: Stories, with author K-Ming Chang. Chang's new book features fictional short stories of a Taiwanese American family exploring displacement…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago