California is lurching between extremes—from record-breaking heat and low mountain snowpack to torrential atmospheric river events and catastrophic wildfire. In this episode of Terra Verde, host and producer Hannah Wilton speaks with climate scientist Dr. Daniel Swain about the phenomenon of “hydroclimate whiplash” and what it reveals about the future of the American West. Dr. Swain unpacks how atmospheric dynamics … Continued


Economic Update

How the U.S. Tax System Worsens Inequality

This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on U.K. PM Starmer’s trade visit to China, the new head of the Federal Reserve, and the escalation of a general strike in Minneapolis and its spread across the U.S. as people gear up against government assaults on cities. In the second half, Professor Wolff interviews … Continued


Black History Month Part 2 – We start with Paul Robeson and “No More Auction Block for Me”. Slavery had been abolished by the Civil War, right? Obviously there came new methods of slavery — you just couldn’t call it slavery: the song “Jim Crow” speaks volumes. Prisons became sources for the new slave labor. … Continued