El Chapo is Caught, But Corruption, U.S. Consumption & Failed Drug War Keep the Cartels in Business; Mexican Writer Elena Poniatowska on the Missing 43 Students, 1968 Massacre & U.S.-Backed Drug War Eric Garner’s Daughter: Instead of Black Supervisor, Charge the White Officers Who Killed My Father; Why is Ramsey Orta, Man Who Filmed Police … Continued


Every day we’re exposed to toxic chemicals in the air, water, food, and in the products we use. The more we know, the better chance we have of making good choices for our health and the health of our children.   You can call in with your questions about pesticides, plastics, E-cigarettes, flame retardants, and other toxins in our environment.  My guests … Continued


With Linda Martin Alcoff, Professor of Philosophy at Hunter College and author of the book The Future of Whiteness. And Vincent Brown, Professor of History and Professor of African and African-American Studies at Harvard and Curator of “A Slave Revolt in Jamaica, 1760-1761,” an animated thematic map that narrates the spatial history of the greatest slave insurrection in the … Continued


Muslim Woman & Jewish Man Booted from Trump Rally for Silent Protest Against Islamophobia; Historic Settlement over NYPD’s Anti-Muslim Spying Imposes Oversight & Bars Ethnic-Based Targeting; “The National Shame Continues”: On Its 14th Anniversary, Will Guantánamo Ever Be Closed? Historic Trial Lets Activists Who Blocked Oil Train Cite Climate Change Threat in Their Defense.


In the first hour Michael Shermer, Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, and a monthly columnist for Scientific American, discusses his new book, “Skeptic: Viewing the World with a Rational Eye”. In the second hour “Cuba and What’s Left of the Left in Latin America” with Eric Leenson, President and Founder of *SOL² ECONOMICS*.