0:08 – Writer and artist James Bridle (@jamesbridle) discusses his new book Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence.
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On today’s show: 0:08 – Javier Puente (@puentevaldivia), Chair of Latin American and Latiné Studies at Smith College, and author of The Rural State, about sociopolitical conflict in the Peruvian Andes. He joins us from Lima to discuss the latest on the Peru protests. 0:45 – Mark Woodall, physics graduate student at UC Merced and … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – We follow up on the protests in Iran with Negar Mortazavi (@NegarMortazavi), a journalist, political commentator, and host of the Iran Podcast. She joins us from Washington D.C. 0:33 – Sammy Roth (@Sammy_Roth), who covers energy for the LA Times and writes their weekly Boiling Point newsletter joins us to … Continued
On today’s show: 0:08 – Marcy Wheeler (@emptywheel), independent journalist writing about national security and civil liberties at emptywheel.net. 0:20 – John Nichols (@NicholsUprising), National Affairs Correspondent for The Nation magazine. 0:33 – Tony Schick, an investigative and data reporter for Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Science & Environment unit discusses toxic chemicals found in Pacific Northwest … Continued
More news from Russia’s war in Ukraine; Plus COVID questions with Dr. Swartzberg
On today’s show: 0:08 – John Feffer (@johnfeffer), Director of Foreign Policy in Focus discusses the latest developments from Russia’s war in Ukraine. 0:33 – Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health joins us to answer listeners’ COVID questions.
0:08 – Dr. Gabor Maté (@DrGaborMate), physician best known for his work on addiction, attention deficit disorder, and the psycho-social dimensions of disease. 1:08 – Kristin Ohlson (@kristinohlson), an author and freelance journalist in Portland, Oregon discusses mutualism and the powerful interspecies relationships tying ecosystems together. FUND DRIVE SPECIAL — Pledge $150 and receive Gabor … Continued
Fund Drive Special with Paul Stamets
On today’s show: We feature excepts from a Keynote given by legendary mycologist Paul Stamets at the 2020 Exponential Medicine Conference.
Inflation shows signs of easing
On today’s show: 0:08 – Dean Baker (@DeanBaker13), senior economist at the Center for Economic Policy and Research breaks down the latest inflation figures.
0:08 – Kristin Ohlson (@kristinohlson) discusses mutualism and the powerful interspecies relationships tying ecosystems together. FUND DRIVE SPECIAL — Pledge $150 and receive Kristin Ohlson’s latest book Sweet in Tooth and Claw: Stories of Generosity and Cooperation in the Natural World
On today’s show: 0:08 – 0:08 – John Feffer (@johnfeffer), Director of Foreign Policy in Focus discusses the latest developments from Russia’s war in Ukraine. 0:33 – Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health joins us to answer listeners’ COVID questions.