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#TBT #1250 Teachers at the forefront of a resurgent progressive labor movement (Throwback)

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Original Air Date: 2–15-2019
Today we take a look at the recent teachers union strike in the Los Angeles school district and see it as another event in an emerging pattern of progressive uprisings that have been stirring for the last decade, fighting back against the status quo, the neoliberal instinct to privatize everything for the ultimate benefit of billionaires.

 

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#1574 Creative vs Control: Hollywood strikes for livable wages and the future of human creativity

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Air Date: 7–25-2023

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Today, we take a look at the impact of the rise of streaming video services and the potential for AI-written scripts on the future of show business and those trying to earn a living from it.

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#1573 Confronting Climate Chaos with Action and Adaptation

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Air Date: 7–22-2023

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Today, we take a look at the action needed to curb and adapt to the extreme weather that climate change is already delivering

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#1311 Our Culture and Our Economy are Making Us Depressed

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Original Air Date: 10–15-2019

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Today we take a look at the literally depressing truth about our economy, our work and the culture that surrounds it. We work too hard to be perfect, we don't get enough time off, many of us don't have enough control over the work we do and too many know their jobs are completely worthless.

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#1572 Building a circular, sustainable economy for all

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Air Date: 7–16-2023

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Today, we take a look at the problems of overconsumption and some policy solutions for reducing waste through a circular, rather than linear, approach to the economy.

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