#1580 Bet Your Life: Sports betting is opening new and expensive ways to waste your time and destroy your mental health.
Air Date: 9–3-2023
Sports gambling through smartphones has become widely available and wildly addictive but the effects are being felt beyond the individual gambler's bank account and anxiety levels. Partnerships between gambling companies and colleges, influencers, and even journalistic institutions like ESPN are changing the fundamentals of the sports themselves and how they're understood by fans - all for the worse.
Read more#TBT #1152 Rise of the Oligarchs like the Ones Taking Clarence Thomas on Trips (Money in Politics) (Throwback)
#1497 A Healthier Humanity Through a Wellness Economy
Original Air Date: 6–17-2022
Today we take a look at many intertwining realizations that are beginning to permeate society which includes but are not limited to the dead-end mentality of infinite growth, the uselessness of growth past a certain point for well-being, and the deepening alienation being felt in response to consumerism in place of community.
Read more#1572 Building a circular, sustainable economy for all
Air Date: 7–16-2023
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.
Read more#1566 Wrestling with Ethical Consumption Under Capitalism
Air Date: 6–13-2023
Today, we take a look at the struggle to act ethically, at least by our own measure if there's not a universally-agreed standard to compare with, relating to the purchase of both the necessities of life we all need as well as the more luxury items that get added on top.
Read more#1243 The story of Socialism in America (Throwback)
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#1564 How Marketing Has Shaped Our World for the Worse
Air Date: 6–6-2023
Today, we take a look at the widespread impact of marketing on culture, consumerism, transportation, food, gender roles, and gun ownership in the United States.
Read more#1563 Putting Our Kids to Work for Corporate Profits
Air Date: 6–3-2023
Today, we take a look at the dynamics at play between our immigration and labor policies that lead to the exploitation of children in dangerous and deadly jobs.
Read more#922 A crisis of culture and capitalism (Throwback)
Original Air Date 5-15-2015
Today we take a hard look at modern-day civilization and culture and ponder what we could do to make things better
Read more#1559 Company Towns are a Bad Solution to a Real Problem
Air Date: 5–13-2023
Today, we take a look at the history and resurgent idea of the company town, sometimes described by other names to obscure the reality, and the problem of affordable housing they are trying to solve.
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