#1497 A Healthier Humanity Through a Wellness Economy
Air Date: 6–17-2022
Today we take a look at many intertwining realizations that are beginning to permeate society which include but are not limited to the dead-end mentality of infinite growth, the uselessness of growth past a certain point for wellbeing, and the deepening alienation being felt in response to consumerism in place of community.
Read more#1487 Oceans Rise, Empires Fall (The Coming New World Order)
Air Date: 5–4-2022
Today we take a look at the tectonic shifts in the geopolitics happening under our feet; the long, slow decline of the US empire and the neoliberal order, the role of the war in Ukraine in hastening the end of globalization, and the rise of both China in the east and of the oceans around us all.
Read more#1485 The Politics We Have, The Politics We Need (Socializing the Oil Industry)
Air Date: 4–23-2022
Today we take a look at how we got to the form of toothless liberalism we are living with today and begin to reimagine what a more muscular state apparatus could do in the face of the climate crisis.
Read more#1484 Elon Musk is Not Your Savior and He Is Actually Awful
Air Date: 4–20-2022
Today we take a look at the bizarre halo effect that seems to surround Elon Musk and then thoroughly puncture it by just explaining a few things about him and his companies.
Read more#1478 Refugees, Borders, War, and the Climate Crisis
Air Date: 3–24-2022
Today we take a look at the desperate state of refugees fleeing war, strife and climate disruption as well as the response of governments around the world that espouse liberal platitudes of humanitarianism while hardening their borders against those seeking refuge.
Read more#1475 Fossil Fueled War
Air Date: 3–11-2022
Today we take a look at the intertwining oil interests that underlie many of the decisions about Russia's invasion of Ukraine and how others are responding to it. It is a tangled mess that the US, Europe and other nations are currently attempting to extract themselves from but it will be a long process.
Read more#1456 Capitalism and Colonialism vs Climate Progress
Air Date: 11–20-2021
Today we take a look at the state of international climate negotiations and the intersection of capitalism and colonialism in the role of indigenous peoples around the world in stewarding the lands in a climate-friendly way.
Read more#1440 The Physical Structures of Structural Racism and the Fight for Environmental Justice
Air Date: 9–8-2021
Today we take a look at the legacy of red-lining, the building and subsequent destruction of Black communities and the health and environmental impacts of segregation. The concept of “Structural Racism” is often a metaphor, not something physical that you can touch, but that is not the case when it comes to environmental racism.
Read more#1439 Power, Policies and Prejudice in a World of Refugees
Air Date: 9–4-2021
Today we take a look at the slow motion disaster that is the worldwide refugee crisis. We start with the recent focus on Afghan refugees fleeing their country in the wake of America's 20-year war before expanding the view to American and European policies toward asylum-seekers from around the world.
Read more#1434 Confronting Climate Chaos Through Time (Remix)
Air Date: 8–13-2021
Today we dig through the archives to give context to the news of the 2021 IPCC report ringing the alarm bells for the climate crisis.
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