#1011 Deception vs. Disobedience (Climate Crisis)
Air Date: 05-03-2016
Today we take a look at the struggle between those intent on selling doubt about climate science in order to stretch fossil fuel profits as far as they’ll go and those standing up to them in the most direct way possible
Read more#1010 In praise of higher taxes (Economics)
Air Date: 04-29-2016
Today we take a look at the way our current low-tax structure ends up redistributing the burden of funding society to those least able to pay for it while widening the already staggeringly-large wealth gap.
Read more#1008 Democracy Sprung (Money in Politics)
Air Date: 04-22-2016
Today we take a look at the continued fight against the corrupting effects of money in politics including this month’s record-breaking civil disobedience protests at the Capitol Building in Washington, DC
Read more#1007 No place like home (History of Gentrification)
Air Date: 04-19-2016
Today we take a look at how racism and economics combine to form a self-reinforcing legacy of unfair housing policies and practices that benefit the wealthy and disadvantage the poor
Read more#1003 The battle to reorganize the economy (Sharing Economy vs. Coops)
Air Date: 04-01-2016
Today we take a look at the raging battle for the soul of the new economy. The age of working at the factory for decades before retiring with a pension and gold watch is well behind us but what’s coming next? A world where everyone is completely on their own, scraping together work one gig at a time? Or an economy of worker-owners who are compensated fully for their labor and have a voice in the direction of their companies?
Read more#993 The corporatization of the media
Air date: 2-23-16
Today we look at the effects of the media companies shift from producing news content as a public service to ‘infotainment’ and where we’re headed in the world of vertical integration and threats to net neutrality
Read more#992 The illness at the heart of our for-profit health care system
Air date: 2-19-16
Today we look at how corporations have worked diligently to maximize the profits of insurance and pharmaceutical companies at the expense of America’s general health and budget and then used those profits to buy politicians to ensure the system never changes
Read more#991 The food market (Food-Industrial Complex)
Air date: 2-16-16
Today we look at the influence of the food giants on what goes into our food supply, who’s allowed to inspect and regulate it, what our kids are taught about what’s healthy, the policies of international trade that lower food safety standards and even how farmers raise their chickens
Read more#990 Prisoners for profit (Prison-Industrial Complex)
Air date: 2-12-16
Today we look at the intersection of market capitalism and our prison system where the private prison industry makes billions and lobbies for ever harsher punishments to continually grow our prison population
Read more#989 Investments in education should not earn cash profits
Air date: 2-9-16
Today we look at the intersection of our educational system and the detrimental influence that money, austerity policies and the profit motive have on the education that our kids have access to
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