#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
Read more#988 When climate science meets faith-based economics
Air date: 2-5-16
Today we look at the intersection of the climate crisis with our current economic system including how monopolies, trade deals, market failures and the concept of “externalities” all work together to make climate change worse
Read more#987 The double helix of racial and economic inequality
Air date: 2-2-16
Today we look at the intersection and roots of systemic racism and institutional poverty in America and the ways in which each supports and bolsters the other
Read more#986 The trouble with extreme wealth inequality (Economics)
Air date: 1-29-16
Today we look at the case against extreme wealth inequality and not just from an economic justice perspective. Extreme wealth inequality leads to more social ills and destabilization than you probably ever guessed
Read more#985 A conservative policy showcase (Flint’s poisoned water)
Air date: 1-26-16
Today we look at the series of events and conservative policies that lead, predictably, to the public health crisis currently playing out in Flint, MI due to their contaminated water supply
Read more#984 To save or destroy capitalism (Economics)
Air date: 1-19-16
Today we look at some of the downfalls of our current economic system, a few thoughts on what to do about it and what Bernie Sanders is doing to push this conversation forward
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