Human and Material Detritus at Mumbai's Deonar Waste Mountains
"'I came to see the mountains as an outpouring of our modern lives,' Roy writes, 'of the endless chase for our desires to fill us.' Readers of Behind the Beautiful Forevers will be drawn to this harro...
30 Sep 202130min
Isn't The Case For Us All To Work With Our Hands Not Stronger Than Ever Now?
In this (reposted) interview, Dr. Matthew B. Crawford talks to Claudia Cragg @KGNU about 'Why Office Work is Bad for Us and Fixing Things Feels Good. This iconic book also explores why some jobs offer...
16 Sep 202121min
COVID19, Its Possible Lab Origins and the indispensable Horseshoe Crab
Claudia Cragg (Twitter: @claudiacragg) speaks here with William Sargent about his book, Crab Wars, now out in a newly revised edtion. Surviving almost unmolested for 300 million years, the horseshoe c...
2 Sep 202125min
How Ordinary People Saved a Country From Greed
Claudia Cragg @claudiacragg speaks with Robin Broad and @IPS_DC's John Cavanagh, authors of The Water Defenders: How Ordinary People Saved a Country from Corporate Greed. In a time when countless comm...
19 Aug 202148min
Just Because.... Joanne Greenberg, One Of Our Most Interesting Past Guests
No apologies. She is always just delightful. Claudia Cragg @claudiacragg speaks here with Joanne Greenberg (born September 24, 1932 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American author who published some of h...
12 Aug 202117min
M. J. Fièvre on How To Be A 'Bad Ass Black Girl' (w update to help Haiti!)
UPDATE: For those who want to help Haiti, M.J. suggests there are two options for two different solid organizations. Ayiti Community Trust and Fokal. https://secure.givelively.org/donate/ayiti-demen/f...
6 Aug 202140min
stef m. shuster On The Banning of Medical Care for Transgender Youth
In the US, several states are making strong moves to ban medical treatment for transgender youth. The laws are intended to prohibit doctors from providing gender confirming hormone therapy, puberty bl...
22 Jul 202142min
Now streaming on Amazon Prime, from Maria Diane Ventura, 'Your Color'
Claudia Cragg @claudiacragg speaks here with Filipina American filmmaker, Maria Diane Ventura (Instagram @mariadianeventura) whose new film 'Color' (German: Deine Farbe) is streaming on Amazon Prime f...
15 Jul 202139min
