To Degrow or Not to Degrow? / Andrea Vetter & Matthias Schmelzer
Chuck talks to cultural anthropologist Andrea Vetter and economic historian Matthias Schmelzer about their new book "The Future is Degrowth - A Guide to a World Beyond Capitalism. https://www.versoboo...
26 Sep 20221h 16min
Epidemiology and the Poultry Industry / Boyce Upholt
Investigative journalist Boyce Upholt wrote The New Republic article, "Will the Next Pandemic Start With Chickens?: This spring, a virulent strain of bird flu ripped through U.S. farms. The public har...
21 Sep 20221h 18min
Carbon Footprints vs. Carbon Bootprints: Climate Change Class War / Matthew Huber
Host Chuck Mertz speaks with with Geographer Matthew Huber to discuss how individualized focus on the purification of consumer choices divides the working class and depletes energy for collective orga...
20 Sep 20221h 23min
Guilty Until Further Notice / Daniel Medwed
Legal scholar Daniel Medwed talks about his book "Barred: Why the Innocent Can't Get Out of Prison." We present your Hangover Cure, talk about the weekend's Listener Appreciation Party, and present th...
19 Sep 20221h 24min
Big Alcohol vs. Working Class Joy / James Wilt
Today we have on James Wilt, author of, “Drinking Up the Revolution: How to Smash Big Alcohol and Reclaim Working-Class Joy.” James is a writer and PhD candidate based in Winnipeg, Canada. James di...
14 Sep 20221h 36min
Family Policing Punishes Poor Families and Protects White Supremacy / Dorothy Roberts
Dorothy Roberts is an award-winning author and expert on the interplay of gender, race, and class in legal issues concerning reproduction, bioethics, and child welfare. She is a professor of law and s...
13 Sep 20221h 36min
SCOTUS v. Democracy / Steve Fraser
Historian Steve Fraser talks about his Tom Dispatch article "The Trump Supreme Court is Nothing New," about how the Supreme Court has over time been used to kneecap the democrat process in the U.S., a...
12 Sep 202246min
The Supreme Court - Guardrail against Excessive Democracy / Steve Fraser
Steve Fraser talks about his Tom Dispatch article "The Trump Supreme Court is Nothing New." Chuck complains about the hell of a week he's had. Seb presents another Past inside the Present, in which he...
12 Sep 20221h 25min
