Ep 52 – Killing Fields
Episode 52 - "Killing Fields" Following the acquisition of Monsanto by Bayer, just a handful of companies now control over 70% of the world's supply of pesticides and 60% of patented seeds. Consolida...
13 Dec 20181h 32min
Ep 51 – Eyes on Me
Episode 51 - "Eyes on Me" Surveillance technology continues to creep into our lives, whether it’s facial tracking in NY kiosks, invasive monitoring in Venezuela, China’s expanding social credit syste...
6 Dec 20181h 26min
Ep 50 – Apocalypse Now
Episode 50 - "Apocalypse Now" The IPCC recently released its most dire report yet, warning us of a planet quickly warming to 1.5C, implications for our future, and offering pathways for mitigating th...
15 Nov 20181h 20min
Ep 49 – The World Might Be Broken
Episode 49 - "The World Might Be Broken" This week we present a short presentation we gave during the Sound Education conference at the Harvard Divinity School. The World Might Be Broken is a summati...
8 Nov 201834min
Ep 48 – Black Ballot Box
Episode 48 - "Black Ballot Box" Of all Western Democracies, the US is ranked last in terms of free and fair elections (52nd worldwide). On top of the political reasons for that, our election systems ...
1 Nov 20181h 8min
Ep 47 – painKiller
Episode 47 - "painKiller" The final part of our American healthcare series, painKiller brings together everything we've learned the past two weeks and beyond in Ashes Ashes to explore how the opioid ...
25 Okt 201849min
Ep 46 – Pill of Sale
Episode 46 - "Pill of Sale" Drug prices, shortages, and barriers to access are out of control, prompting hospitals to join forces to make their own, and spurring the emergence of inventors hoping to ...
18 Okt 20181h 7min
Ep 45 – Bill of Health
Episode 45 - "Bill of Health" American healthcare is taking a toll on America's health. Costs outpace economic growth, medical debt plagues millions, confusing and surprising bills infect further mor...
11 Okt 20181h 14min
