Journalist Beth Gardiner Traveled the World to Report on Air Pollution
Air pollution results in the premature death of 7 million people around the world each year. It is a major global killer harming people in nearly every corner of the globe. My guest today, Beth Gardi...
23 Maj 201927min
Can Canada Change How the World Deals With Corrupt Foreign Officials?
Several countries have laws on the books that enables governments to freeze the assets of corrupt foreign officials. Canada is one of those countries, and now one Canadian Senator is trying to take th...
19 Maj 201923min
Intensifying Fighting in Syria Suggests a New Phase of the War
Over the last several weeks an estimated 140,000 people have been displaced by escalating fighting in Idlib, Syria. Syrian regime forces, backed by Russia, have scaled up their attacks in what is the...
15 Maj 201921min
How to Eliminate the Global Problem of Online Child Abuse
The spread of child sexual abuse material on the internet has grown at an exponential pace in the last fifteen years, since the advent of social media. This is truly a global problem, affecting every...
10 Maj 201926min
A Crisis in Cameroon is Getting Worse
There is an escalating humanitarian crisis in Cameroon where more than half a million people have been displaced by conflict. This conflict erupted in earnest in late 2017 and early 2018 in a series ...
8 Maj 201926min
Supriya Vani Interviewed Every Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
My guest today Supriya Vani interviewed every living female Nobel Peace Prize winner for her 2018 book Battling Injustice: 16 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates. In this conversation we discuss some common ...
3 Maj 201928min
"How to Fix Democracy," with Michael Ignatieff
Today's episode is a cross over promotion with the new podcast: How to Fix Democracy. How to Fix Democracy is an interview series in which prominent thinkers, writers, politicians, technologists, and ...
1 Maj 201923min
How Big Data and Text Messaging Can Prevent Suicide Around the World
According to the World Health Organization 800,000 people die due to suicide every year. My guest today, Bob Filbin is helping to pioneer a way to sharply reduce that number. Bob Filbin is the Chief ...
27 Apr 201922min
