The Super-Rich Spew Toxic Sludge Into Our Water / Michael Hawthorne
Michael Hawthorne is on to talk about his investigation into "Forever chemicals: They’re in your drinking water and likely your food. Michael is a Pulitzer-finalist investigative reporter who focuses ...
14 Dec 20221h 34min
Staff Picks / Maya Schenwar + Victoria Law
Our planned interview is rescheduled for tomorrow. Today we review Rotten History and new answers to the Question from Hell. We play back an interview with Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law, recorded Aug...
13 Dec 20221h 20min
Who Gentrifies the Gentrifiers? / Leslie Kern
We welcome environmental scholar Leslie Kern to talk about her new book "Gentrification is Inevitable - And other Lies." We also present you this week's (long) Question from Hell!, and have another Ic...
12 Dec 20221h 25min
Staff Picks: Wesley Willis
Today's guest had to reschedule, so we replay a past episode, Lindsey has a hellride to work and is called to play back a musical episode featuring artist Wesley WIllis, recovered from the vaults by p...
8 Dec 20221h 2min
Monstrous Torture by the Depraved Police / Flint Taylor
Lawyer and activist Flint Taylor returns to the program to discuss his recent article in the Police Misconduct and Civil Rights Law Report "The Wrongful Conviction of Johnnie Lee Savory. Taylor’s wor...
7 Dec 20221h 29min
Death by (Online-)Advertising / Matthew Crain
We welcome Associate Professor of Media and Communication Matthew Crain to the show to talk about his Boston Review article "How Capitalism and not a Few Bad Actors Destroyed the Internet." We also pr...
5 Dec 20221h 33min
Chicago's Housing Crisis / Mick Dumke
Mick Dumke is a reporter for ProPublica. His work has focused on politics and government, including investigations of local and federal gun policies, secret police databases and corruption at Chicago ...
30 Nov 20221h 20min
The Meat Merchants Feeding Climate Catastrophe / Spencer Roberts and Jan Dutkiewicz
Chuck Mertz speaks with science writer Spencer Roberts and political economist Jan Dutkiewicz about their New Republic Article, "How the Meat Industry Undermines Effective Climate Policy". https://new...
29 Nov 20221h 22min
