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01:22:18

Vaccine apartheid politics / Kevin Klyman

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2022/01/27

Kevin Klyman on his article "Vaccine Apartheid Has Reinforced US Empire" for Jacobin, and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen continues to try to spread positivity. https://www.jacobinmag.com/2022/01/vaccine-apartheid-us-empire-diplomacy-china-cold-war

01:27:32

Protecting rainforest protectors / Ashwin Ravikumar

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2022/01/26

Environmental studies scholar Ashwin Ravikumar on his article "To Save the Rainforests, Provide Healthcare, Education and Services for Those Who Protect Them" for The Trouble. https://www.the-trouble.com/content/2022/1/17/to-save-the-rainforests-provide-healthcare-education-and-services-for-those-who-protect-them

01:16:42

When the rich take space / Corey Pein

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2022/01/24

Writer Corey Pein on his article "Dawn of the Space Lords" for The Baffler. https://thebaffler.com/salvos/dawn-of-the-space-lords-pein

01:27:00

Kazakhstan's Oyan protest movement / Paolo Sorbello

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2022/01/20

Journalist Paolo Sorbello on his article "‘Our activism won't stop': The Oyan movement recounts the January protests in Kazakhstan" for Global Voices, and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen tangles with all-pervasive networks. https://globalvoices.org/2022/01/14/our-activism-wont-stop-the-oyan-movement-recounts-the-january-protests-in-kazakhstan/

01:20:30

Psychedelic inequality / Roberto Lovato

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2022/01/19

Writer Roberto Lovato on his article "The Gentrification of Consciousness" for Alta Journal. https://www.altaonline.com/dispatches/a38326035/psychedelic-drugs-gentrification-roberto-lovato/

01:21:40

Today's militia movement / Amy Cooter

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2022/01/18

Sociologist Amy Cooter on her article "Citizen Militias in the U.S. Are Moving toward More Violent Extremism" for Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/citizen-militias-in-the-u-s-are-moving-toward-more-violent-extremism/

01:31:37

Carbon dominance / Jeff Nesbit

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2022/01/12

Jeff Nesbit on his article "How Big Oil Rigs the System to Keep Winning," co-written with Naomi Oreskes for Covering Climate Now / Gizmodo, and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen surrenders to his happy place. https://gizmodo.com/how-big-oil-rigs-the-system-to-keep-winning-1848180128

01:17:45

Student loan debt numbers don't add up / John R. Brooks

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2022/01/11

Law scholar John R. Brooks on his article "The Big Student Loan Lie" for The American Prospect. https://prospect.org/education/big-student-loan-lie/

01:18:51

Radical hope and apocalyptic cynicism / Henry Giroux

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2022/01/10

Cultural critic Henry Giroux on his article "Amid Apocalyptic Cynicism, Let’s Embrace Radical Hope in the New Year" for Truthout. https://truthout.org/articles/amid-apocalyptic-cynicism-lets-embrace-radical-hope-in-the-new-year/

01:25:21

Climate change's mirror worlds / Aaron Vansintjan

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2022/01/05

Writer Aaron Vansintjan on his essay "Faith in a frail world" for Uneven Earth, and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen's forbidden words for this year are all numbers. http://unevenearth.org/2021/12/faith-in-a-frail-world/

01:17:46

Sanctions are a weapon / Nicholas Mulder

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2022/01/04

Historian Nicholas Mulder on his book "The Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War" from Yale University Press. https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300259360/economic-weapon

01:25:45

Frederick Douglass in Haiti / Peter James Hudson

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2022/01/03

Historian Peter James Hudson on his essay "Frederick Douglass and American Empire in Haiti" for Boston Review. https://bostonreview.net/articles/frederick-douglass-and-american-empire-in-haiti/

00:45:24

2021 FAVORITE: Alexander Zaitchik / Bill Gates and...

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2021/12/31

Journalist Alexander Zaitchik on his article "How Bill Gates Impeded Global Access to Covid Vaccines" for The New Republic. Suggested by Rocktaster and David G.

00:45:24

2021 FAVORITE: Craig Robertson / The filing cabinet

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2021/12/30

April conversation with Craig Robertson on his book "The Filing Cabinet: A Vertical History of Information" from University of Minnesota Press. Suggested by David G. and Braden S.

00:55:16

2021 FAVORITE: Adam Zmith / On poppers and queer utopia

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2021/12/29

October interview with writer Adam Zmith on his book "Deep Sniff: A History of Poppers and Queer Futures" from Repeater Books. Suggested by Jeff, Braden and David G.

00:46:53

2021 FAVORITE: Ben Ehrenreich / Global suicide

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2021/12/28

April conversation with writer Ben Ehrenreich on his article "We're Hurtling Toward Global Suicide" for The New Republic. Suggested by Joel and Pete.

01:01:43

2021 FAVORITE: Tanvi Misra / Broader Crises

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2021/12/27

July conversation with writer Tanvi Misra on her article "Broader Crises" for The Baffler. Suggested by Jeff G, David G. and Derek B.

00:44:51

2021 FAVORITE: James K. Galbraith / Modern Monetary...

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2021/12/24

April interview with economist James K. Galbraith on his article "Who's Afraid of MMT?" for Project Syndicate. Suggested by listeners Joel G. and Koffie.

00:41:18

2021 FAVORITE: Cerise Castle / LA's police gangs

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2021/12/22

April interview with journalist Cerise Castle on her investigative series "A Tradition of Violence: The History of Deputy Gangs in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department" for Knock LA. Suggested by David G and Jeff D.

00:44:12

2021 FAVORITE: Mimi Sheller / Island Futures:...

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2021/12/21

January interview with sociologist Mimi Sheller on her book "Island Futures: Caribbean Survival in the Anthropocene" from Duke University Press. Suggested by Jenica and Chuck.

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