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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.

00:57:47

2021 FAVORITE: Chris Tomlinson / Forget the Alamo

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2021/12/21

July conversation with writer Chris Tomlinson on his book "Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth," co-written with Bryan Burrough and Jason Stanford for Penguin Press. Suggested by Wally, Joel and Mark.

01:28:58

Why workers quit working / David Dayen

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2021/12/15

Writer David Dayen on his article "The Great Escape" for The American Prospect, and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen picks egg over chicken. https://prospect.org/labor/great-escape-why-workers-quitting-pandemic-trauma/

01:12:08

On science and colonialism / Max Liboiron

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2021/12/14

Max Liboiron on their article "Decolonizing geoscience requires more than equity and inclusion" for Nature Geoscience. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-021-00861-7

01:20:37

Social control in early 20th century Chicago /...

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2021/12/14

Writer Martin Billheimer on his book "Mother Chicago: Truant Dreams and Specters Over the Gilded Age" from Feral House. https://feralhouse.com/mother-chicago/

01:24:24

On school surveillance / Chelsea Barabas

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2021/12/09

Chelsea Barabas on her article "Hall Monitors" for Real Life, and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen rings down the curtain on 2021. https://reallifemag.com/hall-monitors/

01:21:08

When conservation swallows Black farmland / Tony...

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2021/12/08

Journalist Tony Briscoe on his ProPublica article "Conservationists See Rare Nature Sanctuaries. Black Farmers See a Legacy Bought Out From Under Them." https://www.propublica.org/article/conservationists-see-rare-nature-sanctuaries-black-farmers-see-a-legacy-bought-out-from-under-them

01:17:34

Toxic air and America's sacrifice zones / Ava Kofman

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2021/12/07

Journalist Ava Kofman on the ProPublica report "Poison in the Air," co-written with Lylla Younes, Al Shaw and Lisa Song, with additional reporting by Maya Miller and photography by Kathleen Flynn. https://www.propublica.org/article/toxmap-poison-in-the-air

01:30:14

Coups and counterrevolutions in Sudan / Magdi el-Gizouli

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2021/12/02

Magdi el-Gizouli on his article "Counterrevolution in Sudan" for Spectre Journal, and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen has a theory about drunk cave people. https://spectrejournal.com/counterrevolution-in-sudan/

01:21:02

Growing food and getting free / C.E.

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2021/12/01

Farmer c.e. on her article "Farming In the Shadow of the Shadow State" for The New Inquiry. https://thenewinquiry.com/farming-in-the-shadow-of-the-shadow-state/

01:26:32

The futilitarian condition / Neil Vallelly

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2021/11/30

Neil Vallelly on his book "Futilitarianism: Neoliberalism and the Production of Uselessness" from MIT Press. https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/futilitarianism

01:35:18

The path of the East African crude oil pipeline /...

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2021/11/23

Journalists Alex Tumuhimbise and Emily Holden on the article "No power to stop it’: optimism turns to frustration over east Africa pipeline" for The Guardian, and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen asks, "aside from the way things are, what do we really have to complain about?" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/07/no-power-to-stop-it-optimism-turns-to-frustration-over-east-africa-pipeline

01:16:10

Black and native lives in US history / Kyle T. Mays

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2021/11/23

Historian Kyle T. Mays on his book "An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States" from Beacon Press. http://www.beacon.org/An-Afro-Indigenous-History-of-the-United-States-P1731.aspx

01:20:32

Wisconsin's BLM under surveillance | Isiah Holmes

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2021/11/16

Journalist Isiah Holmes on his article "How Kenosha PD and the FBI received Wisconsin’s BLM protester list" for the Wisconsin Examiner. https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2021/11/10/how-kenosha-pd-and-the-fbi-received-wisconsins-blm-protester-list/

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