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01:07:56

1276: Global feminisms / Lucy Delap

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2020/12/16

Historian Lucy Delap on her new book "Feminisms: A Global History" from University of Chicago Press. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/F/bo71583482.html

01:09:46

1275: Telling the truth about nature / Bram Büscher

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2020/12/15

Sociologist Bram Büscher on his new book "The Truth about Nature: Environmentalism in the Era of Post-truth Politics and Platform Capitalism" from University of California Press. https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520371453/the-truth-about-nature

01:06:54

1274: Uber's wreckage in Kenya / Amanda Sperber

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2020/12/10

Journalist Amanda Sperber on her report "Uber made big promises in Kenya. Drivers say it's ruined their lives." for NBC News / 100 Reporters / Journalists for Transparency, and in a Moment of Truth Jeff Dorchen juggles delusions about democracy. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/uber-made-big-promises-kenya-drivers-say-it-s-ruined-n1247964

01:19:02

1273: Venezuela parliamentary election report /...

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2020/12/09

Journalist Federico Fuentes reports on Venezuela's recent parliamentary elections and his article "Why Venezuela’s National Assembly elections matter" for Green Left. https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/why-venezuelas-national-assembly-elections-matter

01:06:07

1272: The past and future of epidemics / Frank Snowden

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2020/12/08

Historian Frank M. Snowden on his book " Epidemics and Society: From the Black Death to the Present" via Yale University Press. https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300192216/epidemics-and-society

01:03:47

1271: Population control in 1970s India / Shivani...

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2020/12/07

Architect Shivani Shedde on poverty and population control in Indira Gandhi-era India, and her article "Housing the Poor for a Healthy Planet and Healthy Nation" for e-flux. https://www.e-flux.com/architecture/sick-architecture/345269/housing-the-poor-for-a-healthy-planet-and-healthy-nation/

01:06:26

1270: The future of seafloor extraction / Rebecca...

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2020/12/03

Writer Rebecca McCarthy on her Baffler article "Deep Sea Rush," and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen swats the zeitgeist zombies. https://thebaffler.com/salvos/deep-sea-rush-mccarthy

00:59:14

1269: Land inequality, social inequality / Ward Anseeuw

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2020/12/02

Ward Anseeuw on the International Land Coalition report "Uneven Ground: Land inequalities at the heart of unequal societies. "https://www.landcoalition.org/en/uneven-ground/report-and-papers/

01:09:00

1268: Brazil municipal election report / Brian Mier

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2020/11/30

TeleSur English's Brian Mier reports on far-right losses, and gains for both the left and center-right in Brazil's 2020 municipal elections.

01:18:40

1267: Statehood and pandemic in Puerto Rico / Dave...

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2020/11/25

Our Man in San Juan, Dave Buchen reports on a statehood vote in Puerto Rico, mid-pandemic and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen and his anesthesiologist give a stern warning.

01:06:57

1266: On utopia / Teppo Eskelinen

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2020/11/24

Philosopher Teppo Eskelinen on "The Revival of Political Imagination: Utopia as Methodology" from Zed Books. https://www.zedbooks.net/shop/book/the-revival-of-political-imagination/

01:12:34

1265: Prisoner resistance at the start of COVID-19 /...

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2020/11/23

Researcher Duncan Tarr on the report "First 90 Days of Prisoner Resistance to COVID-19: Report on Events, Data, and Trends" from Perilous. https://perilouschronicle.com/2020/11/12/covid-prisoner-resistance-first-90-days-full-report/

01:08:07

1264: Breaks in the drug supply chain / Ann Neumann

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2020/11/19

Writer Ann Neumann on her Baffler article "Drugs for the People," and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen stands on a principle. https://thebaffler.com/salvos/drugs-for-the-people-neumann

01:07:58

1263: The end of public school / Jack Schneider +...

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2020/11/18

Jack Schneider and Jennifer Berkshire on their book "A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door: The Dismantling of Public Education and the Future of School" from The New Press. https://thenewpress.com/books/wolf-schoolhouse-door

01:02:20

1262: On islands / Alastair Bonnett

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2020/11/17

Geographer Alastair Bonnett on his book "Elsewhere: A Journey into Our Age of Islands" from University of Chicago Press. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/E/bo45051804.html

01:06:07

1261: Pro-democracy politics in Hong Kong / Brian Hioe

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2020/11/16

Journalist Brian Hioe on his article "Pan-Democrat Legislators Resign En Masse from Hong Kong Legislative Council" for New Bloom Mag: https://newbloommag.net/2020/11/12/pan-dem-resign-hk/

01:05:57

1260: The abortion struggle in Poland / Zofia Malisz

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2020/11/12

Polish politician Zofia Malisz on the abortion rights struggle in Poland and the statement letter "Our Bodies, Our Lives, Our Country, the World," and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen leans on survivor bias. https://progressive.international/wire/2020-10-30-razem-our-bodies-our-lives-our-country-the-world/en

01:04:59

1259: Mapping the Anthropocene / Anna L. Tsing

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2020/11/11

Anthropologist Anna L. Tsing on "Feral Atlas: The More-Than-Human Anthropocene" a digital project from Stanford University Press. http://feralatlas.org/

01:01:53

1258: Toward degrowth / Giorgos Kallis + Susan Paulson

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2020/11/10

Giorgos Kallis and Susan Paulson on their book "The Case for Degrowth," co-written with Giacomo D'Alisa and Federico Demaria for Polity. https://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509535620

01:07:05

1257: Let it all fall / Mohamed Abdou

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2020/11/09

Mohamed Abdou on his essay "Let Empire collapse: why we need a decolonial revolution" for ROAR Magazine. https://roarmag.org/essays/let-empire-collapse-why-we-need-a-decolonial-revolution/

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