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America Unchained

America Unchained

America faces the greatest challenges our nation has ever confronted. Extreme wealth inequality, a crippling health and economic crisis, a looming climate catastrophe, and untended wounds from our past keep our democracy in shackles. Listen in with your hosts Richard Dien Winfield and Chris Tidwell in the pursuit of an America Unchained.

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49:24

24: Facing the Economic Perils of Climate Change - A...

America Unchained ·

2021/02/02

Steven Rothstein of Ceres Organization joins us to discuss organizing the public and private sectors around sustainability.

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131:13

23: Philosophy, Politics, and Freedom: A Conversation...

America Unchained ·

2021/01/19

A roundtable conversation between Richard Dien Winfield and some of his former and present graduate students about the relation of philosophy and politics and the role of the philosopher in public life.

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52:08

22: The Coup and Georgia Going Blue

America Unchained ·

2021/01/12

We cover the historic senate seat flip in Georgia and the shocking attack on Capitol Hill.

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73:44

21: The Crash of the Blue Wave

America Unchained ·

2020/11/11

We discuss why the 2020 national election failed to produce the predicted Blue Wave and how policy weaknesses of both "centrist" and "progressive" Democrats must be remedied if we are to contend with the perfect storm in which we are engulfed.

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80:37

20: Fight for the Now: Richard Bensigner and RDW on...

America Unchained ·

2020/10/27

A discussion between labor organizer Richard Bensinger and RDW on the state of the labor movement and how it relates to the Social Bill of Rights

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60:42

19: Winfield & Tharoor on Globalization and Unemployment

America Unchained ·

2020/10/13

A conversation with Richard Dein Winfield and Sashi Tharoor regarding the international ripples of the pandemic and how to address it through economic and social rights.

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76:13

18: Winfield & Tcherneva on Guaranteed Jobs

America Unchained ·

2020/10/07

We are joined by Pavlina R. Tcherneva, author of "The Case for a Job Guarantee", in a live stream to discuss why we need a Federal Job Guarantee and how it can be implemented.

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83:31

17: A Discussion With Noam Chomsky on the Future of...

America Unchained ·

2020/09/29

Noam Chomsky joins Richard Dien Winfield to discuss the future of American democracy.

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55:08

16: Capitalism With A Human Face

America Unchained ·

2020/09/22

We discuss the misleading way in which the terms "capitalism", "socialism", and "communism" figure in recent political discourse and what the proper relation should be between public and private sectors to remake capitalism with a human face and secure our freedoms.

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67:46

15: The Wages of Freedom: How We Fund Our Social Rights

America Unchained ·

2020/09/16

A bold platform for removing all obstacles to equal opportunity requires a bold funding solution and it is easier to achieve than one might think. We discuss the actual costs of fulfilling our social rights and how they can best be funded.

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113:42

14: On Reparations

America Unchained ·

2020/09/08

We discuss the meaning and history of reparations, how reparations for Black Americans are warranted, and what they could achieve in connection with enforcement of the social rights agenda.

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90:19

13: Legal Care For All: From Tollbooth “Justice” to...

America Unchained ·

2020/08/25

This episode examines how the United States justice system allows money to determine one's legal standing and how legal care can pave the way for genuine equality before the law.

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83:09

12: From Armageddon to Abolition: Exploring the Road...

America Unchained ·

2020/08/18

Pairing with last weeks episode as a two episode saga discussing security challenges, the topic this week is nuclear proliferation and disarmament.

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76:17

11: International Remedies to Our Pandemic and...

America Unchained ·

2020/08/11

We examine humanity's increasing vulnerability to pandemics and disastrous climate change and discuss the international actions that we must take to contain these intertwined crises before it is too late.

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89:47

10: Making Voting Rights Count: How We Fix Our...

America Unchained ·

2020/08/04

Manipulation of voter eligibility, voter suppression, and now the COVID-19 emergency have stacked on one another to put the basic act of democracy in jeopardy. We discuss the past and present of the shackles on our voting system.

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80:02

9: Labor Unchained: How We Forge Justice at Work

America Unchained ·

2020/07/28

We examine the role of the employee-employer relation in a free society, how US labor policy has unfairly disempowered employees, and what changes should be made.

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67:51

8: From Open Borders to Walled-In Lockdown: What Our...

America Unchained ·

2020/07/21

To what extent can we call ourselves a nation of immigrants? This episode tracks through the history and the present problems of immigration in America.

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68:49

7: Back to School: COVID-19 and Ensuring the Right to...

America Unchained ·

2020/07/14

We discuss the nature of the right to education and explore how America can implement a safe learning environment under COVID-19.

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63:20

6: Guaranteeing Housing in the Time of Pandemic

America Unchained ·

2020/07/07

With an avalanche of evictions and foreclosures racing towards us, we examine how we are failing to fulfill our fundamental right to decent housing and what we can do to solve our housing crisis.

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53:57

5: Fulfilling the Right to Health Care: From...

America Unchained ·

2020/06/30

This episode tracks the history of healthcare as a human right, the American healthcare quagmire, and where we go from here.

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