Sinopsis
Long-form interviews with writers, thinkers and workers from around the world and across the spectrum of experience.
Episodios
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Crop diversity and agricultural crisis / Helen Anne Curry
01/02/2022 Duración: 01h22minHistorian Helen Anne Curry on her book "Endangered Maize: Industrial Agriculture and the Crisis of Extinction" from University of California Press. https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520307698/endangered-maize
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Neoliberalism and the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally / Catherine McNicol Stock
31/01/2022 Duración: 01h17minHistorian Catherine McNicol Stock on her article “Is the rally really worth it?” The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally and the Costs of Neoliberalism" for OSU Origins. https://origins.osu.edu/index.php/read/south-dakota-sturgis-motorcycle-rally-neoliberalism
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Vaccine apartheid politics / Kevin Klyman
27/01/2022 Duración: 01h22minKevin 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
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Protecting rainforest protectors / Ashwin Ravikumar
26/01/2022 Duración: 01h27minEnvironmental 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
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When the rich take space / Corey Pein
24/01/2022 Duración: 01h16minWriter Corey Pein on his article "Dawn of the Space Lords" for The Baffler. https://thebaffler.com/salvos/dawn-of-the-space-lords-pein
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Kazakhstan's Oyan protest movement / Paolo Sorbello
20/01/2022 Duración: 01h27minJournalist 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/
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Psychedelic inequality / Roberto Lovato
19/01/2022 Duración: 01h20minWriter Roberto Lovato on his article "The Gentrification of Consciousness" for Alta Journal. https://www.altaonline.com/dispatches/a38326035/psychedelic-drugs-gentrification-roberto-lovato/
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Today's militia movement / Amy Cooter
18/01/2022 Duración: 01h21minSociologist 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/
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Carbon dominance / Jeff Nesbit
12/01/2022 Duración: 01h31minJeff 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
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Student loan debt numbers don't add up / John R. Brooks
11/01/2022 Duración: 01h17minLaw scholar John R. Brooks on his article "The Big Student Loan Lie" for The American Prospect. https://prospect.org/education/big-student-loan-lie/
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Radical hope and apocalyptic cynicism / Henry Giroux
10/01/2022 Duración: 01h18minCultural 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/
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Climate change's mirror worlds / Aaron Vansintjan
05/01/2022 Duración: 01h25minWriter 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/
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Sanctions are a weapon / Nicholas Mulder
04/01/2022 Duración: 01h17minHistorian 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
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Frederick Douglass in Haiti / Peter James Hudson
03/01/2022 Duración: 01h25minHistorian 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/
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2021 FAVORITE: Alexander Zaitchik / Bill Gates and vaccine monopolism
31/12/2021 Duración: 45minJournalist Alexander Zaitchik on his article "How Bill Gates Impeded Global Access to Covid Vaccines" for The New Republic. Suggested by Rocktaster and David G.
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2021 FAVORITE: Craig Robertson / The filing cabinet
30/12/2021 Duración: 45minApril 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.
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2021 FAVORITE: Adam Zmith / On poppers and queer utopia
29/12/2021 Duración: 55minOctober 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.
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2021 FAVORITE: Ben Ehrenreich / Global suicide
28/12/2021 Duración: 46minApril conversation with writer Ben Ehrenreich on his article "We're Hurtling Toward Global Suicide" for The New Republic. Suggested by Joel and Pete.
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2021 FAVORITE: Tanvi Misra / Broader Crises
27/12/2021 Duración: 01h01minJuly conversation with writer Tanvi Misra on her article "Broader Crises" for The Baffler. Suggested by Jeff G, David G. and Derek B.
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2021 FAVORITE: James K. Galbraith / Modern Monetary Theory
24/12/2021 Duración: 44minApril interview with economist James K. Galbraith on his article "Who's Afraid of MMT?" for Project Syndicate. Suggested by listeners Joel G. and Koffie.