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Historian 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

Historian 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

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

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

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

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/

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

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/

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

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/

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/

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/

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

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/

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.