Financial Times economic analyst Martin Wolf gives an overview of global economic forces, and looks at Britain’s economic and political chaos.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/does-economics-drive-all-politics
WhoWhatWhy’s first US Election Report Card is a state-by-state look at the ways in which our voting system is failing democracy.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/jonathan-simon-introduces-whowhatwhys-us-election-report-card
An examination of the stark reality of the use of battlefield nuclear weapons, by RAND Corporation senior defense researcher David Shlapak.
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A reporter embedded with the January 6 rioters warns that the dogs of domestic war have now been fully unleashed.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/january-6-was-only-the-starting-gun
Like Mob lawyers protecting their clients, the Jones Day law firm cocoons the extreme right and defends the worst excesses of corporate America.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/the-law-firm-protecting-trump-and-the-extreme-right
A look at how “national conservatism” wants to use the full force of government to curtail individual liberty, impose christianity, and destroy its enemies.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/national-conservatism-is-coming-for-us
An interview with the man who asks the question, “Who is the most ignorant person the US is willing to elect?”
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/we-live-in-a-golden-age-of-ignorance
Even amid all the anger and distractions of Trump Derangement Syndrome, will we be worse off if Trump is indicted? A conversation with Damon Linker.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/to-prosecute-or-not-to-prosecute-that-is-the-question
Can US democracy learn a lesson or two from Britain’s steady parliamentary system? A conversation with British MP Jesse Norman.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/what-a-peaceful-transition-of-power-looks-like
Daniel Pinchbeck has attended Burning Man 18 times. He’s sitting it out this year, but he tells us all about it.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/why-arent-you-at-burning-man/
Predictions about the Russia-Ukraine war have been proved wrong. The only certainty is that it’s getting more dangerous, and it may go on for years, even decades.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/russia-ukrainewhere-are-we-now
The story of an investigative reporter who uncovered corruption — while running afoul of two of Los Angeles’s most powerful institutions.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/getting-at-the-truth-two-perspectives
The story of an investigative reporter who uncovered corruption — while running afoul of two of Los Angeles’s most powerful institutions.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/getting-at-the-truth-two-perspectives
At the heart of democracy lies a contradiction: The more open the society, the more susceptible democracy is to demagogues, distraction, and spectacle.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/democracy-is-the-mother-of-all-dictatorships
Professor Andrew Fiala on how our own human nature, combined with fools, sycophants, and citizens, is the force that could give rise to tyranny.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/could-tyranny-be-our-own-fault
Why our fight for democracy is not just about process and politics, but about underlying values like free speech.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/its-the-free-speech-stupid/
The progressive New York congressman and member of “the Squad” sees things as they might be and asks: Why not?
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/rep-jamaal-bowman-looks-on-the-bright-side
Why did so many Republicans, who knew better, get caught up in the Trump vortex? What is the weakness in human behavior that explains this?
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/why-they-did-it-bad-actors-and-those-who-enable-them
A new Rand Corp. study looks at how America is losing its ability to compete — and may never recover.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/the-end-of-american-competitiveness
One of our top legal scholars on the meaning of privacy — and if it will even matter in the years ahead.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/does-privacy-still-matter-and-do-we-still-have-any
In each of our pockets are devices with the power to bear witness. Suddenly violations of human rights are documented for the ages and may be more easily prosecuted.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/the-power-of-technology-to-bear-witness-to-war-crimes
Brad DeLong, economics professor and former Treasury official in the Clinton administration, takes us on a not-so-random walk through current economic conditions.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/economy/its-always-all-about-the-economy
A look at how Mitch McConnell laid to rest what was once the world’s greatest deliberative body.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/the-decline-and-fall-of-the-us-senate
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/watergate-still-holds-secrets-even-after-50-years
Beyond the battlefield, Ukrainians must mobilize against the longer-term health consequences of war.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/ukraines-second-front-disease-famine-toxic-air