A look at why the narrative of extremism, conspiracies, and terrorism is so appealing, and how and why it’s taken over our politics.
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Columbia University professor John McWhorter looks at how some ideas about race have taken on the qualities of religion and have been weaponized against those who disagree.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/are-we-all-racists-now
Along with bats and lab leaks, we need to think about how a failed public health system contributed to the spread of COVID-19.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/our-failed-public-health-system-dared-covid-to-attack-us
George Zimmer, the founder of Men’s Wearhouse, talks about the better side of business, honesty, and authenticity.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/business-for-good-a-conversation-with-george-zimmer
We’ve gone from factories to laptops, boardrooms to Zoom, neighbors to followers. We find like-minded people not in communities but on Twitter and Reddit. But at what price?
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/when-the-metaverse-and-evolution-collide
How fentanyl became the dangerous drug of the moment and what it means for our cities, for public health, and for the individuals and families devastated by it.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/our-insatiable-appetite-for-street-drugs-why-fentanyl-and-why-now
Climate disasters will continue. As long as they do, we will need to focus on getting a lot better at recovering from those disasters.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/if-we-cant-stop-climate-change-we-must-get-better-at-climate-preparedness
The Rev. Jim Wallis offers a faith-based perspective on the fight for social justice — explaining how religion, rescued from the deadly grip of the Christian right, can help counter the hatred and fear generated by social media.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/who-will-win-the-battle-for-the-nations-soul
China seeks to become the world’s leading superpower in the 21st century. How should the US respond?
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A look at how the world economy and individual lives were changed forever by the pandemic, and where that leaves us now.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/the-post-pandemic-normal-will-never-be-the-way-it-was
The dean of UC Berkeley’s Law School looks at how the courts have prioritized criminal control over civil rights for suspects and defendants.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/what-the-hell-happened-to-police-and-criminal-justice-reform
The Koch family is aging out. Peter Thiel has picked up the mantle as the new Midas of the extreme right.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/peter-thiel-is-the-new-koch/
Rick Doblin, a pioneering researcher on psychedelics, details how these once-criminalized drugs may afford whole new possibilities in the treatment of mental illness.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/are-psychedelics-the-cutting-edge-treatment-for-mental-illness
Middle East scholar and author Shay Khatiri breaks down the realpolitik of the emerging relationships between the Taliban, Iran, Russia, and China. Spoiler alert: The US plays no role.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/iran-russia-china-and-the-taliban
Award-winning journalist Spencer Ackerman examines how 9/11 opened the door to America’s worst historical impulses and led directly to Donald Trump and January 6th.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/the-direct-line-from-9-11-to-january-6th
This Labor Day marks a fundamental shift in the nature of work. What’s the future for employers and employees?
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/labor-day-and-the-changing-nature-of-work
Andrew Bacevich, a retired Army officer, professor, and author, argues that American foreign and military policy must adapt to a radically changed and morally pragmatic world.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/stop-the-world-so-america-can-get-on
Image Caption: The fall of Saigon, April 30, 1975 (inset). Americans and Afghan refugees leaving aboard a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA), Afghanistan, August 24, 2021. Photo credit: Adapted by WhoWhatWhy from Secretary of Defense PDF and © U.S. Air Force/ZUMA Press Wire Service/ZUMAPRESS.com
A conversation with author, journalist, and professor Tom Nichols, who believes that the US has become a nation of adolescents and toddlers.
Harvard law professor Martha Minow on the state of the news business today, and why she thinks the government should play more of a role.
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The story of the water defenders — a community in El Salvador that took on an international mining corporation and, against impossible odds, won a historic victory.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/a-grassroots-victory-against-corporate-greed
Why America’s punitive and often violent response to those with mental illness makes our communities less safe and more inhumane.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/crime-punishment-and-homelessness-the-common-thread
A deep look at why cultural and political battles of the 1960s are far from over, and how the leaders gave us the world we live in today.
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The investigation of the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse won’t find the real people behind the assassination, according to longtime Haiti scholar Amy Wilentz, who offers insightful analysis of Haiti’s past, present, and future.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/?p=62712&preview=true&preview_id=62712
The real story of the divisions of 2020 and whether we can ever be made whole again.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/george-packer-explains-it-all/
The emotional importance of Juneteenth, as told by a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning historian and Texas native Annette Gordon-Reed.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/?p=62498&preview=true&preview_id=62498