Episodios

  • Morgan Valley and the Sacrifice

    Morgan Valley and the Sacrifice
    Apr 24 2025
    You don’t have to love basketball to appreciate what Morgan Valley has done in her playing and coaching career. But you need to listen closely or you’ll miss it.
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    39 m
  • FAIZ SHAKIR…What ails the Democrats and what is the way back?

    FAIZ SHAKIR…What ails the Democrats and what is the way back?
    Mar 20 2025
    The top political advisor to Bernie Sanders says Chuck Schumer was wrong on the budget bill and wrong on the way forward. It’s not about Left vs. Right. It's about Top vs. Bottom. Will anyone listen?
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    42 m
  • What Really Happened on Jan. 6?

    What Really Happened on Jan. 6?
    Mar 13 2025
    The Jan. 6 effort to overturn an election and KILL the vice president and speaker the House seems so long ago. And Trump has effectively made us forget. But Mark Bowden has not forgotten. The author of Blackhawk Down and many other deeply reported books put Jan. 6 and its aftermath into one comprehensive book. It has all the receipts. To understand what’s happening now when the entire leadership of th government believes the Biden win was stolen, you have to go back to Jan. 6. Bowden takes us through the highlights and leaves the details for the book - a great read.
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    37 m
  • Alex Gibney has some Optimism

    Alex Gibney has some Optimism
    Mar 7 2025
    The award-winning documentary filmmaker has faith (some) that the system can withstand Trump and Musk. That’s a lot for a a guy who makes a living examining the abuse of power by powerful people - Trump, Lance Armstrong, ENRON, Elizabeth Holmes and Scientology. Next up? Elon Musk.
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    41 m
  • It’s a Coup. So What Now? My Former Professor Has Answers

    It’s a Coup. So What Now? My Former Professor Has Answers
    Feb 25 2025
    Trump-Musk is unprecedented, lawless, and dangerous. But we knew that. What exactly constitutes the coup? What steps do citizens take? Constitutional scholar and professor Austin Sarat has some answers - not magic bullets, but a dedication to democracy by speaking out and getting involved. Sarat is less gloomy than most and sympathizes with the college students of today. And discusses how the current situation has changed his teaching.
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    40 m
  • Solving Homelessness

    Solving Homelessness
    Jan 23 2025
    I get the question every day - Why can’t we solve this? Roseanne Haggerty is solving it. First she bought a hotel in New York and housed people. Then she won a MacArthur “genius’’ fellowship. Now she advises cities all over the country how to solve it. Turns out it’s not that complicated. It takes what tough problems have always required: political courage, collecting data about those in need and a healthy dose of caring about people.
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    45 m
  • The Pentagon Gets Real about Renewable Energy and Climate

    The Pentagon Gets Real about Renewable Energy and Climate
    Jan 16 2025
    When Sherri Goodman arrived at the Pentagon in 1993 for her job as a deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental Security, the Defense Department was one of the biggest polluters on the planet. The legacy of our nuclear weapons program along with pollution from military bases all over the country. Her job? Clean up the mess. And as things went on, start factoring energy and climate change into how the military operates. How did it go? And what happens now that the Trump people have taken over?
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    36 m
  • Bird Flu is here and it’s in the Milk

    Bird Flu is here and it’s in the Milk
    Jan 9 2025
    The flu is in 16 states and more than 900 dairy herds. That means the milk is threatened. Can it jump to humans? Yes. Will it jump to humans in a big way. I ask NY Times science reporter Apoorva Mandivilli all the questions and she gives the answers. It’s not COVID, she says. Yet.
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    28 m
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