Reconsidering Reparations with Olufemi Taiwo
The American conversation about reparations is sadly narrow. But what if reparations could address not just the sins of the past, but the injustices of the present? Olufemi Taiwo, author of the new bo...
2 Maalis 20221h 7min
What Americans Don’t Get About China with Kaiser Kuo
Despite how much our media talks about China, most Americans don't really know all that much about it. What is China’s view of itself and its recent history? What is life like in the country for the a...
23 Helmi 20221h 8min
Indigenous Science with Jessica Hernandez
What would our world look like if we paid more attention to the knowledge indigenous communities have discovered about the world around us? On the show this week is indigenous environmental scientist ...
16 Helmi 20221h 1min
The Great Resignation and the Rebirth of American Labor with Hamilton Nolan
As we head into the third year of the pandemic, US workers are organizing and unionizing like it’s the early days of the Industrial Revolution. But can they reverse decades of labor erosion in America...
9 Helmi 20221h
Is Virtual Reality… Real? with David Chalmers
We spend more time in digital, virtual spaces than ever. But are those places really real? If they are, does that mean we could be living in virtual reality right now? Or does it even make sense to as...
2 Helmi 20221h 19min
The Philosophy of Games with C. Thi Nguyen
Playing games is a fundamental human activity. But despite their ubiquity, they’ve never gotten the serious study from scholars they deserve. Why do we play them? And what, exactly, ARE games? On the ...
26 Tammi 20221h 16min
Death to Medical Debt! with Allison Sesso
Our abusive, for-profit healthcare system has left Americans swimming in harmful medical debt. On this week’s episode, Adam meets someone who’s doing something about it: Allison Sesso, executive direc...
19 Tammi 20221h 6min
How Modern Medicine Has Failed Women with Elinor Cleghorn
A deeply embedded idea in our culture is the sexist notion that men are the “default” human, and women the unknowable “other". Nowhere is this more visible than in the history of medicine, with disast...
12 Tammi 20221h 10min
