The Cult of Policing and What Defunding Means with Larry Smith
Former Baltimore City police officer Larry Smith joins Adam to dig deep on the causes of police violence and racism, what stops fellow cops from speaking up about it and what needs to change about pol...
1 Heinä 20201h 21min
Where Does Our Second-Hand Stuff Actually Go?! with Adam Minter
Author of Secondhand and Junkyard Planet, Adam Minter, joins Adam to talk about the hidden world of globalized recycling, where our trash actually goes, and the trash, recycling and secondhand economy...
24 Kesä 20201h 15min
How to (Actually) Protect Yourself from COVID-19 with Immunologist Erin Bromage
States, stores, and workplaces are reopening. But how can we tell which spaces and activities are safe, and which aren’t? UMass Dartmouth immunologist Erin Bromage joins Adam to reveal what situations...
17 Kesä 20201h 12min
Why the Black Lives Matter Protests are Different with Adam Serwer
Writer and reporter Adam Serwer joins Adam to talk about why the protests of the past two weeks go way beyond Trump, why the system behind racist police abuse is the problem and how recent events coul...
10 Kesä 20201h 17min
Do Violent Protests Work? with Daniel Gillion
In this special edition of Factually!, UPenn political scientist Daniel Gillion joins Adam to discuss the role that violence plays in protest movements both historical and present-day, the truth about...
5 Kesä 20201h 11min
Mass Incarceration, Accountability and The Wire with James Forman Jr. (Re-release)
James Forman Jr., Professor of Law at Yale Law School and author of the book Locking Up Our Own, joins Adam this week to discuss the history of how mass incarceration became so distorted, juvenile cou...
3 Kesä 20201h
The Cost of Doing Nothing with Michael Greenstone
American economist, professor and chief economist during the Obama administration, Michael Greenstone, joins Adam this week to discuss transitioning our economy during a pandemic, balancing safety wit...
27 Touko 20201h 20min
Practical Equality with Robert Tsai
All of us care about equality. (At least, most of us do.) But how do we achieve equality, when the nation is so divided? And how can advocates for equality best make their case in the courts? American...
20 Touko 20201h 2min
