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#1573 Confronting Climate Chaos with Action and Adaptation
(Get 20% Off Membership in July!) Air Date 7/22/2023 Today, we take a look at the action needed to curb and adapt to the extreme weather that climate change is already delivering Be part of the show!
#TBT #1311 Our Culture and Our Economy are Making Us Depressed (Throwback)
Original Air Date: 10/16/2019 Today we take a look at the literally depressing truth about our economy, our work and the culture that surrounds it. We work too hard to be perfect, we don't get enough
#1572 Building a circular, sustainable economy for all
Air Date 7/16/2023 Today, we take a look at the problems of overconsumption and some policy solutions for reducing waste through a circular, rather than linear, approach to the economy. Be part of the
Bonus Sample #274 The good news is that the end is nigh
Air Date: 7-14-23 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Erin and Deon discuss: - A bad take on smartphones - Eating alone - Lunches of suffering - The failure of Instant Pot REFERENCES: Leave a message at 202-
#1571 Understanding what we lost with the repeal of affirmative action
Air Date 7/11/2023 Today, we take a look at the history and unceremonious end of affirmative action for college admissions that were an attempt to correct the compounded impact of hundreds of years of
#1570 The overpopulation debate is more philosophical than empirical
(Become a member in July for 20% off!) Air Date 7/8/2023 Today, we take a look at the dubious, ideologically-driven debate between overpopulation being a danger to the future of humanity and it being
#TBT #1155 Leisure, Desperation or a Reorientation (The Future of Work) (Throwback)
(Get 20% Off Membership in July!) Original Air Date: 1/2/2018 Today we take a look at a few different visions of what the future holds for our labor market and some policies we should be putting in pl
#1569 Winning Progressive Policies with Better Messaging
(Get 20% Off Membership in July!) Air Date 7/4/2023 Today, we take a look at the difference between the kind of political messaging that feels like the right thing to say and the reframed messages tha
Bonus Sample #273 Marriage Proposals
(Become a member in July for 20% off!) Air Date: 7-1-23 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Erin and Deon discuss: - Marriage and christianity collapsing - Free lunches for kids - Neo-nazis doing pushups a
#1495 No One Supports the Economic Interests of Rural America (Repost)
Original Air Date 6/11/2022 Today we take a look at the reasons why Democrats lost rural America and why it's important to make gains outside urban centers through working-class coalitions and a focus