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We finally get that cant have infinite growth on our finite planet. The dominant western approach of treating the earth as our playground isnt working anymore. Its late but there are still real opp

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The pressure to prevent active curiosity is a serious threat to democracy. Our guests today are authors Perry Zurin and Dani Bassett whose new book is Curious Minds, The Power of Connection. The push

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Bushs lies gave Trump moral scaffolding; today Americans believe big lies. On this show Thanassis Cambanis, a reporter who was in Iraq at the invasion, details the harm Bush and Cheney did to America