Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen

Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen


Latest Episodes

Green? Not Hardly: Nuclear Power is Racist, Sexist, and Ageist.
February 20, 2024

The comfort of colonial powers relied on them not seeing the damage to exploited nations. So it is with mining and milling the uranium for nuclear power. Victims then as now are people without power,

Using Comedy to Fight Climate Change
February 15, 2024

Fun attracts people but lets face it: environmentalists tend to be a dour bunch. Saving the planet is serious stuff. Average working people can get turned off. But what about dark comedy? Weve seen

The End of Europe?
February 13, 2024

Progressive Americans have looked to Europe for successful building of a strong economy which addresses climate change effectively. But now there is a new rise of a far right throughout Europe, starti

The Only Crisis is What the Refugees are Fleeing
February 09, 2024

As we head into the elections, both parties have made the border crisis THE issue. But humans have always moved. Our guest, John Washington whose new book is The Case for Open Borders, argues stoppi

Not Punishment: Treat Addicts as Full and Complete Humans?
February 07, 2024

When youre in a hole, stop digging. The currently pervasive approach to abuse disorder is a total failure; it exacerbates the problem. Could it be time to stop doing that? On this show experts in the

Conservatives Emerging Against Perpetual War
February 01, 2024

Were in wars all over the globe; is America more secure now? Its basically been one war party in Washington for decades. The idea of restraint has been anathema to any member of congress, as every o

Israel’s Vietnam?
January 30, 2024

Large transfers of population, meaning massive destruction of living areas. Racist colonialism; the intent to eliminate. Total domination through force. On this show Franklin and Marshall College Hist

Kids With Loved Ones in Prison
January 25, 2024

Those kids. Its tough enough being in the 9th grade, but imagine if your parent, aunt, or uncle were behind bars. Democracy needs citizens to feel part-of, but these kids feel left out. On this sho

Not Just America: India’s Exceptionally Harsh Religious Nationalism
January 23, 2024

India enjoys a romanticized image; you may think of Gandhi or the Beatles visit there. The reality is open repression and violence against the large Muslim minority. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recen

The South Won: Today’s Gun Culture
January 16, 2024

So many mass shootings; how did the gun culture become so powerful? Look to the Civil War: Militarily devastated, the angry determined Confederate culture transformed guns into a totem. In this reveal