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Air Date 6/13/2023
Today, we take a look at the struggle to act ethically, at least by our own measure if there's not a universally-agreed standard to compare with, relating to the purchase of both the necessities of life we all need as well as the more luxury items that get added on top.
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Ch. 1: No ethical consumption under capitalism: short deep dive - @professor_neil - Air Date 4-13-23
Origin of "no ethical consumption under capitalism"
What once was a statement of fact, now has been taken as an excuse to essentially be a consumer without even thinking about the ethics involved of what you were buying.
Ch. 3: "Separating Art vs. the Artist" doesn't work for Harry Potter - Kuncan Dastner - Air Date 4-14-22
Secrets of Dumbledore and Hogwarts Legacy aren't enough to save this franchise
Alternate thoughts on the ethics of consumption within capitalism
Ch. 5: Ethical Consumption - Pullback - Air Date 3-7-23
So, there's no ethical consumption under capitalism. Does that mean there's no value to movements like slow fashion, eating local, and Fairtrade?
This is a conversation about how and why The Good Place exists and what it reflects about The Odd Place in which we actually live. Unlike a lot of conversations about moral philosophy, this one is a lot of fun.
Ch. 7: Ethical Capitalism: Is It Possible? - Wise Crack - Air Date 7-19-21
We live in an era of increased skepticism towards capitalism. But is participating in capitalism inherently antithetical to living an ethical life? Or is it possible to act ethically within a capitalist system?
A video essay on modern day ethics as discussed in the Netflix show The Good Place. Focusing in particular on the notion of ethical consumerism and individuality from a sociological perspective.
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Ch. 9: Conscious Consumerism: Does it make a difference - Roundtable - Air Date 7-10-19
Conscious consumerism focuses on making positive decisions throughout the buying process, with the intention of helping to balance some of the negative impacts that consumerism has on the planet.
My 17 yr-old and I have noticed an unsettling trend on social media: folks choosing to take the concept of "No ethical consumption under capitalism" as a license to give up when it comes to trying to make ethical purchases for our bodies and our homes.
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Ch. 11: Response to cohousing episode
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 12: Final comments on why people being misled into unethical behavior gives me hope
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Air Date 6/10/2023
Today, we take a look at the emerging trend of various community housing styles people are using to build community, fight loneliness and lighten the load of everyday chores and tasks.
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Trish is the owner of StorySpring Consulting and Director of Community Engagement at the University of Denver's Graduate School of Social Work.
Ch. 2: Katie McCamant of CoHousing Solutions Part 1 - Transforming Cities - Air Date 8-24-22
On this episode, I'm speaking with Katie McCamant, President at CoHousing Solutions. Katie brings the depth and diversity of her 35 years of experience as a developer, architect, and cohousing resident to benefit her clients.
Ch. 3: Cohousing communities help prevent social isolation - PBS Newshour - Air Date 2-12-17
Groups in Denmark and the U.S. are choosing to live in intentionally intergenerational communities, which emerged to strengthen social ties between aging seniors and their younger counterparts who are balancing work and family.
Ch. 4: Katie McCamant of CoHousing Solutions Part 2 - Transforming Cities - Air Date 8-24-22
Cohousing communities are collaborative neighborhoods created with intention and a little ingenuity.
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Ch. 7: Jack Kerouac's boarding house now co-living for creatives - Kirsten Dirksen - Air Date 11-7-20
Sara McEre bought the former 19th-century boarding house in San Luis Obispo (CA), it was rundown. Instead of converting it to apartments for a profit, she turned it into a communal living residence for 19 like-minded individuals.
Ch. 8: Microgrid energy and community cohousing - Local Zero - 5-4-22
We hear from Andy O'Brien from the Bristol Energy Cooperative, and Monica King from Bridport Cohousing in Dorset.
Ch. 9: Katie McCamant of CoHousing Solutions Part 3 - Transforming Cities - Air Date 8-24-22
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 12: Final comments on a couple of undervalued benefits of cohousing
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Original Air Date 1-22-2019
Today we take a look at socialism in America from our often violent response to the concept in the wake of the Russian Revolution through the recent revival in interest, driven primarily by the younger generation today
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Ch. 1: Red Dawn Americans and the Bolshevik Revolution - @BackStory - Air Date 11-9-17
One hundred years ago, Vladimir Lenin and his Bolshevik Party seized power in a revolution that would change the world. Today we explore how that distant revolution had an immediate impact in the United States.
Ch. 2: What the Russian Revolution Proved Possible - Empire Files - Air Date 12-18-17
To understand the context of this first socialist experiment, how it happened and what caused the many problems it faced, Abby Martin sits down with Brian Becker, a long-time socialist organizer.
Ch. 3: America's Unofficial Religion - The War On An Idea Part 1 - Empire Files - Air Date 11-27-17
Everyone in the United States knows that "socialist" or "communist" is considered a bad word. How did things get that way? Abby Martin explores the history of anti-communism in America and the heavy repression of an idea that became an unofficial religion
Ch. 4: "Socialism" in the Air - On the Media - Air Date 7-27-18
The word "socialism" has been trending, appearing on op-ed pages, FOX News, ABC's The View and beyond. In this word watch, Bob speaks with another self-described socialist, Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan Robinson
Ch. 5: Americans are ready for socialism - @ThisIsHellRadio - Air Date 3-13-18
Columnist Elizabeth Bruenig looks beyond the failures of liberalism, to the possibilities of socialism. Elizabeth wrote the op-ed "It's time to give socialism a try" at the Washington Post.
In this interview with Professor of Economics Emeritus (University of Massachusetts), Marxist economist and founder of Democracy at Work, Richard D. Wolff, we talk to him about Capitalism and Socialism.
Ch. 7: Why Are People Talking About Socialism? with Paul Jay - @TheRealNews - Air Date 1-2-19
Explaining why socialisms time may have come - the failures of capitalism
Prof. Richard Wolff explains some tenets of how a modern socialists system could work
Ch. 9: America's Unofficial Religion The War On An Idea Part 2 - Empire Files - Air Date 11-27-17
Capitalism can no longer compare itself with the dysfunctional Soviet Union but can only be compared to itself and it's failures
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Air Date 6/6/2023
Today, we take a look at the widespread impact of marketing on culture, consumerism, transportation, food, gender roles, and gun ownership in the United States.
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Ch. 1: Our Consumer Society - Then & Now - Air Date 6-9-22
I explore our consumer society, looking at the history, philosophy, psychology, and sociology of what consumerism really means. Is it a useful concept? Where did it appear from? Are there alternatives?
Ch. 2: Would You Fall for It? - Not Just Bikes - Air Date 1-9-23
In the 1950s, the US automobile industry was lobbying hard to get more funding for roads and highways. Part of this effort included propaganda targeted to the general public.
Ch. 3: How The Auto Industry Carjacked The American Dream - Climate Town - Air Date 4-8-21
Based on an article by Spencer R. Scott P.h.D.
Ch. 4: How Backyard Grilling Conquered America - Cheddar Explains - Air Date 5-19-20
Backyard grilling is an American institution. But have you ever wondered where it came from? You might be surprised to learn that the history of your weekend barbecue twists and turns back through the earliest years of America's past.
Ch. 5: WOKE BRANDS - hbomberguy - Air Date 2-22-19
Can a product be truly progressive? How can I free my skin? Let's discuss!
Ch. 6: Men Eat Red Meat, Women Eat Salads –– But Why? - Cool Stuff Ride Home - Air Date 10-26-22
How and why did food become so gendered? Y'know, men eat red meat and women eat salads. When did those associations begin?
Just like tobacco companies targeted kids to create a market of "replacement smokers," so do gun manufacturers. Boys as young as 6 are targeted with ads conflating guns with masculinity so that by the time they turn 18, the seed has been planted.
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Ch. 8: These Stupid Trucks are Literally Killing Us - Not Just Bikes - Air Date 3-6-23
Engineers, planners, politicians, and advocates all around the world are trying to improve their cities and build more great walkable places with viable alternatives to driving. But there's a looming trend that could undo all of that hard work
"Beef. It's what's for dinner," the baritone voices of actors Robert Mitchum and Sam Elliott told us in the 1990s. "We're not gonna let Joe Biden and Kamala Harris cut America's meat!" cried Mike Pence during a speech in Iowa last year.
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 12: Final comments on the counterweight to the power of marketing
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Description: A 1930s print car ad shows an illustration of a large silver Pontiac car with nicely dressed couples admiring the outside. The tagline reads "If you want to ride in luxury and save your money, too… Pontiac's the Answer". Some ad copy is visible below the image in small unreadable text.
Credit: "Pontiac Car 1938 Ad" by Indiana Ivy Nature Photographer, Flickr | License: CC BY 2.0 | Changes: Cropped, some left-side color extended
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Original Air Date: 5-31-23 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Erin and Deon discuss: - Towel Day - Adults liking things made for kids - What it means for something to be suitable for kids or adults - Bronson Pinchot - The decline in students studying the humanities
REFERENCES: The Real Reason Young Adults Seem Slow to 'Grow Up'
This writer brilliantly explains to Bill Maher why millennials refuse to grow up
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Air Date 6/3/2023
Today, we take a look at the dynamics at play between our immigration and labor policies that lead to the exploitation of children in dangerous and deadly jobs.
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Ch. 1: Why Child Labor in America is Skyrocketing Part 1 - Robert Reich - Air Date 5-16-23
Corporations are now using the "labor shortage" as an excuse to bring back child labor. It's part of a horrifying trend: Since 2015, child labor violations have risen nearly 300%.
Iowa's extreme child labor bill began in the office of Gov. Kim Reynolds and was written by top corporate lobbyists.
Ch. 3: The Child Labor Crisis In America Part 1 - Fresh Air - Air Date 5-4-23
Tonya Mosley spoke with New York Times investigative reporter Hannah Dreier, who has been reporting on the children, and Washington Post business reporter Jacob Bogage, who has been reporting on conservative campaign to weaken child labor laws
NBC News Reporter Julia Ainsley reports on the accusation of PSSI using child migrant labor in Nebraska meatpacking plant.
Ch. 5: Inside the Conservative Campaign to Relax Child Labor Laws - Amanpour and Company - Air Date 4-27-23
In a recent article, Washington Post reporter Jacob Bogage explains how campaigners are cloaking these rollbacks under cover of "parental rights." Bogage joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss why conservatives appear willing to put children at risk.
We detail how uncritical acceptance by centrist––and even liberal––media that the US is seeing an unprecedented "labor shortage" is helping justify repealing child labor protections in roughly a dozen states.
Ch. 7: The Child Labor Crisis In America Part 2 - Fresh Air - Air Date 5-4-23
Our guest Hannah Dreier, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter at _The New York Times_, has published a bombshell new investigation headlined "As Migrant Children Were Put to Work, U.S. Ignored Warnings."
We speak with the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Hannah Dreier, We are also joined by Gregory Chen, senior director of government relations for the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
Ch. 10: Why Child Labor in America is Skyrocketing Part 2 - Robert Reich - Air Date 5-16-23
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Ch. 13: Final comments on what child labor shows us about the ongoing debate within the GOP
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Description: Colorized historic photo of Addie Card, a 12-year-old blonde girl in a smock with bare feet posing in front of machinery at a textile mill in 1910 where she worked. Her expression is neutral.
Credit: "Addie Card, 12 years old. Spinner in cotton mill, North Pownal, Vermont, 1910" by by Lewis W. Hine via the Metropolitan Museum of New York. Processed and colorized by Kelly Short using Gimp 2.6.11 | License: Public Domain
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Original Air Date 2/17/2017
Today we look at the state of the corporate-controlled media in the age of Trump, how you can navigate those murky waters, and what we can do to make it better.
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Show NotesCh. 1: Diversify your news - Popaganda from @BitchMedia - Air Date 11-24-16
Ch. 2: Spicer vs. the Interns - On the Media - Air Date 1-27-17
Ch. 3: Is Donald Trump good for journalism? - The Inquiry - Air Date 2-13-17
Ch. 4: Keep Going Back to Substance and the Truth - On the Media - Air Date 1-27-17
Ch. 5: Is 'Biased News' More Destructive Than Fake News? - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 12-23-16
Ch. 6: Ned Beatty's NETWORK speech-by Paddy Chayefsky
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NYT's False Choice for Democrats: Move to the Right or Divide by Race (FAIR)
Jessica Gonzalez on FCC Chair Ajit Pai (FAIR's CounterSpin)
Scrutiny for Supreme Court Pick Fails to Focus on Rights of Disabled (FAIR)
ACTION ALERT: WaPo's Post Live Series Is a Love Letter to Corporate Conflicts of Interest (FAIR)
Trump's Inauguration and the Legitimacy Fetish (FAIR)
Daily Kos Founder Gleefully Celebrates Coal Miners Losing Health Insurance (FAIR)
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Air Date 5/16/2023
Today, we take a look at the current state and deep context for why our immigration and asylum system broken, and why our policies have made it worse rather than better, all while stoking anti-immigrant hatred.
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Ch. 1: The law that broke US immigration - Vox - Air Date 8-9-21
Why the US has so many undocumented immigrants.
Ch. 2: Biden & The Border - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Air Date 5-1-23
Explaining the lackluster immigration policy of the Biden administration in contrast to the disaster of the Trump administration
President Joe Biden has said that changing immigration law remains an important piece of his agenda. But the path to new legislation is complex and hardly clear. One of the biggest flashpoints in this debate is questions about undocumented workers
We get an update from South Texas, where eight people were killed and at least 10 more injured Sunday in Brownsville after a driver rammed his SUV into a group of people near a shelter for migrants.
We continue to unpack the expiration of Title 42 and the impact on those entering the U.S. illegally. Bianna speaks to journalist Caitlin Dickerson, who recently won a Pulitzer Prize for her extensive reporting on immigration.
Ch. 6: A Nation of Hating Immigrants - Latino Rebels Radio - Air Date 5-11-23
Amid a wave of anti-immigrant rhetoric and violence, Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes Roberto Lopez to discuss the circumstances around the tragedy in Brownsville, Texas, and how the country has become a nation of hating immigrants.
Ch. 7: The Abuse of Migrant Workers - In The Thick - Air Date 4-26-23
Fernanda Santos leads a discussion with Fernanda Echavarri and Tina Vasquez about their explosive two-part investigation, "Head Down," which examines the abuse of migrant workers under the H-2A visa program.
Ch. 8: The case for immigration - The David McWilliams Podcast - Air Date 2-6-23
Immigrants are used to having it hard, both in life and in the public eye where they are often vilified. This lambasting though is based on nothing more than lies - the truth is that immigrants help society grow and prosper.
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Ch. 9: The law that could bring Florida's economy to a halt - Make Me Smart - Air Date 5-12-23
As the Title 42 immigration policy ends at the border, a new immigration law that aims to crack down on employers who hire undocumented workers has been signed in Florida. We get into the economic implications of Gov. Ron DeSantis' new immigration policy.
Ch. 10: Florida's New Immigration Bill Is A DISASTER! - Law Firm of Moumita Rahman - Air Date 5-12-23
I share insights into the new anti-immigration bill signed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. The recently signed Florida immigration law has raised serious concerns, primarily due to its potential implications for undocumented immigrants.
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 11: Final comments on Republicans cynically supporting and abhorring child labor exploitation
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Description: Photo of a section of the U.S. border fence in Tijuana, Mexico with people visible on the opposite side. A concrete building stands on a hill in the near distance.
Credit: "Tijuana Through the Fence" by Tony Webster, Flickr | License: CC BY 2.0 | Changes: Cropped
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Air Date 5/13/2023
Today, we take a look at the history and resurgent idea of the company town, sometimes described by other names to obscure the reality, and the problem of affordable housing they are trying to solve.
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Ch. 1: Un-American and yet, totally American Company Towns - Knowing Better - Air Date 1-23-22
There's a tendency to think about company towns as a quaint relic of the past, something that disappeared a century ago. But company towns aren't just some quirk of American history, they are American history.
The neighborhood we know today as Pullman was the first industrial planned community in the U.S., explicitly built for the Pullman Palace Car Company employees.
Ch. 3: The Coal Town System - PBS - Air Date 1-13-16
West Virginia coal operators built small, company-owned towns for their miners to live in. The coal towns were almost always unincorporated; there were no elected officials, no independent police forces.
In the almost 200 years that company towns have existed in the U.S., rarely do these planned communities live up to their creator's utopian vision. WSJ explores why Musk is looking to the company town model for his properties in Texas.
Ch. 5: Un-American and yet, totally American Company Towns 2 - Knowing Better - Air Date 1-23-22
Ch. 6: Elon Musk Wants To Build DYSTOPIAN Company Town - Breaking Points w James Li - Air Date 5-6-23
James Li breaks down the dystopian dreams of Elon Musk to build a modern-day company town.
Ch. 7: The Housing Crisis Is So Bad Disney Is Building Housing For Workers - TYT - Air Date 11-26-22
Workers are struggling with the high cost of living near Disney World, so the corporate giant will build 1,300 affordable housing units near the park.
Ch. 8: Seattle's Social Housing Initiative Camille Gix - The Majority Report - Air Date 3-14-23
Camille Gix then joins to walk through Seattle's I-135 initiative, what "Social Housing" implies, and why this model can bolster the reclamation of housing from the financial world to the public realm.
Ch. 9: Vishaan Chakrabarti: A vision of sustainable housing for all of humanity - TED - Air Date 2-20-22
Architect Vishaan Chakrabarti wants us to start thinking about how we'll house all these people -- and how new construction can fight climate change rather than make it worse
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Ch. 10: Un-American and yet, totally American Company Towns 3 - Knowing Better - Air Date 1-23-22
Ch. 11: Arizona schools build tiny homes for teachers - CNN - Air Date 5-1-23
School districts in Arizona are building their own affordable housing for teachers, hoping to recruit a bigger and better batch of educators to address the ongoing shortage.
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 12: Final comments on the right to repair and why we all live in a company town
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Credit: "Deutsch: "Schweizer Häuschen" in der Bayreuther Sozialsiedlung Burg" by Röhrensee, 1972 | License: CC BY SA-3.0 | Changes: Cropped
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Original Air Date 9/15/2017
Today we look at the history and structures of authoritarianism and explore how they relate to the Trump campaign and administration
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Show NotesAct 1: It can't happen here Part 1 - Ideas from the CBC - Air Date 1-17-17
Act 3: Opposing conservative policies and authoritarianism - Who. What. Why. - Air Date 2-11-17
Act 4: It can't happen here Part 2 - Ideas from the CBC - Air Date 1-17-17
Act 5: Historian Timothy Snyder on the prospect of tyranny in America - This is Hell - Air Date 4-29-17
Act 6: Why Arpaio's Pardon Could Trigger Constitutional Crisis - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 08-29-17
Act 7: Full Frontal Is Scared: Masha Gessen Edition - Full Frontal with Samantha Bee - Air Date 1-18-17
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