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RadioWHO Episodes
Episodios
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If We Can’t Stop Climate Change, We Must Get Better at Climate Preparedness.
05/11/2021 Duración: 27minClimate disasters will continue. As long as they do, we will need to focus on getting a lot better at recovering from those disasters. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/if-we-cant-stop-climate-change-we-must-get-better-at-climate-preparedness
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Who Will Win the Battle for the Nation’s Soul?
29/10/2021 Duración: 33minThe Rev. Jim Wallis offers a faith-based perspective on the fight for social justice — explaining how religion, rescued from the deadly grip of the Christian right, can help counter the hatred and fear generated by social media. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/who-will-win-the-battle-for-the-nations-soul
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China: Competitor or Enemy?
22/10/2021 Duración: 28minChina seeks to become the world’s leading superpower in the 21st century. How should the US respond? Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/china-competitor-or-enemy/
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The Post-Pandemic Normal Will Never Be the Way It Was
15/10/2021 Duración: 33minA look at how the world economy and individual lives were changed forever by the pandemic, and where that leaves us now. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/the-post-pandemic-normal-will-never-be-the-way-it-was
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What the Hell Happened to Police and Criminal Justice Reform?
08/10/2021 Duración: 25minThe dean of UC Berkeley’s Law School looks at how the courts have prioritized criminal control over civil rights for suspects and defendants. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/what-the-hell-happened-to-police-and-criminal-justice-reform
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Peter Thiel Is the New Koch
01/10/2021 Duración: 25minThe Koch family is aging out. Peter Thiel has picked up the mantle as the new Midas of the extreme right. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/peter-thiel-is-the-new-koch/
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Are Psychedelics the Cutting Edge Treatment for Mental Illness?
24/09/2021 Duración: 54minRick Doblin, a pioneering researcher on psychedelics, details how these once-criminalized drugs may afford whole new possibilities in the treatment of mental illness. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/are-psychedelics-the-cutting-edge-treatment-for-mental-illness
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Iran, Russia, China, and the Taliban
17/09/2021 Duración: 34minMiddle East scholar and author Shay Khatiri breaks down the realpolitik of the emerging relationships between the Taliban, Iran, Russia, and China. Spoiler alert: The US plays no role. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/iran-russia-china-and-the-taliban
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The Direct Line From 9/11 to January 6th
10/09/2021 Duración: 23minAward-winning journalist Spencer Ackerman examines how 9/11 opened the door to America’s worst historical impulses and led directly to Donald Trump and January 6th. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/the-direct-line-from-9-11-to-january-6th
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Labor Day and the Changing Nature of Work
03/09/2021 Duración: 24minThis Labor Day marks a fundamental shift in the nature of work. What’s the future for employers and employees? Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/labor-day-and-the-changing-nature-of-work
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Stop the World… So America Can Get On
27/08/2021 Duración: 32minAndrew Bacevich, a retired Army officer, professor, and author, argues that American foreign and military policy must adapt to a radically changed and morally pragmatic world. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/stop-the-world-so-america-can-get-on Image Caption: The fall of Saigon, April 30, 1975 (inset). Americans and Afghan refugees leaving aboard a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA), Afghanistan, August 24, 2021. Photo credit: Adapted by WhoWhatWhy from Secretary of Defense PDF and © U.S. Air Force/ZUMA Press Wire Service/ZUMAPRESS.com
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America Is No Longer a Serious Nation
20/08/2021 Duración: 36minA conversation with author, journalist, and professor Tom Nichols, who believes that the US has become a nation of adolescents and toddlers. Photo credit: Rosa Pineda / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Eran Kampf / Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/america-is-no-longer-a-serious-nation
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The News About the News
13/08/2021 Duración: 28minHarvard law professor Martha Minow on the state of the news business today, and why she thinks the government should play more of a role. Street Corner News. Photo credit: Silecyra / Flickr (CC BY 2.0), https://www.flickr.com/photos/72999797@N03/6822063821
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A Grassroots Victory Against Corporate Greed
06/08/2021 Duración: 30minThe story of the water defenders — a community in El Salvador that took on an international mining corporation and, against impossible odds, won a historic victory. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/a-grassroots-victory-against-corporate-greed
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Criminalizing Mental Illness
30/07/2021 Duración: 27minWhy America’s punitive and often violent response to those with mental illness makes our communities less safe and more inhumane. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/crime-punishment-and-homelessness-the-common-thread
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The Second American Revolution — Will It Ever Be Won?
23/07/2021 Duración: 40minA deep look at why cultural and political battles of the 1960s are far from over, and how the leaders gave us the world we live in today. Read More: www.whowhatwhy.org
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Haiti: Can a Vibrant Culture Save a Failed State?
16/07/2021 Duración: 30minThe investigation of the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse won’t find the real people behind the assassination, according to longtime Haiti scholar Amy Wilentz, who offers insightful analysis of Haiti’s past, present, and future. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/?p=62712&preview=true&preview_id=62712
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George Packer Explains It All
09/07/2021 Duración: 28minThe real story of the divisions of 2020 and whether we can ever be made whole again. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/george-packer-explains-it-all/
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From Juneteenth to July 4th: The Ongoing Quest for Freedom
02/07/2021 Duración: 27minThe emotional importance of Juneteenth, as told by a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning historian and Texas native Annette Gordon-Reed. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/?p=62498&preview=true&preview_id=62498
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A Constitution of Knowledge
25/06/2021 Duración: 30minA conversation with Jonathan Rauch about the forces and ideas that once held the country together — and are now unraveling. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/?p=61546&preview=true&preview_id=61546