Whowhatwhy's Podcasts

A surprising conversation about Iran with prominent Middle East scholar Stephen Zunes. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/01/17/to-the-brink-of-war-with-no-upside/

A DOJ investigation into the Ferguson, MO, police department revealed how municipal fines and fees trap low-income people in a cycle of poverty and punishment. It’s happening across the US — but now San Francisco is leading major reforms.

Dylan Howard, a high-profile tabloid journalist with a record of big scoops, puts forth never-before-told aspects of the life and death of Jeffrey Epstein.

Artificial intelligence is all the rage nowadays, but it actually has been with us for decades. A leading expert wonders if this is the year when it will change the world. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/01/03/is-2020-the-year-that-ai-finally-exerts-its-promised-power/

Want a visa to the US? Then you have to be prepared to disclose your social media activity -- even though there is no evidence that type of screening can identify threats.

A look at how charts and graphs are creating a new visual language and changing the way we interpret data.

A look at merging science and the knowledge of indigenous peoples to deal with today’s environmental crises.

As millions of Americans are bargaining hunting for the latest fashion on Black Friday, we take a look at the social and environmental damage that our clothes are doing to the planet. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2019/11/29/clothing-is-the-new-plastic/

Former Navy officer, intelligence analyst, and author Malcolm Nance talks about the Trump/Putin master plan. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2019/11/22/from-useful-idiot-to-working-asset/

How the trade war, corporate tax cuts, and fossil fuel subsidies have hurt many small businesses.

Renowned author, professor, and psychiatrist Robert J. Lifton exposes the similarities between today’s ideological polarization, Chinese communist thought reform, and cults.

 A look at a form of protest that has, up until now, kept democracy and business sustainable.

A contrarian view of how to deal with our environmental crisis.

A new documentary depicts a global plastics crisis that is only getting worse.

A conversation with longtime Middle East correspondent Charles Glass.

Cartoonist Ted Rall talks about the state of journalism, the death of irony, and the effort to save the once-powerful political cartoon.

A distinguished MIT economist looks at how today’s events line up with how liberty dies.

In a bastion of America’s progressivism, authorities are secretly spying on the public.

CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou weighs in on the Ukraine scandal.

The GOP has waged a losing battle against social modernity for decades. Next year Republicans will start paying for it, renowned pollster Stanley Greenberg predicts.