Farewell to Freakonomics Farewell to Freakonomics
On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Marshall Steinbaum on economics as a toxic discipline.
Silicon Valley Deserves Your Anger, With Ed Zitron Silicon Valley Deserves Your Anger, With Ed Zitron
On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, a discussion about the public’s discontent with big tech.
Mar 14, 2024 / Audio / Paris Marx
Plastic Recycling Is a Scam Plastic Recycling Is a Scam
On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Dharna Noor on how industry lobbies invented the recycling myth.
Mar 7, 2024 / Audio / Paris Marx
Gaza City Massacre, Darfur Aid Crisis, and Sweden Joining NATO Gaza City Massacre, Darfur Aid Crisis, and Sweden Joining NATO
On this episode of American Prestige, headlines from around the globe.
Mar 1, 2024 / American Prestige / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison
A Setback for Gig Workers’ Rights in Europe A Setback for Gig Workers’ Rights in Europe
On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Ben Wray on why the EU's Platform Work Directive isn’t moving forward.
Feb 29, 2024 / Audio / Paris Marx
How Foreverism Degrades Our Culture, With Grafton Tanner How Foreverism Degrades Our Culture, With Grafton Tanner
On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, a discussion about the dangers of companies’ co-opting nostalgia.
Feb 22, 2024 / Audio / Paris Marx
The Families That Made Fortunes Selling Opium, Plus the News from Haiti The Families That Made Fortunes Selling Opium, Plus the News from Haiti
On this episode of Start Making Sense, Amitav Ghosh explains what the “China trade” was actually doing, and Amy Wilentz reports on the continuing American disaster in the Caribbea...
Feb 14, 2024 / Audio / Jon Wiener
Victor Pickard on What’s Really Killing the News Media Victor Pickard on What’s Really Killing the News Media
On this episode of the Tech Won't Save Us podcast, a discussion on the crisis in journalism.
Feb 1, 2024 / Audio / Paris Marx
How Spotify Tried to Take Over Podcasting—With Eric Silver How Spotify Tried to Take Over Podcasting—With Eric Silver
On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, a discussion of Spotify's futile effort to dominate podcasts.
Jan 25, 2024 / Audio / Paris Marx
Only Joe Biden Can Stop The War in Gaza—Plus “Corporate Bullsh*t” Only Joe Biden Can Stop The War in Gaza—Plus “Corporate Bullsh*t”
On this episode of Start Making Sense, Amy Wilentz analyzes Israeli politics, left, right, and center; and Joan Walsh talks about the lies that defend profits.
Jan 10, 2024 / Audio / Jon Wiener