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Episode 18 Promo – Worse Than Ebola
The U.S. media has been in a frenzy about the risk of Ebola, even though health professionals say there’s virtually no risk to most Americans (and in the U.S., you are more likely to be killed by a gun than Ebola). Meanwhile, U.S. research labs can create even deadlier strains of Ebola, influenza, and other…
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It’s our Halloween show, and who better to talk to than the most fun mortician on the planet, Caitlin Doughty. We talk to Caitlin about death planning, “secondary flaccidity,” the nest death movie ever, and her new book, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and Other Lessons from the Crematory. Check our other recent podcasts, on…
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What do animated political cartoons, mass non-violent direct actions, and a global search for humor have in common? Is that the start of a joke? No, it’s today’s episode on creativity in activism! We talk to Peter McGraw, author of The Humor Code; Pulitzer Prize winning animator Mark Fiore and Paul Paz y Miño of…
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Creativity is a given when we think about fields like music, art, theater…but what about activism? In this show, we talk to two leading activists on how their creative sensibilities help inform their work. We also hear from a researcher who straps jazz musicians and freestyle rappers into an MRI machine and studies their brains…
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Most of us think of lead paint as an unintentionally hazardous product of the paint industry’s practices. But in fact, lead in paint was a product of the lead industry’s century-long campaign to maintain sales of their product, a metal that they knew posed serious health threats to children and families. On this episode we…
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“Scientific racism” rears its head again! This time around, long-time New York Times science writer Nicholas Wade claims that his noxious ideas are merely the truths laid out in our genes. In this episode, Professor Agustin Fuentes explains why Wade has it all wrong, and comedian Baratunde Thurston says instead of reading Wade you should…
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In his new book, science writer Nicholas Wade says that new genetic research proves that human races exist, and can explain human behavior and social development. In this podcast, Professor Agustin Fuentes explains how Wade gets the science wrong. We also talk to Baratunde Thurston — the comedian, entrepreneur and author of “How to Be…
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The fracking boom is promising a rich trove of fossil fuels to bolster our energy independence and take us to a cleaner energy future. But health experts say fracking is damaging communities, and scientists say the fossil fuels from fracking will doom the planet. Hear why fracking can’t work, and how we can protect our…
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It’s the WTF podcast – what the frack! With scientist and fracking critic Anthony Ingraffea, renewable energy expert Mark Jacobson, and Goldman Environmental Prize winning grassroots activist Helen Slottje. Also, CEH Energy and Health expert Ansje Miller tells us how CEH is exposing the health risks from fracking. Listen to a promo now! The…
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In this episode, we hear from the country’s leading expert on food politics Marion Nestle, on the food industry’s influence, genetically engineered and cloned food, and much more. Then food author, educator and advocate Anna Lappé tells us why GMOs won’t feed the world, and how organic farming can alleviate the climate crisis. And Rebecca…
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