BARBARA EHRENREICH, journalist, activist, and author of more than 20 books, died September 1st at 81. In her bestseller NICKEL AND DIMED, she explored the lives of low wage workers. Here’s my 2005 conversation with Barbara, in which we talk about her followup BAIT AND SWITCH, in which she examined the lives of white-collar unemployed. Learn more at barbaraehrenreich.com. In the second half you’ll hear my 2009 conversation with one of Latin America’s most beloved literary figures, EDUARDO GALEANO, who passed away in 2015. His many books include THE OPEN VEINS OF LATIN AMERICA and MIRRORS: STORIES OF ALMOST EVERYONE.
Episode 551: ELIE MYSTAL, ALLOW ME TO RETORT: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution
Episode 550: Can the press or international law influence Putin? MARIA ARMOUDIAN, REPORTING FROM THE DANGER ZONE; LAWYERS BEYOND BORDERS
Episode 549: Will Putin use nukes? JOE CIRINCIONE, author, BOMB SCARE and NUCLEAR NIGHTMARES
Episode 548: DAVE PELL writes the excellent daily newsletter, NEXT DRAFT, and now a pandemic book, PLEASE SCREAM INSIDE YOUR HEART
Episode 547: LARRY KOPALD, The Carbon Underground - We can reverse climate change and restore the soil with regenerative agriculture.
Episode 546: Are stories dangerous? JONATHAN GOTTSCHALL, THE STORY PARADOX: How Our Love of Storytelling Builds Societies and Tears Them Down
Episode 545: TIM JACKSON, Imagining a just sustainable future-POST GROWTH: Life After Capitalism
Episode 544: Doing God’s work-GREGORY BOYLE-Homeboy Industries-TATOOS ON THE HEART
Episode 543: Biden Year One in the Bigger Picture-ROBERT JOHNSON-Institute for New Economic Thinking
Episode 542: Triumphs & Tragedies of the 60’s Revolution - DAVID & MARGARET TALBOT - BY THE LIGHT OF BURNING DREAMS
Episode 541: RICK HANSON - HARDWIRING HAPPINESS - How to take advantage of the latest brain science
Episode 540: Happy New Year!-CHARLES DUHIGG, THE POWER OF HABIT (2012)
Episode 539: WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO THE 1960’s? Capitalism + Media vs Democracy - EDWARD MORGAN
Episode 538: Who was Jesus? REZA ASLAN, ZEALOT: The Life & Times of Jesus of Nazareth
Episode 537: Happy Holidays-SONJA LYUBOMIRSKY-THE MYTHS OF HAPPINESS
Episode 536: The Struggling Class-CELINE-MARIE PASCALE-Millions Who Live Paycheck to Paycheck
Episode 535: LINDA GREENHOUSE - JUSTICE ON THE BRINK - 12 months that transformed the Supreme Court.
Episode 534: NAOMI KLEIN: NO IS NOT ENOUGH: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need (2017).
Episode 533: GUSTAVE SPETH-THEY KNEW: The US Governments 50-Year Role in Causing the Climate Crisis
Episode 532: PAUL HAWKEN-REGENERATION: Ending The Climate Crisis In One Generation…by placing life at the center of all we do
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