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Water Security, and Why Israelis and Gazans Must Work Together
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Stories about sharing resources before and after war

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  • Added: Apr 25, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
A Silver Tsunami: Challenges and Opportunities of Global Aging
From: Mateo Schimpf
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As if signing up for Medicare wasn't hard enough

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  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Techtonic Season 1 Episode 7: Meredith Broussard, Author of "More than a Glitch"
From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst
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The biases embedded in technology are more than mere glitches, argues Meredith Broussard in her new book, "More than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Ge...

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  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Techtonic Season 1 Episode 5: Carissa Véliz, Author of "Privacy is Power" and Jon Fasman, Author of "We See It All"
From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst
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"Tech companies have abused their power and it is time to resist them." Oxford professor Carissa Véliz describes why privacy is so important, and h...

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  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Techtonic Season 1 Episode 3: Kelly Weill, Author of "Off the Edge"
From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst
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The Flat Earth conspiracy got a huge boost from Facebook and YouTube, as Kelly Weill explains in her book "Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy ...

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  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Techtonic Season 1 Episode 1: Carolyn Chen, Author of "Work Pray Code"
From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst
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Many tech employees in Silicon Valley are pressured into joining a new religion, worshiping work and taking spiritual direction from their companie...

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  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Techtonic Season 1 Episode 6: Cory Doctorow, Author of "Chokepoint Capitalism"
From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst
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Amazon took over books, Spotify and Google took over music, and musicians and authors are struggling as a result. Cory Doctorow talks about what we...

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  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Techtonic Season 1 Episode 4: Douglas Rushkoff, Author of "Survival of the Richest"
From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst
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A few years ago, Douglas Rushkoff was invited to speak to a group of billionaires. Rather than asking about current tech trends, the billionaires w...

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  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Techtonic Season 1 Episode 2: Alec MacGillis, Author of "Fulfillment"
From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst
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Alec MacGillis discusses his book "Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America" – about how Amazon has had drastic effects on the economy,...

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  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
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Techtonic Season 1 Episode 8: Nita Farahany, Author of "The Battle for Your Brain"
From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst
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The tech industry is launching new brain-surveillance devices intended to monitor your mental state and, yes, even read your thoughts. Nita Farahan...

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  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Techtonic Season 1 Episode 9: Internet Addiction and the ITAA: Internet and Technology Addicts Anonymous
From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst
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Internet addiction is a growing problem, thanks to the intentional design of Silicon Valley platforms to "hook" users. The ITAA can help: Internet ...

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  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The American-Made Cuban Crisis
From: Mateo Schimpf
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From Crisis to Normalization – and Back Again

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  • Added: Mar 21, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
What’s Wrong, America? A 2024 Election Special
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Turns out Americans don't feel great about the direction of our country. But what exactly are they upset about, and are things as bad as they think?

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  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Click, Rage, Retweet: How American Enragement Drives Politics
From: Mateo Schimpf
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How the digital world tears us apart...and the lives of the people responsible for moderating it.

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  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Day After Tomorrow in Palestine-Israel: A Tale of Two Peace Activists
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Is there room for optimism?

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  • Added: Jan 03, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Sound the Alarm: An Unthinkable Return of Nuclear Warfare?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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The problem with casual talk

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  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Covert War on LGBT+ Rights
From: Mateo Schimpf
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From Berkeley to Uganda

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  • Added: Nov 16, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Rethinking Riches: The Global Push for Wealth Equality
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Why we need a global shift in the wealth paradigm

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  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Ghosts of Nagorno-Karabakh
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In Putin's shadow

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  • Added: Oct 12, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Climate Crisis is Here… and It’s Coming For Your Kids
From: Mateo Schimpf
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So how do you talk to them?

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  • Added: Jul 20, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Global Players Behind Poverty and Peace
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Can a single gathering of world leaders really pull billions of people out of poverty?

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  • Added: Jul 06, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Patriarchy Trap
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Can a crisis of masculinity explain why men are falling behind?

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  • Added: May 18, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
War Games: The High Stakes of North Korea’s Nuclear Armament
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Does anyone win in nuclear war?

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  • Added: Apr 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
How Long Can Ukraine Hold On?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we look at the remarkable resilience of Ukraine, and the complex geopolitical stakes for Russia, the US, and China as Putin’s war drags on.

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  • Added: Mar 09, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Women, Life, and Freedom for Iran, with Reza Aslan and Golnaz Esfandiari
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Two stories about Iranians' struggle for freedom...100 years apart.

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  • Added: Dec 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5