Are Google and Facebook harming the arts and democracy? 🔊
Are Google and Facebook increasing economic inequality? Harming the arts? Damaging democracy? Jonathan Taplin says yes. Maria Armoudian sits down with Taplin to discuss the impact of these internet giants. Jonathan Taplin was the founding director of the USC Annenberg...
What does it mean to have an equitable and sustainable food system? 🔊
Saru Jayaraman and Raj Patel have studied the food system and what it means to have an equitable and sustainable system. What are the problems in the system, and what are the solutions? Maria Armoudian discusses the food system with them. Saru Jayaraman is the...
How do you design peace in a post-conflict world? 🔊
How do you make peace after fatal conflicts and loss of lands? What is the role of identity in conflict and in peacemaking? Maria Armoudian discusses peacemaking with Neophytos Loizides and Madura Rasaratnam. Neophytos Loizides is a Professor and Chair in...
Why is it so hard to prosecute money laundering? 🔊
Why is it so hard to track and prosecute money laundering? How does it finance terrorism? Maria Armoudian discusses the many faces to money laundering with Moyara Ruehsen and Richard Gordan. Moyara Ruehsen is an Associate Professor at Middlebury Institute of...
What is terrorism? 🔊
In 2001 there were over 40 groups operating in 28 countries who were challenging state authority and often using targeted violence to make political change. The terrorism label has been affixed to these groups, but what exactly is terrorism, and where does it fall on...
What are the politics of Muslim Americans? 🔊
What are the politics of Muslim Americans, and how might they be changing under the current political environment of Trump and a crackdown on immigration from Muslim countries to the United States? Emily Cury Tohma and Aubrey Westfall talk to Maria Armoudian about...
Are antibiotics to blame for some modern diseases? 🔊
Sanitation and antibiotics have saved the lives of many, but are they also the culprits behind some modern diseases? Martin Blaser argues that we might have gone overboard in killing our microbes, and that may be causing some of today’s epidemics. Blaser discusses the...
What is the dictators’ handbook? 🔊
Is there a universal formula for getting and keeping power? Alastair Smith says there is, and it often involves what he calls ‘bad behaviour’. Maria Armoudian talks to Smith about what dictators, CEOs, and political leaders have in common and explores some...
What is greenwashing culture? 🔊
What is ‘greenwashing’? In his new book, Toby Miller argues that culture has become an enabler of environmental criminals to win over local, national, and international communities. Miller examines the complicity of culture in our environmental crisis with...Subscribe by Email
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