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S7 E3: Ships, Swords, and Fences

  • July 3, 2024

From the voyages of Columbus and Vasco da Gama to colonial conquest and the Atlantic Slave Trade, to the privatization of land in western Europe: humanity’s turn toward the capitalist world we live in now. By…

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S7 E1: Market Failure

  • June 26, 2024
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Introduction to our 7th season: Capitalism. The world’s dominant economic system is on trial as it hasn’t been for at least half a century. Millions, young people especially, now see capitalism as the problem, not the…

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S7 E2: BC: Before Capitalism

  • June 26, 2024
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To fully grasp capitalism, it helps to understand the system it replaced – and the most meaningful differences between feudalism and capitalism. We visit the British Isles of the Middle Ages.   By John Biewen, with co-host…

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Season 7 Trailer: Capitalism

  • June 12, 2024
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Welcome to Season 7: Capitalism. The world’s dominant economic system is on trial as it hasn’t been for at least half a century. This season tells the story of capitalism — how people with power…

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2x Peabody-nominated podcast hosted by John Biewen @KenanEthics. Season 7: "Capitalism,” on the history of our current economic system and if we can do better.

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NEW: the Trump admin has moved to terminate TPS for Honduras and Nicaragua, covering over 50,000 people

Both of these designations date back to 1999, meaning Trump wants to strip legal status from people who have had a background check every 18 months for the last 26 years.

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Responsibility for climate breakdown (left) and vulnerability to climate breakdown (right).

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tripgabriel Trip Gabriel @tripgabriel ·
3 Jul

"The Chinese simply can’t believe their luck...

OBBB 'virtually guarantees that China will own the future of solar, wind power and electric cars and trucks, as well as autonomous vehicles'

'And why? Because Rs view those as “liberal” energy sources'

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heerjeet Jeet Heer @heerjeet ·
2 Jul

To be clear, 65 million is the number of Latinos in America, many of whom are citizens. This is beyond standard MAGA xenophobia, it is is a call for ethnic extermination.

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3 Jul

These allegations are horrific. If this was an American prison it would violate the 8th Amendment. This is absolutely cruel and unusual punishment. Nobody should try to rationalize or justify this kind of treatment.

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