The internet is dominated by five companies: Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft. And it’s not just online—these giant tech companies are behind a lot of the smart devices collecting information about us every day, from Amazon Echo to robot vacuums to even “smart” toothbrushes that many consumers are bringing into their homes. Today on […]
Living in a Plastic World
Plastic is all around us: our electronics, our furniture, our clothes, our shoes—and even our food. It’s hard to imagine a world without plastic. So what do we do with all of it? On today’s show, we take a closer look at plastic through the lens of culture, health, and the environment with scholar and […]
Women in Agriculture with the Soil Sisters
Today’s episode is a celebration of women in farming! Patty sits down with Bethany Storm, April Prusia, and Betty Anderson of Soil Sisters, a Wisconsin-based collective of women farmers focused on sustainable agriculture. They talk about their upcoming three-day event and answer listener calls about private and mobile butchering services, apprentice programs at local colleges, […]
Women’s Voices in the Public Sphere
Research has shown time and again that women’s voices are judged more harshly than men’s. For example, on the campaign trail, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was criticized for having an off-putting “shrill” voice. Younger women are often mocked or taken less seriously for their use of “vocal fry,” which became headline news in 2015 and […]
Ways of Hearing, with Damon Krukowski
In 1972, John Berger interrogated visual culture with his book and television show Ways of Seeing. On today’s show, musician, author, and podcast host Damon Krukowski explores the parallel question of how digital technology has changed our ways of hearing and altered our sense of time, space, intimacy and exchange. Damon Krukowski is a musician […]
Climate Catastrophe and the Future
“Can we imagine a different way of being on the earth? Can we imagine our way into a world where we can say, and live by, the words Enough. We have enough? Can we imagine our way into a world where we change our ideas and behaviors so that the earth can live?” These are […]
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