In the wake of last week’s events at the U.S. Capitol, major social media platforms including Twitter and Facebook have suspended Donald Trump’s accounts, while alternative social media sites like Parler have been removed by hosting services. Today on the show, we hear about the involvement of police and military in the events of January […]
Indigenous Cuisine and Native Food Sovereignty
For today’s show, Patty spends the hour talking about Native foodways and the work of Wild Bearies in educating and building community through Indigenous cuisine with founder and executive chef Elena Terry of the Ho-Chunk Nation. From Indigenous seed distribution and decolonizing food to her own experiences butchering the hunt and foraging milkweed as a […]
Amazon is Way Too Big
Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos made a staggering $74 billion in 2020, despite the U.S. entering its worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. And the combination of COVID restrictions and holiday shopping season has wreaked havoc on small businesses as shoppers turn to Amazon Prime for socially distanced gift-giving. Amazon just keeps getting bigger and […]
Responding to Biden’s Cabinet Picks
Joe Biden has been involved in DC politics since 1972, when he was elected to the Senate. Now as president-elect, all eyes are on Biden as he assembles the key players in his administration—and it’s looking an awful lot like Obama-era, business-as-usual politics, much to the disappointment of more progressive voters. Today, we’re joined by […]
The Looming Collapse of American Farming
Back in April, we hosted food and agriculture writer Tom Philpott to talk about the impact of COVID-19 on our food supply. Today, he returns to the show to discuss his new book, Perilous Bounty, and the effects of climate change and farming practices on two major growing regions in the U.S.: California and the […]
Project Drawdown’s Mission of a Net-Zero Emissions Future
It’s one of the major questions of this generation: how can we solve the problem of global warming? For today’s show, we focus on the collaborative solutions offered by Project Drawdown, a climate initiative focused on reaching “Drawdown”—the point in the future when we’ll finally see greenhouse gas levels start to decline. We’re joined by […]
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