Yesterday
Matteo Gatti, "Corporate Power and the Politics of Change" (Cambridge UP, 2025)
In Corporate Power and the Politics of Change (Cambridge UP, 2025), Matteo Gatti examines how corporations have taken on roles traditionally reserved for governments - advocating on social issues, setting internal norms, and stepping in where public institutions fall short. This ... Show More
28m 13s
Jan 24
Nick Romeo, "The Alternative: How to Build a Just Economy" (PublicAffairs, 2024)
Winners Take All meets Nickel and Dimed: a provocative debunking of accepted wisdom, providing the pathway to a sustainable, survivable economy.
Confronted by the terrifying trends of the early twenty-first century - widening inequality, environmental destruction, and the immiser ... Show More
32m 3s
Jan 23
Hanna Garth, "Food Justice Undone: Lessons for Building a Better Movement" (U California Press, 2026)
Food justice activists have worked to increase access to healthy food in low-income communities of color across the United States. Yet despite their best intentions, they often perpetuate food access inequalities and racial stereotypes. In Food Justice Undone: Lessons for Buildi ... Show More
30m 41s
Jul 2025
Gregg Braden: Are We the Last Generation of Pure Humans? How To Maintain Our Unique Potential
What if everything we’ve been told about humanity’s future is a lie? Gregg Braden, bestselling author of Pure Human, scientist, and leading voice bridging science and spirituality, exposes the dark truth behind the transhumanist agenda and what he considers the urgent fight to pr ... Show More
1h 21m
Jul 2025
PART TWO: Gregg Braden: Are We the Last Generation of Pure Humans? How To Maintain Our Unique Potential
What if everything we’ve been told about humanity’s future is a lie? Gregg Braden, bestselling author of Pure Human, scientist, and leading voice bridging science and spirituality, exposes the dark truth behind the transhumanist agenda and what he considers the urgent fight to pr ... Show More
1h 6m
Apr 2025
Web3 & the Future of Genetics: AI, Blockchain & Data Ownership with Nillion : 1271
Your DNA, health data, and digital identity are encrypted, monetized, and weaponized against you. But what if there was a way to take it back… and hack the system? In this mind-expanding episode, Dave sits down with two elite hacker-founders—Michael Tiffany, CEO of Fulcra.ai, and ... Show More
1h 30m
Nov 2024
Petra Molnar, "The Walls Have Eyes: Surviving Migration in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" (New Press, 2024)
In 2022, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced it was training “robot dogs” to help secure the U.S.-Mexico border against migrants. Four-legged machines equipped with cameras and sensors would join a network of drones and automated surveillance towers—nicknamed the “ ... Show More
26m 38s
Jun 2025
Neil Lawrence on taking down the 'digital oligarchy' and why we shouldn't fear AI
When you think of Artificial Intelligence, does it inspire confidence, or concern?Although it's now generally accepted that this technology will play a major role in our future, a lot of conversations around AI and machine learning come back to the argument over us losing control ... Show More
28m 35s
Dec 2023
Vincent Ialenti, "Deep Time Reckoning: How Future Thinking Can Help Earth Now" (MIT Press, 2020)
Based on twelve years of anthropological exploration, Vincent Ialenti'sDeep Time Reckoning: How Future Thinking Can Help Earth Now (MIT Press, 2020) is an engaging guide on deep time learning to reorient our understanding of time and space. As each chapter begins with creative vi ... Show More
1h 18m
Oct 2024
When We Prioritize Data and Metrics, What Happens to Human Connections?
Today’s book is: The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World (Princeton University Press, 2024), by Dr. Allison Pugh, which explores the human connections that underlie our work, arguing that what people do for each other is valuable and worth preserving. D ... Show More
53m 5s
A short, thought-provoking book about what happens to our online identities after we die.
These days, so much of our lives takes place online—but what about our afterlives? Thanks to the digital trails that we leave behind, our identities can now be reconstructed after our death. In fact, AI technology is already enabling us to “interact” with the departed. ... Show More
