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In-Depth Interview: Author Les Leopold Says, “Get Out of Your Silos, Build a Movement” to Fight Inequality

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Les Leopold, author and co-founder of the Labor Institute, talks about his new book, Runaway Inequality: An Activist’s Guide to Economic Justice. Continue reading In-Depth Interview: Author Les Leopold Says, “Get Out of Your Silos, Build a Movement” to Fight Inequality

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In-Depth Interview: Prof. Ken Geiser Envisions Transition to Green Chemicals

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Ken Geiser is Professor Emeritus of Work Environment at U-Mass Lowell, former director of Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute, and author of Chemicals Without Harm: Policies for a Sustainable World. Continue reading In-Depth Interview: Prof. Ken Geiser Envisions Transition to Green Chemicals

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In-Depth Interview: A Discussion of Race in America, 2015 with David Theo Goldberg and Linda Martin Alcoff

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2015 was another difficult year for race relations in the US, and this discussion looks at some of the key developments of the past year.  David Theo Goldberg and Linda Martin Alcoff both published fascinating books about race recently, and join PBC for a wide-ranging conversation. Continue reading In-Depth Interview: A Discussion of Race in America, 2015 with David Theo Goldberg and Linda Martin Alcoff

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In-Depth Interview: Author Steven Hill and Reporter Carolyn Said Reveal the Info Airbnb Doesn’t Want You to Know

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In the second of our 2-part series, author Steven Hill is joined by SF Chronicle reporter Carolyn Said, and they share info on short-term rentals that Airbnb tries to keep secret. Continue reading In-Depth Interview: Author Steven Hill and Reporter Carolyn Said Reveal the Info Airbnb Doesn’t Want You to Know

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In-Depth Interview: Author Steven Hill Exposes the Dark Side of Uber

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Uber says its ride-sharing app allows its drivers to be their own bosses; writer Steven Hill says Uber is disrupting the much-loathed taxi industry by shifting costs to its drivers and flouting regulations.  Part one of two-part series. Continue reading In-Depth Interview: Author Steven Hill Exposes the Dark Side of Uber

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In-Depth Interview: Braun vs. Brown–David Shows Tough Love to Jerry on Fracking

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Anti-fracking activist David Braun challenges climate change moralist Gov. Jerry Brown to end fracking in California… Continue reading In-Depth Interview: Braun vs. Brown–David Shows Tough Love to Jerry on Fracking

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In-Depth Interview: Col. Andrew Bacevich Asks: If Islamic State is Defeated, What Next?

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Retired Army colonel and Boston U. professor Andrew J. Bacevich returns to our podcast, offering a combat veteran’s critical views of the war in Syria and Iraq. Continue reading In-Depth Interview: Col. Andrew Bacevich Asks: If Islamic State is Defeated, What Next?

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In-Depth Interview: NY Times Reporter Scott Shane on Drones, Targeted Killings, and the Execution of Awlaki

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Scott Shane’s important new book, Objective Troy, profiles the American imam, Anwar al-Awlaki, details the case against him, and examines the constitutional issues of executing a citizen based on secret evidence and no legal process. Continue reading In-Depth Interview: NY Times Reporter Scott Shane on Drones, Targeted Killings, and the Execution of Awlaki

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In-Depth Interview: State Dept. Veteran Peter van Buren on Paris Attacks and Responses

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Peter van Buren spent 20+ years at the State Department, and became a whistleblower after his book exposed hijinks in Iraq reconstruction.  Today, he blows the whistle on emotional overreaction to the Friday the 13th attacks in Paris. Continue reading In-Depth Interview: State Dept. Veteran Peter van Buren on Paris Attacks and Responses