Episodes
Sunday Jun 28, 2015
Pope Questions Capitalism - 06.28.15
Sunday Jun 28, 2015
Sunday Jun 28, 2015
Our updates start with victory of alumna, faculty and students over autocratic board of Sweet Briar College in Virginia, then discuss the uniquely awful US record on paid leave for workers and an interesting move by cities (Santa Cruz, CA as example) to disconnect from corrupt big banks. We have fun with why US govt leaving Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York and we celebrate rising UK movement against austerity. Second half of show interviews veteran reporter Bob Hennelly on the Pope's statement about ecology, environment, and a failing economic system.
Sunday Jun 21, 2015
Fighting Economic Injustice - 06.21.15
Sunday Jun 21, 2015
Sunday Jun 21, 2015
We open with Goldman Sachs injustice and move on to the 'independent contractor' ploy just busted at FedEx and Uber and then Wisconsin governor's attack on public university to lower taxes on corps and rich. We interview Prof Kristin Ross on (her new book) on the significance of the Paris Commune where workers fough injustice by reorganizing society dramatically and effectively.
Sunday Jun 14, 2015
Higher Education in Crisis - 06.14.15
Sunday Jun 14, 2015
Sunday Jun 14, 2015
Updates analyze unemployment numbers to show what they hide as well as reveal. Responses to listeners' questions expose the economics of lotteries and why the largest US corporations have recently used their profits to buy back their shares in the stock markets. An in-depth interview of Prof. Sohnya Sayres explores the end of free college and universities in the US, the rise of administrators dominating students and faculty, and what these trends have meant for the quality of higher education in the US.
Sunday Jun 07, 2015
Economic Update - Change: Sawant in Seattle - 06.07.15
Sunday Jun 07, 2015
Sunday Jun 07, 2015
Updates offer latest on Greece's struggles with Europe, a critique of Buffett on rich vs poor and a hard look at $400 million gift to Harvard from billionaire Paulson. Responses to listeners on new Mayor of Barcelona and TPP. A detailed interview with socialist Kshama Sawant and her seat on Seattle's city council.
Sunday May 31, 2015
The New Deal Lives - 05.31.15
Sunday May 31, 2015
Sunday May 31, 2015
We begin with Larry Summers and other signs of a broken economic system. Then the economics of Nebraska ending it's death penalty and vast sports corruption (FIFA). Responses to listeners on reorganizing universities and household class structures. Major interview with two guests, Professor Richard Walker and Dr. Gray Brechin, on rediscovering the New Deal.