by radiocafe | Jun 7, 2017 | Science & health
Anthropologist Barbara King writes about food animals–insects, octopuses, chickens, and various mammals–not to get you to stop eating them, but to open a discussion about about the lives of animals and cruelty in the industrial food system.
Learn More…
by radiocafe | May 31, 2017 | Science & health
Cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsky makes the case that the language–or languages–we speak deeply affect who we are and how we engage with the world.
Learn More…
by radiocafe | May 24, 2017 | Science & health
… of science, of understanding, of language, of mathematics… a philosophical conversation about science with David Krakauer, President of the Santa Fe Institute.
Learn More…
by radiocafe | May 21, 2017 | Activism, Environment
Terry Tempest Williams and Brooke Williams talk about staying sane in wild lands, buying gas leases to protect land, and resistance through writing.
Learn More…
by radiocafe | May 20, 2017 | Activism, Books, Race/class/gender
… is the name of Jordan Flaherty‘s book about the Savior Mentality, and the problems that self-styled savior activists pose to getting the real work done … and what better alternatives look like.
Learn More…
by radiocafe | May 20, 2017 | Activism, Politics
…seems possible, at least when you’re talking to Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies. She asks reasonable questions like, What would it take to transition to a less militaristic, diplomacy-based foreign policy?
Learn More…
by radiocafe | May 17, 2017 | Science & health
Science writer Julie Rehmeyer found out she had chronic fatigue syndrome, and went on a journey to find a cure that took her from doctors to Death Valley.
Learn More…
by radiocafe | May 10, 2017 | Science & health
Cancer researcher Ludmil Alexandrov talks about the CSI of cancer–how to find out, on a cellular level, what are the external factors that cause cancer, and what that means for prevention.
Learn More…
by radiocafe | May 7, 2017 | Activism, Race/class/gender
Author and attorney David Bedrick on how seemingly personal problems are often rooted in social injustice, and how a psychological perspective can make for more powerful activism.
Learn More…
by radiocafe | May 3, 2017 | Books, Science & health
Climate scientist and mountaineer John All talks about the risks and rewards trekking to the highest peaks of the Himalayas, the jungles of Central America, and the wilds of southern Africa to collect scientific data.
Learn More…