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We’re on the verge of '70s-like revolution – Saxo Bank chief investment officer
As 2021 draws to a close, futurists, political scientists, and economists are all competing in wild guesses about what the next year has in store for us. We talked to Steen Jakobsen, chief investment officer at Saxo Bank....
Dec 17, 2021 06:19
On Contact: The Black Agenda
On the show, Chris Hedges discusses the journalist Glen Ford and the radical black press with Ajamu Baraka, national organizer and spokesperson with the Black Alliance for Peace. Glen Ford, who died in the summer of 2021, was one of the...
Dec 10, 2021 06:50
On Contact: Emergence of the global police state
On the show this week, Chris Hedges discusses the emergence of the global police state with Professor William I. Robinson. Robinson’s new book, The Global Police State, uses shocking data to reveal how far capitalism has become a system of...
Apr 4, 2021 06:36
On Contact: State of American Empire
On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to Professor Noam Chomsky, the pioneering linguist and prolific author of numerous seminal political works, about the state of the American Empire. Professor Chomsky is the author of over 100 books,...
Jan 24, 2021 06:59
God does play dice – physicist
What is life? Despite the best efforts of scientists, this fundamental question is still a conundrum. Professor Paul Davies, physicist, astrobiologist, cosmologist and best-selling author has his own formula for tracing the answer....
Dec 18, 2020 07:09
Humor a great way to speak truth to power – ‘humor engineer’
Humor can be a lifeboat in dark times when it seems we have nothing to laugh about at all. But how is today’s reality transforming what we find funny? We talked about this with Andrew Tarvin, humor engineer and bestselling author....
Dec 4, 2020 07:10
Babies learn to speak in the womb — linguist
Language is what makes us humans unique. So, what's behind one of our species’ most incredible talents? And how is it changing with technology? We ask Robert Berwick, professor of computational linguistics, computer science and engineering at...
Nov 13, 2020 06:59
People in a coma still have thoughts and feelings – leading neurologist
Until recently, the concept of consciousness lay at the confluence of philosophy and religion, but Dr. Steven Laureys is one of the world’s leading researchers in the neurology of consciousness and offers a fascinating clinical view....
Oct 23, 2020 06:55
Bill T. Jones: A true artist can be wild and dangerous
In a divided world, a unifying force is desperately needed. Is art powerful enough to play this role? We talked about this with star choreographer, National Medal of Arts and MacArthur Genius awards recipient Bill T. Jones....
Sep 11, 2020 06:36
On Contact: Public monuments & racism with Professor James W Loewen
On the show this week, Chris Hedges, in his second interview with Professor James W Loewen, discusses public monuments and statues, who puts them up and why, and what may replace them. Prof Loewen is the author of ‘Lies Across America: What...
Aug 30, 2020 11:30