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‘Western media coverage kills Palestinians. They are complicit in Israel’s genocide in Gaza’ – Ahmed Alnaouq
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Ahmed Alnaouq, co-founder of We Are Not Numbers. He discusses how Israel killed 21 members of his direct family as part of its genocidal war on Gaza along with countless extended family members, the...
Jul 27, 2024 05:21
#HAPPY: The dictatorship of happiness on social media
We spend hours on Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, seduced by their promise of being able to share our lives and thoughts with the whole world. In this virtual world, everyone is happy. Everyone has perfect bodies and leads fulfilled lives in...
Mar 19, 2023 16:32
On Contact: Outlier – Jimmy Carter
On the show, Chris Hedges discusses the legacy of the Carter administration with his biographer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Kai Bird. Jimmy Carter, America’s 39th president, who served one term from 1977 to 1981 before being defeated by...
Jan 16, 2022 06:22
Music is choreography of our expectations – cognitive scientist
An art, a science, a means of spiritual expression – music is all these things. So how do mere vibrations of the air become such a powerful medium for us? We talked about the neuroscience of music with Elizabeth Margulis, head of the Music...
Dec 24, 2021 09:00
On Contact: The persecution of Julian Assange
On the show, Chris Hedges discusses ‘The Trial of Julian Assange,’ a new book by Nils Melzer, UN special rapporteur on torture. In July 2010, WikiLeaks published ‘Cablegate,’ one of the biggest leaks in the history of the US...
Dec 19, 2021 06:04
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: Sacrificing American writers
On the show, Chris Hedges discusses the literary scene today and its parallels to the Great Depression, with author Jason Boog. This is not a good time in America to be a writer. The printing and traditional publishing sector has shed over 134,000...
Dec 3, 2021 07:15
On Contact: Struggle against industrial agriculture
On the show, Chris Hedges discusses the struggle against industrial agriculture with author Daniel J. O’Connell. The San Joaquin Valley in California is the most agriculturally productive farmland in the United States, but it is also plagued...
Nov 19, 2021 07:04
On Contact: The second war on terror
On the show, Chris Hedges discusses the second war on terror with journalist Glenn Greenwald. The liberal and Democratic Party elites have seized on the January 6 mob assault on the US Capitol as the domestic equivalent of the 9/11 attacks. Joe...
Nov 14, 2021 06:23
Trauma & Transformation in an American Prison, Part 1
In part one of a two-part interview, journalist Hugh Hamilton discusses the saga of trauma and transformation in an American prison as chronicled in journalist Chris Hedges’ new book, ‘Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American...
Oct 15, 2021 06:46