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On Contact: Corporate assault on US Postal Service
Chris Hedges discusses the corporate assault against the US Postal Service with author Christopher W. Shaw. The corporate seizure of public utilities and privatization of schools is part of a broad assault to turn government assets into assets that...
Jan 21, 2022 05:52
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
Our unconscious is a mess – neuroscientist
Mind-reading is no longer some psychic power claimed by those with a special ‘gift’. Brain researchers are saying it will be very real very soon. So, will our thoughts cease to be our own? We ask neuroscientist John-Dylan Haynes, the...
Nov 12, 2021 05:39
On Contact: Pandemic!
On the show this week, the first of a two-part interview, Chris Hedges discusses the social, political, cultural and economic ramifications of the pandemic with the philosopher Slavoj Zizek. “Driven by demand to persevere and not to fail, as...
Jul 14, 2021 07:58
On Contact: Worker cooperatives
On the show this week, Chris Hedges discusses worker cooperatives with Niki Okuk, activist and founder of the worker cooperative Rco Tires. Okuk founded Rco Tires in 2012. They've since recycled more than 300 million pounds of rubber, diverting 70...
Jul 9, 2021 07:10
Big bang is a continuation of a past universe – 2020 Nobel-winning physicist
The universe is full of unsolved and powerful mysteries, and one of the darkest is black holes. Do recent advancements in science shed at least some light on them? We talk about this to the 2020 Nobel Prize winner in physics, Sir Roger Penrose....
Jun 4, 2021 06:39
On Contact: Corporate tyranny & Steven Donziger
On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to Steven Donziger, the human rights environmental justice attorney, about the grim reality when we confront the real centers of power.Donziger has been fighting polluting American oil companies for nearly...
May 30, 2021 06:27
On Contact: Palestinian and Israeli hostilities
Chris Hedges discusses the disputes between the Palestinians and Israelis with Palestinian political activist Dr. Sami Al-Arian. Hedges argues that nearly all the words and phrases used by the Democrats, Republicans, and the talking heads in the...
May 16, 2021 06:12
Our mental state hinges on gut microbes – epidemiologist
Food is our primary source of energy, growth, and health – but not always. We figure out the rights and wrongs about food with Tim Spector, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology and best-selling author. Follow @SophieCo_RT ...
May 14, 2021 06:07
Prisons fail to correct – criminologist
Punishment for crime is an essential component of our civilisation. But do the punishments currently in place actually make society safer? We talked to Rosemary Ricciardelli, criminology coordinator at Memorial University of Newfoundland, and...
Apr 2, 2021 06:22