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Beauty vs healthy: Has body positivity gone too far?
Back in the 1800s being overweight was seen as desirable because it signaled wealth. It meant you were not working out in a field. Then came the time of size-zero starving models... also not healthy. Then came the body positivity movement that was...
May 2, 2023 07:18
On Contact: Israeli-Palestinian conflict
On the show, Chris Hedges discusses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with Professor Ilan Pappe from the University of Exeter. The Biden administration has turned its back on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, always more political theater than...
Oct 8, 2021 05:35
On Contact: Fascism – America’s DNA
On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to Gabriel Rockhill about the undercurrents of fascism in America’s DNA, and the US role in internationalizing fascism after World War II through clandestine activities such Operation Paperclip and...
Nov 29, 2020 06:35
Terraforming Mars is possible – planetary scientist
Interplanetary flights may be just decades away. But what will they be like, and are we ready to embrace the Interstellar Age? We ask NASA's planetary science researcher Professor Jim Bell. Follow @SophieCo_RT ...
Mar 13, 2020 07:02
On Contact: Ayn Rand with Prof. Lisa Duggan
On the show this week, Chris Hedges discusses the outsized influence of the writer, Ayn Rand, on America's business and financial elite with New York University professor and author, Lisa Duggan. Duggan's new book is entitled 'Mean Girl: Ayn Rand...
Jan 19, 2020 13:20
The deep rot of American journalism w/Matt Taibbi
Chris Hedges discusses the deep rot that infects American journalism with reporter Matt Taibbi. Follow us on Facebook: Facebook.com/OnContactRT Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/rttv/sets/on-contact CH: Welcome to On Contact. Today in...
Dec 29, 2019 06:15
I have been a guinea pig in my parents’ amateur research – geneticist
Genetics and biology are promising to bring about revolutionary changes in the way humans live. We’re learning how to change our DNA, and the possible implications are mind-blowing – from getting rid of diseases to programming unborn...
Nov 22, 2019 06:19
Despite being a known rapist, my abuser was still ordained a priest – church abuse survivor
Sexual abuse in the Catholic Church has once again been brought under the spotlight by inquiries in Europe and North America. What can be done about this problem? Colm O’Gorman, himself a survivor and fighter against sexual abuse, the man who...
Oct 26, 2018 06:28
Oliver Stone: Putin is ready to negotiate on everything but Russia’s national interests
He’s won Oscars and Golden Globes, and his films are cult classics, part of the American consciousness. Now, Oliver Stone’s latest project is an extensive series of interviews with Vladimir Putin. We caught up with the director himself...
Aug 13, 2018 06:02
Peter Kosminsky: Branding all terrorists “mad” doesn’t serve those who perished at their hands
ISIS propaganda has entrapped a lot of men and women of European origin, who are enticed to join the terrorist cult with utopian promises. Peter Kosminsky, the acclaimed British director, spent months researching their stories – and presented...
Jul 23, 2018 06:44