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Seeing no evil? Emir Kusturica, Serbian director
Not so long ago, mixing culture or sports with politics was considered bad taste, but nowadays one may get into trouble for failing to do that. As cancel culture draws ever-wider gaps between people and entire nations, is there any medium left to...
Mar 17, 2024 07:54
Heading South? Sanjaya Baru, distinguished fellow at the United Service Institution of India
The East-West power struggle, accentuated by the war in Ukraine and rising tensions around Taiwan, has temporarily eclipsed another axis of swelling misbalances and potential troubles – the struggle between the global North and the global...
Oct 23, 2022 06:33
On Contact: Business secrets of drug dealers
On the show, Chris Hedges discusses the business secrets of drug-dealing with investigative journalist Matt Taibbi. No one knows exactly how big the underground or illegal economy is in the United States, but most estimates say it's huge, 11%, maybe...
Nov 21, 2021 06:19
On Contact: Anti-capitalist chronicles, part 1
On the show, the first of a two-part interview, Chris Hedges discusses with Professor David Harvey the reconfiguration of global capitalism, the contradictions of neoliberalism, the financialization of power, the commodification of spectacle, rate...
Sep 24, 2021 06:20
The lawyer who beat Chevron, OnlyFans controversy, assassination of RFK
Lee Camp speaks with human rights lawyer Steven Donziger, who beat Chevron in court over intentionally dumping toxic waste in the Ecuadorian Amazon and poisoning the local population. After his legal team won a $10bn pollution judgement against...
Sep 3, 2021 07:25
On Contact: Legacy of Empire
On the show this week, Chris Hedges discusses the importance of the scholar Edward Said with Professor Hamid Dabashi. Dabashi is professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Every empire, as Edward Said points out,...
Aug 20, 2021 07:40
On Contact: American coup d’état (Part 2)
On the show this week, the second of a two-part interview, Chris Hedges discusses the American coup d’état with former Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich. Dennis Kucinich served as a US representative from Ohio from 1997 to 2013, losing...
Aug 13, 2021 06:55
On Contact: American coup d’état (Part 1)
On the show this week, the first of a two-part interview, Chris Hedges discusses the American coup d’état with former Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich. Dennis Kucinich served as a US representative from Ohio from 1997 to 2013, losing...
Aug 8, 2021 06:57
On Contact: Pandemic 2
On the show this week, in the second of a two-part interview, Chris Hedges continues his discussion with philosopher Slavoj Zizek about the social, political and psychological consequences of prolonged lockdowns and social distancing, as well...
Jul 16, 2021 08:09
Help Wanted: EVERYWHERE
Everyone is hiring these days. Main Street USA is littered with “Help Wanted” signs after millions of workers abandoned low-paying service jobs during the pandemic – and that spells trouble for businesses across the country....
Jun 26, 2021 06:06