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Mary Robinson: Women Leading on Climate Change

Our city's economy – what is it for? New York's has been very good at piling up profits and building tall buildings. But all that private profit has come at a cost to public services and public trust. Could it be different?
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Big Pharma vs The People

I recently visited Morgantown, WV where 2,000 well-paying jobs are on the chopping block with dire implications for local people, public health, and even national security. The factory across the street from the University...

LF SHOW EXCLUSIVE: Exile of Bolsonaro’s Brazil: Feminist Debora Diniz

How do we define "love is love," and what are we willing to do to defend one another? This week, we speak with a group of LGBTQIA leaders on just that.

Dance as World-Changing Movement: Alice Sheppard and STREB

Two artists who expand our ideas about beauty, risk, mobility, and inclusion. Wheelchair dancer and esteemed choreographer Alice Sheppard, and MacArthur Genius Award-winning action architect Elizabeth Streb. What difference does art make? Should art-making...

International Women’s Day: the View from Kyrgyzstan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toA3vR9dZr4Britain's John Smith Trust works with up and coming leaders who are building civil society in the former Soviet Union. The Trust recently invited Laura (along with her sister Stephanie, of Bloomberg News) to...

We Treasure What We Measure

We Treasure What We Measure – F Word     To download, please subscribe. To download a single episode, click share in the podcast player above.     A special thanks to our Patreon community for supporting us through this...

Patent Protection or a People’s Vaccine?

A special thanks to our Patreon community for supporting us through this difficult time and making it possible to keep this content free for everyone. The global race is on to create vaccines and treatments...

Take on the Tech Mob Now or Perish

To download, please subscribe. To download a single episode, click share in the podcast player above. A special thanks to our Patreon community for supporting us through this difficult time and making it possible to...

The Opportunity Cost of Trump TV

  I’ve been on the road a bit and catching up on email’s been hard; staying up with social media even tricker because I have been failing, failing to keep up with Trump TV. Now don’t...

A Hub for Radical Thinking: Bluestockings Bookstore & Activist Center

How do we define "love is love," and what are we willing to do to defend one another? This week, we speak with a group of LGBTQIA leaders on just that.

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