Mark Matousek discusses his book “Emerson, the Stoics, and Me: Timeless Wisdom for Living an Authentic Life.”
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Fund Drive Special: Making Medicine a Commodity
Until the mid-17th century, for the vast majority of Europeans, medical care was administered by women in the household and neighborhood for free, using herbs and other formulas passed down between and among generations. Karen Bloom Gevirtz illustrates how and why — only a century later — they were supplanted by men who established the basis of our for-profit medical system.
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Fund Drive Special: Psychedelic Journey
Christopher Bache, a professor emeritus of philosophy and religious studies, discusses the twenty-year psychedelic journey described and interpreted in his book “LSD and the Mind of the Universe: Diamonds from Heaven.”
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Fund Drive Special: The Rule of the Billionaires
Wealth inequality is off the charts, with corporations reaping record profits, and billionaires awash in money. Economist Rob Larson returns to make sense of the Trump administration’s relationship to the multimillionaire and billionaire class.
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Fund Drive Special: Neofeudalism
Jodi Dean discusses her book “Capital’s Grave: Neofeudalism and the New Class Struggle.”
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