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Joshua Scheer
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Silicon billionaires are the lethal monkey on the back of the American public Author Anand Giridharadas discusses the distorted libertarian ideology that they use to subvert the American experiment in democracy. They have done so by denying the legitimacy of government intervention into the economy on the side of fairness and justice, including decent working conditions, fair wages, regulation of the economy, and the right to form unions to represent them and fight for their interests.
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Bill Clinton Enabled Trumps Immigration Policy Helen Sklar, immigration attorney for more than 33 years, discusses the basis of the immigration family separation under Trump, and how former President Clinton laid the ground for this.
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American Middle Class: The Rise of the Precariat Alissa Quart discusses her latest book, Squeezed, on living in a middle-class that is being crumpled by meritocracy and converted into what Quart terms the “Precariat,” which Scheer describes as “people who think they’re in the middle class, and they have the education, very often they find themselves living paycheck to paycheck.”
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Zeiad Abbas: 'God is not a real estate agent' Journalist and filmmaker Zeiad Abbas, a Palestinian refugee, describes living conditions of Palestinians under the state of Israel, which he calls “ethnic cleansing,” and discusses a toxic water crisis in Gaza and more.
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The Rise and Fall of Women Moviemakers in Hollywood Hollywood historian, film critic and writer Carrie Rickey discusses the lack of women behind the cameras in Hollywood; it wasn’t always so.
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Seymour Hersh: Reporter The Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist assesses his career reporting on some of most significant stories of the past 50 years.
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Howard Bryant: The Heritage The sports journalist discusses his new book on the conflicted progress of black athletes.
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Jennifer Rothman: The Right of Publicity The Loyola Law professor discusses her new book about the history and evolution of the right of publicity.
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Eon McLeary and Manuel Ruiz: The Work The documentary filmmaker and a former prisoner discuss the film about a group therapy program in one of the most infamous prisons in the United States.
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George Saunders: Lincoln in the Bardo (Part I) Lincoln in the Bardo dramatizes a grieving President Lincoln as he visits the grave of his beloved son Willie, who died at age eleven. In the novel, the buried dead believe they're not dead -- "they're sick and refer to their coffins as "sick boxes."
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Shaking up the USDA, 'The Beef Cookbook' and 'Tartine All Day' Peggy Lowe explains why Trump’s pick for USDA Secretary is rattling rural America. Dario Cecchini talks future plans for Chianti ramen, and Richard Turner shares cuts from “PRIME: The Beef Cookbook.” Writer Matthew Sedacca looks at the controversy behind liquid smoke. Jonathan Gold tries Chengdu-style dishes, and Elisabeth Prueitt of Tartine fills us in on the latest. Plus, chef Michael Beckman shares a recipe for cactus confit.