A Correction Podcast

We speak with Federico Demaria about the radical concept of Degrowth and the failure of “sustainable development.” Federico Demaria is an ecological economist at the Environmental Science and Technology Institute, Autonomous University of Barcelona. He is a member of Research & Degrowth, and co-editor of Degrowth: A Vocabulary for a New Era, and Pluriverse: A Post-Development Dictionary.

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We speak with Maged Mandour about the huge upsurge in state violence in Egypt after the 2013 coup and the complicity of the middle class. Maged Mandour graduated from Cambridge with a Masters in International Relations. He is a political analyst and the columnist of “Chronicles of the Arab Revolt” on openDemocracy. He is also a writer for Sada, the online journal for Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 

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We talk with Matthew Miranda about the NBA. We discuss the salary cap, the economics of “small markets”, why some teams are fine with missing the playoffs and much more. Matthew Miranda writes about the NBA for SBNation, and teaches creative writing and English at Rochester Institute of Technology.

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We speak with Ndongo Samba Sylla about the dangerous myths of the Fair Trade movement. Ndongo Samba Sylla is a Senegalese development economist. He is currently a Research and Programme manager at the West Africa office of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation (Dakar). He is the author of The Fair Trade Scandal: Marketing Poverty to Benefit the Rich.

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We speak with Brendan (Dan) O’Flaherty about the economics of race in the United States. Professor O’Flaherty teaches Economics at Columbia University. He has written several books, including The Economics of Race in the United States, How to House the Homeless, and Making Room: The Economics of Homelessness.

We speak with Corby Ferlesch about selling Christmas Trees in Astoria. We discuss the best time to buy a tree, what she hopes to earn at the end of the month (and why it’s so hard to calculate), and how to pick a fragrant tree. Happy holidays!

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We speak with bartender extraordinaire Tayor Adorno about life behind the bar in NYC. We discuss how she got her start, how to make good money, and why bartenders need a union.

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This week we discuss the rise of Canadian psychologist Jordan B. Peterson. Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos outsold the Bible last year, his youtube videos have millions of views, but his ideas are often misunderstood. We sit down with Guy Stevenson to talk about Peterson’s appeal, Jung and Nietzsche, and the work of John Gray. Guy Stevenson is a lecturer in English Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London. He specializes in literary modernism and has a book, Henry Miller, Modernism, and the Birth of the Counterculture, due out in 2019. He is currently working on a study of conservative countercultures, from Futurism to the alt-right.

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We speak with Jesse Lerner-Kinglake about how we can end sexual abuse behind bars. Jesse is Just Detention International’s Communications Director. Just Detention International works inside detention facilities across the country to develop policies and programs that keep people safe from sexual abuse.

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We are back for another episode of Good News! Today we talk about rural education, BDS and Airbnb, DACA and The Rhodes Scholarship, and the National Book Award winning author Elizabeth Acevedo. We also discuss our favorite organization in the world: The Brotherhood-Sister Sol and encourage listeners to support them on #givingtuesday.

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