Let's Analyze It

In this episode: Nuno Viegas, a journalist at Fumaça.pt (a Portuguese investigative journalism podcast that has been growing solely with money given by people and grants), talks about human condition, reporting during the pandemic, and the current journalism business models and their lack of independence. Founded in 2018, Fumaça went from getting 56,97€ a month from their listeners, to getting about 7500€ in May 2021. In just the space of three years, they are showing that it's possible to run a newsroom without money from ads and corporations, and more than that, they're fighting to show that the agenda imposed by brands is negative for the work journalists do, and ultimately, it's negative for the democracy as a whole. The challenge is: How do they convince more people to pay for quality and investigative long-term journalism content when today's people's budgets are already going to many other platforms such as Netflix, Spotify, among others. Even being different contents, how do they convince people to invest in journalism and for people to feel their lives improve with the work these journalists do? Listen to know more.

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In this episode: Bradley J. Cook, President of Snow College, a public community college in Utah, and former Provost and Executive Vice President at Southern Utah University and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Utah Valley State College, talks about presiding to a state college during the pandemic time, truth and misinformation, and his years in the Middle East. Mr. Cook is the author of the book "Classical Foundations of Islamic Educational Thought," published by Brigham Young University Press, and much of his academic research focuses on Islamic educational theory, comparative religion, and international and comparative education.

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In this episode: Dania Ayah Alkhouli, author of the poetry book Contortionist Tongue and the blog Lady Narrator, and co-founder of the non-profit organization A Country Called Syria, talks about being a Muslim woman in the United States v. in Syria, the freedoms behind wearing a hijab and dating as a Muslim woman, and the liberation of the Syrian people after the Arab Spring of 2011.

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In this episode: Gerald Babel-Sutter, Co-Founder and CEO of URBAN FUTURE Global Conference, talks about his country Austria, his passion for sustainable cities and why changing habits is crucial in order to stop climate change.

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In this episode: Iago Bojczuk, current research affiliate with the Global Media Technologies and Cultures Lab at the University of California, in Santa Barbara, and former Lemann Fellow in Comparative Media Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), talks about the power of language and culture, the impact of WhatsApp in Brazilian politics and society, and the policies to be considered in this disruptive digital world. Feedback regarding this episode? Please do it to [email protected]. Support the work that I'm doing by sending some love through PayPal.me/tiagorodriguesdcosta. Follow the podcast's page on Instagram @analyzepodcast.

In this episode: Momo Wilms-Crowe, Youth Farm Educator at the Tucson Village Farm, Organizer and Food Justice Project Co-Chair at Community Alliance for Global Justice, and John Lewis Fellow at Humanity in Action, talks about freedom while connected to the American criminal justice system, the land we use to grow food, the colonialism of Puerto Rico, and the youth movements for social change. Momo's research focuses on human rights, public health, movement politics, and social change through coursework, grassroots activism, and volunteerism. Momo is a 23-year-old young leader. Feedback regarding this episode? Please do it to [email protected]. Support the work that I'm doing by sending some love through PayPal.me/tiagorodriguesdcosta. Follow the podcast's page on Instagram @analyzepodcast.

In this episode: Douglas F. Bennett, current Assistant Professor of Political Science and Chairman of the Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice at Southern Utah University and a former lobbyist and counsel to the House of Representatives, talks about being born and raised in a family of politicians, getting to Washington, D.C., from rural America in the 80s, the U.S. Congress, among other topics on politics, freedom and human rights. Feedback regarding this episode? Please do it to [email protected]. Support the work that I'm doing by sending some love through PayPal.me/tiagorodriguesdcosta. Follow the podcast's page on Instagram @analyzepodcast.

In this episode: Kristyn Decker, author of “Fifty Years in Polygamy: Big Secrets and Little White Lies” and founder of Sound Choices Coalition, talks about freedom of religion, religious cults and the controversy of polygamy in Utah. Decker is a former member of a mysterious, almost unknown and certainly not understood religious group called FLDS, or Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints—also known as Mormons. Feedback regarding this episode? Please do it to [email protected]. Support the work that I'm doing by sending some love through PayPal.me/tiagorodriguesdcosta. Follow the podcast's page on Instagram @analyzepodcast.

In this episode: Frank "Jim" Pensiero, former The Wall Street Journal's Deputy Managing Editor and current journalism lecturer at Rutgers University, talks about freedom in the times of the pandemic, journalism and its political agendas, the 9/11, and the state of American politics. Feedback regarding this episode? Please do it to [email protected]. Support the work that I'm doing by sending some love through PayPal.me/tiagorodriguesdcosta. Follow the podcast's page on Instagram @analyzepodcast.

What's "Let's Analyze It"? Why is it important to analyze such complex notions as freedom? In this episode, Tiago talks about what moved him to start "Let's Analyze It." This episode is no more than Tiago's statement purpose on "Let's Analyze It," and it's also a preview of the first episode with former The Wall Street Journal's Managing Editor Jim Pensiero. The first episode is going to go out on Wednesday, January 20, 2021—the same day when the oldest and greatest democracy (United States of America) sees its president change terms. Thus, save in your calendar, Wednesdays are analyzes' days!