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Chris Hedges says America is experiencing a coup d'etat in slow motion.

The American liberal class has allowed an unregulated, unfettered capitalism to create an empire of consumption. At the same time, the anonymity of the corporate state has corrupted the very fabric of social institutions.

With American investigative journalism all but dead and legislation in place severely curbing civil liberties, Hedges says it is time to think about how to resist. He believes United States citizens can take their cue from the ongoing student protests in Quebec. Have a listen.

Janine Brodie knows we live in a world unsettled by multiple and overlapping crises of the political, economic, social and environmental.

But this pervasive uncertainty has not dampened popular demands for social justice and equity. In fact, they have intensified. However, according to Brodie, the assault on social knowledge has obscured the traditional role academia plays in "speaking truth to power." Have a listen.

What is wrong with civilization, and how can we fix it? It's no small question, but Don Tapscott has a few theories.

He says, that unless organizations like Wall Street change to meet the digital age, they are doomed to repeat the failures that led to the collapse of global capitalism in 2008.

In this lecture, he explains how the first generation to have "grown up digital" are, potentially, a solution. Have a listen.

According to Governor General David Johnston, it's the best time in history to be a scholar, as knowledge becomes ever more accessible to world citizens. But providing access to knowledge is still a challenge, and that's something he wants Canadian academics to change.

On the opening day of Canada's largest annual gathering of scholars, the 2012 Congress of the Humanities, he laid out a five-part plan for the way Canadian scholars could lead the charge to build a smarter, more caring nation. Have a listen.

Three-time Juno Award nominee and Métis musician Jani Lauzon believes in the power of story. In this podcast, she gives a talk on storytelling and embodied knowledge at the Democratic Dialogue Via The Arts Symposium held at the University of Ottawa. In the process, she shares tidbits of wisdom from her past mentors and winds up telling a story of her own.

Muna Mire interviews Kim Crosby -- an award-winning multidisciplinary artist, community activist and queer survivor of sexual assault.

Their conversation is centred around the process of opening up the space of Slutwalk for racialized women and transpeople. Is there privilege in calling yourself a slut? Can women of colour and transpeople afford to name themselves sluts in protest? Listen to hear more.

Celebrated professors and authors Cornel West and Frances Fox talk about the future of the Occupy movement, and their opinions on a changing America during the 2012 Left Forum, held at Pace University, in New York City in March.