This week we discuss survey evidence on Americans' response to the difficulties of 2020. And, I recently spoke with Dr. Yikang Bai of Washington State University, and Professor Jennifer Givens of the Utah State University, about their recent paper titled "Ecologically Unequal Exchange of Plastic Waste? A Longitudinal Analysis of International Trade in Plastic Waste." The paper is to be published in the Journal of World Systems Research.

Segment 1 -- Yikang Bai and Jennifer Givens on "Ecologically Unequal Exchange of Plastic Waste? A Longitudinal Analysis of International Trade in Plastic Waste"

Segment 2 -- Americans' emotional response to the pandemic and other difficulties of 2020.