Without

By HyperObject Industries

Hosted by international bestselling author and journalist Omar El Akkad, Without explores all of the things we can't imagine losing. In some cases, it’s something we’ve already lost – species, natural... more

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October 18, 2023 Libraries
Today, libraries are shouldering societal burdens like addiction, and have become a central battleground in this country’s raging culture wars.

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27min
August 09, 2023 Prisons
The prison abolition movement has long called for the end of mass incarceration. What are the consequences and why should we care?

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30min
August 02, 2023 Unions
So much of what we take for granted about the American labor force, from weekends to work hours, comes from union agitation, and yet union participation has dropped to historic lows. How and when did this shift happen, and what does this mean for our future?

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44min
July 26, 2023 Cash
What does a world without cash look like? Who isn’t able to participate and why is a cashless society something folks pushing for? From Denmark to Peru to Kenya, we examine the possibilities and considerable pitfalls.

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21min
July 19, 2023 Phosphorus
If we run out of phosphorus, which is what we use to enable massive-scale farming, millions of people will starve to death. There is hope, though, in the form of a growing effort to extract it from human waste.

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43min
July 12, 2023 Public Space
We have been losing public spaces for years, and though it’s a defining architectural feature of many major cities, we don't seem to be doing anything about it.

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30min
July 05, 2023 Home
Omar’s birthplace, Qatar, is essentially disappearing, not as a result of climate change, but because it’s become something entirely different. What does it mean to be without home?

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32min
June 28, 2023 Daylight Saving Time
Politicians, economists, and sleep specialists debate instituting a permanent standard time. Should we keep one time all year, split it in two, or do something else entirely?

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27min
June 21, 2023 Antibiotics
The last time scientists produced a new batch of effective antibiotics was in 1987. Since then, we've seen virtually no new ones. About 700,000 people die from antibiotic-resistant bacteria worldwide every year and in the next couple of decades, that number is expected to soar.

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43min
June 14, 2023 Coffee
People love coffee, but climate change is fundamentally altering where and how coffee is grown. Because of the damage being done to the planet, coffee is in trouble. And so are the farmers who grow it.

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28min

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