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America Unchained
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America faces the greatest challenges our nation has ever confronted. Extreme wealth inequality, a crippling health and economic crisis, a looming climate catastrophe, and untended wounds from our past keep our democracy in shackles. Listen in with your hosts Richard Dien Winfield and Chris Tidwell in the pursuit of an America Unchained.
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24: Facing the Economic Perils of Climate Change - A Discussion with Steven Rothstein of Ceres
Feb 2, 202100:49:24Tap to summarizeSteven Rothstein of Ceres Organization joins us to discuss organizing the public and private sectors around sustainability.
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23: Philosophy, Politics, and Freedom: A Conversation with RDW and Former Graduate Students
Jan 19, 202102:11:13Tap to summarizeA roundtable conversation between Richard Dien Winfield and some of his former and present graduate students about the relation of philosophy and politics and the role of the philosopher in public life.
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22: The Coup and Georgia Going Blue
Jan 12, 202100:52:08Tap to summarizeWe cover the historic senate seat flip in Georgia and the shocking attack on Capitol Hill.
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21: The Crash of the Blue Wave
Nov 11, 202001:13:44Tap to summarizeWe discuss why the 2020 national election failed to produce the predicted Blue Wave and how policy weaknesses of both "centrist" and "progressive" Democrats must be remedied if we are to contend with the perfect storm in which we are engulfed.
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20: Fight for the Now: Richard Bensigner and RDW on the Future of the Labor Movement
Oct 27, 202001:20:37Tap to summarizeA discussion between labor organizer Richard Bensinger and RDW on the state of the labor movement and how it relates to the Social Bill of Rights
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19: Winfield & Tharoor on Globalization and Unemployment
Oct 13, 202001:00:42Tap to summarizeA conversation with Richard Dein Winfield and Sashi Tharoor regarding the international ripples of the pandemic and how to address it through economic and social rights.
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18: Winfield & Tcherneva on Guaranteed Jobs
Oct 7, 202001:16:13Tap to summarizeWe are joined by Pavlina R. Tcherneva, author of "The Case for a Job Guarantee", in a live stream to discuss why we need a Federal Job Guarantee and how it can be implemented.
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17: A Discussion With Noam Chomsky on the Future of American Democracy
Sep 29, 202001:23:31Tap to summarizeNoam Chomsky joins Richard Dien Winfield to discuss the future of American democracy.
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16: Capitalism With A Human Face
Sep 22, 202000:55:08Tap to summarizeWe discuss the misleading way in which the terms "capitalism", "socialism", and "communism" figure in recent political discourse and what the proper relation should be between public and private sectors to remake capitalism with a human face and secure our freedoms.
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15: The Wages of Freedom: How We Fund Our Social Rights
Sep 16, 202001:07:46Tap to summarizeA bold platform for removing all obstacles to equal opportunity requires a bold funding solution and it is easier to achieve than one might think. We discuss the actual costs of fulfilling our social rights and how they can best be funded.
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