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How to 'Short Circuit' Clean Energy Policy Now (w/ Dr. Leah Stokes)

This week, we feature a lengthy and remarkable interview with Dr. Leah Stokes, author of the new book "Short Circuiting Policy," about the pathway to clean energy laws. What have we learned from previous decades? How have powerful interest held back progress? Has the urgency for clean energy policy…

CD208: The Brink of the Iran War

2020 began with a bombing in Iraq - ordered by President Trump - which killed one of Iran's highest ranking military officers. In this episode, we take a close look at the recent history of our relationship with the Iranian government in order to understand how we started the year on the brink of a…

096-The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara

On June 23, 1858, the Catholic Church removed 6-year-old Edgardo Mortara from his family in Bologna. The reason they gave was surprising: The Mortaras were Jewish, and Edgardo had been secretly baptized. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll tell the story of little Edgardo …

Oklahomans of DC - Ellen Knickmeyer

Ellen Knickmeyer is a reporter for the Associated Press who has traveled all over the world to cover stories. Join us as we talk about her travels, Oklahoma roots and experience being expelled from a country. Music: Children's Time is by ANtarctic Breeze and licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0

Wildfire burning near Chicago, California

Source-Newspaper, Internet Article by-JONATHAN LEMIRE, AAMER MADHANI, WILL WEISSERT AND ELLEN KNICKMEYER --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nirmit-verma/support

The Magnitsky Act

As the situation develops in Ukraine, Strider looks back to 2012 when U.S. Congress passed the Magnitsky Act. In remembrance of the brave Sergei Magnitsky. patreon.com/striderwilson Sources: ‘Red Notice’ by Bill Browder 2015, ‘The Slavic Connexion: The Russian Opposition and the Legacy of Boris N…

7.7: Alcatraz: An Untold Story of Indigenous Resistance

Alcatraz. What comes to your mind when you hear the name of that little island off the coast of San Francisco? For me, I heard "Alcatraz" and I pictured that guy who says, "Say hello to my little friend." I know, I know, wrong coast. I couldn't have been more off base. But all I really knew is tha…

“WE ARE DYING WE ARE DYING WE ARE DYING”

#WeWillReadAgain —Gaza Great Minds “News from Ahmed… ‘I‘m alive. I am really tired but Alhamdullilah.’ Everything is hard to find now: water, food, medicine. It‘s worse than before. They stopped distributing all aid 3 days ago.” —@GazaGreatMinds on X • 9:48am PST Thursday 10/10 “Update: Sign of …

Why is it so hard to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay?

This episodes discusses torture, please listen with care. Sources Alice Cuddy, “US Moves 11 Guantanamo Bay Detainees to Oman,” BBC, January 8, 2024.S O’Mara, “Captive Brain: Torture and the Neuroscience of Humane Interrogation | QJM: An International Journal of Medicine | Oxford Academic,” QJM: An…

Why is it so hard to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay?

This episodes discusses torture, please listen with care. Looking for more information? Alice Cuddy, “US Moves 11 Guantanamo Bay Detainees to Oman,” BBC, January 8, 2024, https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg3k2v11k5o; S O’Mara, “Captive Brain: Torture and the Neuroscience of Humane Interrog…