Bedste Amy Wolff-podcasts (2024)

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KPFA Special: Richard Wolff on US-China Dynamics and the New Global Order

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Guest: Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the New School University in New York City. Richard Wolff is the founder of Democracy at Work and host of the weekly national syndicated television and radio program Economic Update that airs weekly on KPFA. The p…

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Mission Keepers: A discussion with Brett Wolff 26:10

1d ago26:10

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In the eighth installment of the Mission Keepers podcast, Superintendent Bryan Davis chats with Brett Wolff, Custodian at Oshkosh West High School, about the professional journey which led him to return to the Oshkosh Area School District and how he finds joy outside of his professional role - especially on the golf course! Shifting from a career a…

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KPFA Special – A History of Jewish Anti-Zionism: From The Communist Party to The New Left 59:59

1d ago59:59

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Guest: Benjamin Balthaser is associate professor of multi-ethnic US literature at Indiana University, South Bend. He is the author of Anti-Imperialism Modernism: Race and Transnational Radical Culture from the Great Depression to the Cold War, and Dedication, a personal history of growing up in a Jewish “red diaper” family. His forthcoming book fro…

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KPFA Special – The Life & Works of Frantz Fanon 59:59

2d ago59:59

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Guest: Adam Shatz is the US editor of the London Review of Books and a contributor to The New York Times Magazine, The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, and other publications. He is the author of Writers and Missionaries: Essays on the Radical Imagination and The Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon. He is the host of th…

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Working to Restore: Harnessing the Power of Business to Heal the Earth - Highlights - ESHA CHHABRA 14:26

3d ago14:26

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“There’s a lot of greenwashing that's going on these days. It is great marketing. And that was really the reason why I wrote this book. I had started to see the patterns. You can start to tell them the companies that are genuinely doing it versus the companies that are just talking about it. So that was one indicator, you know, a company that would…

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How can Regenerative Business Help Heal the Earth? - ESHA CHHABRA 44:50

1d ago44:50

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What is regenerative business? How can we create a business mindset that addresses social, economic and environmental issues? Esha Chhabra has written for national and international publications over the last 15 years, focusing on global development, the environment, and the intersection of business and impact. Her work has been featured in The New…

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Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience & Why it Matters Today 59:58

3d ago59:58

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Mitch Jeserich reads from Thoreau’s Essay Civil Disobedience. Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay “Civil Disobedience” (originally publis…

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KPFA Special – Amy Tan: Connecting with Nature 59:58

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Guest: Amy Tan is the author of several novels, including The Joy Luck Club and The Bonesetter’s Daughter. She is a co-producer and co-screenwriter of the film version of The Joy Luck Club and is on the board of American Bird Conservancy. Her latest book is The Backyard Bird Chronicles. The post KPFA Special – Amy Tan: Connecting with Nature appear…

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How to Protect Bookstores and Why - Highlights - DANNY CAINE, Bookseller, Poet 12:04

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“Bookselling captured my imagination and my heart as soon as I started working at the bookstore because I could see the potential for this great, amazing community-oriented work. Of course, it's a thrill to be around books, to meet authors, to read all this stuff, and to spend all day with people who love books, but what I think I really fell in lo…

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What Lies Ahead for Bookstores in the Age of Generative AI? - DANNY CAINE, Bookseller, Poet 48:22

8d ago48:22

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What is the future of literature in the age of generative AI? How can bookstores build community and be engines for positive social change? What does it mean to try to have a meaningful human life? Danny Caine is the author of the poetry collections Continental Breakfast, El Dorado Freddy's, Flavortown, and Picture Window, as well as the books How …

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KPFA Special – The Creation of Cities: Wealth, Inequality and Environmental Destruction 59:59

8d ago59:59

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Guest: Gray Brechin has worked as a journalist and television producer and is coauthor of Farewell, Promised Land: Waking from the California Dream; and Imperial San Francisco, With a New Preface: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin. KPFA is offering today as a thank-you gift to you a 3 Books Pack: Techno-Road to Rebellion for $350 The 3 books Pack Includes:…

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KPFA Special – Yanis Varoufakis: How Techno-Feudalism is Replacing Capitalism 59:59

9d ago59:59

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Guest: Yanis Varoufakis is an economist and academic, a bestselling author, and the former finance minister of Greece. He is a co-founder of the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025. His books include And the Weak Suffer What They Must? and Talking to My Daughter About the Economy, and his latest, Technofeudalism: WHAT KILLED CAPITALISM. Foto credit: …

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Is understanding AI a bigger question than understanding the origin of the universe? - Highlights, NEIL JOHNSON, Author of Simply Complexity: A Clear Guide to Complexity Theory 15:38

9d ago15:38

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“It gets back to this core question. I just wish I was a young scientist going into this because that's the question to answer: Why AI comes out with what it does. That's the burning question. It's like it's bigger than the origin of the universe to me as a scientist, and here's the reason why. The origin of the universe, it happened. That's why we…

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How can physics help solve real world problems? - NEIL JOHNSON, Head of Dynamic Online Networks Lab 50:41

9d ago50:41

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How can physics help solve messy, real world problems? How can we embrace the possibilities of AI while limiting existential risk and abuse by bad actors? Neil Johnson is a physics professor at George Washington University. His new initiative in Complexity and Data Science at the Dynamic Online Networks Lab combines cross-disciplinary fundamental r…

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KPFA Special – The Luddites & the Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech 59:58

10d ago59:58

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Guest: Brian Merchant is a journalist focusing on technology and the future of work. He is the author of The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone, and his latest, Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech. He is also a founder of Terraform, Vice’s science fiction outlet. The post KPFA Special – The Luddites & the O…

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Humanity's Deadly Shadow: The Toll on Birds and Wildlife - Highlights - BEN GOLDFARB 13:00

14d ago13:00

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“The creation of roads is this process that's sort of innate to all beings. You know, we're all sort of inclined to create and follow trails. We just do it at a much vaster and more permanent and destructive scale. I think we need to reconceive how we think about roads in some ways, right? I mean, we think about roads, certainly here in the U. S., …

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How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet with BEN GOLDFARB 43:22

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Every year, humanity's footprint casts a deadly shadow over our skies and landscapes, claiming the lives of billions of birds and other wildlife. What is road ecology? How are our roads driving certain species towards extinction? And what can we do about it? Ben Goldfarb is a conservation journalist. He is the author of Crossings: How Road Ecology …

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Ilan Pappe on A History of Palestinian Resistance 59:57

14d ago59:57

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Guest: Ilan Pappe is Professor of History, Director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter, UK. He is the author of A History of Modern Palestine. The post Ilan Pappe on A History of Palestinian Resistance appeared first on KPFA.Af KPFA

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Crisis, Philosophy & the Search for Meaning - ROBERT PIPPIN - Highlights 13:32

15d ago13:32

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“The Greek Enlightenment introduced the idea of centrality and the priority of rationality in understanding ourselves and our relation to the world. Heidegger wants to move us away from what he thinks has culminated in a kind of dead end. We appear in this world without any instruction manual, we have these finite, corporeal lives that begin in way…

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A History of Jewish Anti-Zionism 59:58

15d ago59:58

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Guest: Benjamin Balthaser is an associate professor of multi-ethnic US literature at Indiana University, South Bend. He is the author of Anti-Imperialism Modernism: Race and Transnational Radical Culture from the Great Depression to the Cold War, and Dedication, a personal history of growing up in a Jewish “red diaper” family. His forthcoming book …

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Speech in Times of War: the Israel’s Assault on Gaza 59:58

16d ago59:58

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Guest: Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who has reported from more than 50 countries. He spent 15 years at The New York Times as a foreign correspondent and bureau chief and is the author of several books, including his latest The Greatest Evil Is War. He has taught at Columbia University, New York University, Princeton Universit…

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Reflections on Philosophy, Art & Crisis in the 21st Century with ROBERT PIPPIN 52:36

17d ago52:36

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What is the importance of philosophy in the 21st century as we enter a post-truth world? How can we reintroduce meaning and uphold moral principles in our world shaken by crises? And what does philosophy teach us about living in harmony with the natural world? Robert Pippin is the Evelyn Stefansson Nef Distinguished Service Professor at the Univers…

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Anexos: Addiction Treatment Centers in Mexico City and Beyond 59:58

17d ago59:58

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Guest: Angela Garcia is an anthropologist and writer. She is the author of the book, The Pastoral Clinic: Addiction and Dispossession Along the Rio Grande, and her latest, The Way That Leads Among the Lost: Life, Death, and Hope in Mexico City’s Anexos. The post Anexos: Addiction Treatment Centers in Mexico City and Beyond appeared first on KPFA.…

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The Emotional Brain, Music, Consciousness & Memory with JOSEPH LEDOUX - Highlights 14:25

10d ago14:25

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“We've got four billion years of biological accidents that created all of the intricate aspects of everything about life, including consciousness. And it's about what's going on in each of those cells at the time that allows it to be connected to everything else and for the information to be understood as it's being exchanged between those things w…

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How does the brain process emotions and music? JOSEPH LEDOUX - Neuroscientist, Author, Musician 1:00:41

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How does the brain process emotions? How are emotional memories formed and stored in the brain, and how do they influence behavior, perception, and decision-making? How does music help us understand our emotions, memories, and the nature of consciousness? Joseph LeDoux is a Professor of Neural Science at New York University at NYU and was Director …

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A History of Student Movements 59:58

21d ago59:58

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Guest: Robert Cohen is a Professor of history and social studies at New York University. He is the author of several books including, Howard Zinn’s Southern Diary: Sit-ins, Civil Rights, and Black Women’s Student Activism and co-author with Sonia E. Murrow of Rethinking America’s Past: Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States in the Cl…

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Remembering PAUL AUSTER - Writer, Director (1947-2024) 49:14

22d ago49:14

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It is said that people never die until the last person says their name. In memory of the writer and director Paul Auster, who passed away this week, we're sharing this conversation we had back in 2017 after the publication of his novel 4 3 2 1. Auster reflects on his body of work, life, and creative process. Paul Auster was the bestselling author o…

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Letters and Politics – May 1, 2024 59:58

22d ago59:58

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A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich. The post Letters and Politics – May 1, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.Af KPFA

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The Creation of Cities: Wealth, Inequality and Environmental Destruction 59:58

23d ago59:58

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Guest: Gray Brechin has worked as a journalist and television producer and is coauthor of Farewell, Promised Land: Waking from the California Dream; and Imperial San Francisco, With a New Preface: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin. The post The Creation of Cities: Wealth, Inequality and Environmental Destruction appeared first on KPFA.…

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D.O. Gibson - Canadian Rapper and Motivational Speaker 42:30

24d ago42:30

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D.O. Gibson - Canadian Rapper and Motivational Speaker JLR X LURA Lifestyle Privée Magazine - https://publuu.com/flip-book/link/9957804 Learn more about Stiel and Steadman Stiel and Steadman Service Solutions InstagramAf Mary Steadman, Holly Stiel

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The Mizrahi: From the Black Panthers to Likud 59:59

24d ago59:59

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Guest: Asaf Elia-Shalev is an Israeli American journalist. He is a staff writer for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and the author of the book, Israel’s Black Panthers: The Radicals Who Punctured a Nation’s Founding Myth. The post The Mizrahi: From the Black Panthers to Likud appeared first on KPFA.Af KPFA

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How to achieve Optimal Well-Being with Emotional Intelligence - Highlights - DANIEL GOLEMAN 11:57

27d ago11:57

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“We started our book Optimal reviewing research done at Harvard Business School, where hundreds of men and women kept journals of what their day was like at work, how they felt, what happened. From that emerged a composite of an optimal state; a state when people are fully engaged in what they're doing, they're very focused, they feel good. They're…

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Author of Emotional Intelligence DANIEL GOLEMAN on Focus, Balance & Optimal Living 53:01

27d ago53:01

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How can we enhance our emotional intelligence and avoid burnout in a changing world? How can we regain focus and perform in an optimal state? What do we mean by ecological intelligence? Daniel Goleman is an American psychologist, author, and science journalist. Before becoming an author, Goleman was a science reporter for the New York Times for 12 …

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Feminism, Resistance & the Global South - Highlights - INTAN PARAMADITHA 11:50

28d ago11:50

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“The Wandering is a choose your own adventure novel, and the reader is situated in the shoes of this brown woman from the Global South. She's 27 and in a way, she is stuck with her life. She aspires to be middle class, but her job doesn't allow her to achieve this social mobility. In her condition, she makes a deal with a devil, a reference to the …

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