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Bite Me: The Show About Edibles
Same Soil, Same Hands: The Hidden History of Cannabis and the Organic Food Movement

Bite Me: The Show About Edibles

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2026 15:46 Transcription Available


Send us Fan MailA tomato vine on a scrap-wood fence. A few chickens underfoot. And right there in the same Northern California garden, cannabis thriving in the exact same soil. That image unlocks a bigger truth: cannabis didn't grow up as a separate cultural timeline. It rose beside the American organic food movement, driven by the same questions about trust, chemicals, and who gets to decide what's “safe” to put in our bodies.I walk through the roots of that shift, starting with Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and the growing suspicion of industrial farming. From there, we head into the back-to-the-land era, when thousands of people left cities to grow their own food, build co-ops, share techniques, and opt out of systems they no longer believed in. In Northern California's Emerald Triangle, that mindset often meant one homestead, two crops: vegetables for the table and cannabis for the pipe, tended by the same hands with the same compost and the same values.We also name the messy parts. Cannabis becomes an income source for many communities. Organic and cannabis both go mainstream, and regulation brings real benefits in consistency and safety, while also turning living philosophies into labels, packaging, and premium markups. I bring it back to the kitchen where it belongs: if you've ever felt that back-to-the-land spark while making infused butter, dialing in your dose, or choosing your own ingredients for homemade edibles and topicals, you're part of a much longer story than you might realize.If you enjoy food history, cannabis education, and practical home cooking for edibles, hit subscribe, share this with a friend who grows something, and leave a review so more curious cooks can find the show.The map you need to start making great edibles in easy, digestible lessons. Sign up for Free. I'm taking clients for 1-on-1 Cannabis Education Sessions, see more here and book your free exploratory call. Support the show Visit the website for full show notes, free dosing calculator, quiz, recipes and more. 

Grace & Grit Podcast:  Helping Women Everywhere Live Happier, Healthier and More Fit Lives

Rachel Carson wrote that those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life. I have been thinking about that sentence a lot lately. In this episode I explore what awe actually is, drawing on Dacher Keltner's definition: the feeling of being in the presence of something vast that transcends your current understanding of the world. And I make the case that awe does not require a mountaintop. It can arrive in an ordinary afternoon, which I illustrate with a deeply personal moment involving old photos of my son and what stopped me cold in that quiet. Keltner's research found that the most common source of awe across cultures is not nature or music but other people's courage, kindness, and overcoming. Awe is everywhere. The question is whether we are moving slowly enough to let it in. Want to keep going? Download the first chapter of The Consistency Code for FREE at https://graceandgrit.com/freechapter and take the first step toward the health and happiness you deserve. #GraceAndGrit #Awe #MidlifeWomen #DacherKeltner #RachelCarson #WomensWellness #DeepHealth #Wonder #IntentionalLiving #MidlifeHealth

Environment, Energy, and Resources Section
SEER100: Women in Science and Technology

Environment, Energy, and Resources Section

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2026 35:28


Host Norman Dupont sits down with Claudia Rast, shareholder at Butzel Long and a leader in cybersecurity and emerging technologies, to explore the impact of women in the environment, energy, and resources fields. The conversation looks back at pioneers like Rachel Carson and Jane Goodall, and celebrates SEER trailblazers Sheila Hollis, Brenda Mallory, Alex Dunn, and Mary Nichols. Claudia then traces her own path from environmental science into cybersecurity, unpacking recent attacks on water infrastructure and the double-edged role of agentic AI in strengthening — or breaching — our cyber defenses. The episode closes with reflections on how far women's representation in science and law has come, and the lasting value of mentorship within the SEER community. Keep the conversation going.  Join SEER

Conversations with Tyler
Jared Diamond on Leaders, Luck, and Irreplaceability

Conversations with Tyler

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2026 52:19


Is leadership overrated? That's one simple reading of what Jared Diamond argues in his new book. Asked by Tyler to name the least replaceable leader in human history, Jared declines to name one — not Christ, the Roman Empire having had prophets to spare — and observes that even Genghis Khan happened to be born at an auspicious moment for a conqueror of the steppes. Conditions ripen; somebody turns up. So which leaders do make a difference?   Tyler and Jared debate that question, including conditions what a religious founder needs to succeed, whether destructive leaders matter more than constructive ones, why individual leaders have mattered so little in Papua New Guinea, whether we undervalue preventers, how much Rachel Carson and the Resnicks really mattered, whether Botswana's success will endure, Jared's own place in intellectual history, and what he'd tell an ambitious 25-year-old about how to become consequential. They go on to cover whether New Guineans are smarter, his reasons for why the Industrial Revolution started in England, what he learned from Jim Robinson about natural experiments, why he's more optimistic about the environment than when he wrote Collapse, what he'd do about nuclear risk, the 189 bird species on his street in Los Angeles, why the MacArthur "genius grant" left him depressed for a week, why he's listening to one Bach cantata a week, what he hopes to work on as he enters his nineties, and more. Read a transcript enhanced with helpful links, or watch the full video on YouTube. Recorded August 21st, 2026. Other ways to connect Follow us on X and Instagram Follow Tyler on X Sign up for our newsletter Join our Discord Email us: cowenconvos@mercatus.gmu.edu  Learn more about Conversations with Tyler and other Mercatus Center podcasts here. Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:11 - On whether any leader is irreplaceable 00:21:35 - On his own replaceability 00:24:55 - On the decline of face-to-face skills 00:29:02 - On intelligence and genetics 00:32:57 - On why the Industrial Revolution began in England 00:36:38 - On environmental optimism 00:41:11 - On nuclear risk and the Dvorak keyboard 00:42:55 - On birdwatching 00:44:07 - On writing and productivity 00:47:06 - On what his parents gave him 00:49:51 - On what comes next 00:51:36 - Outro

An Unimaginable Life
Moving Forward Without Guarantees: Rachel Carson and Wangari Maathai

An Unimaginable Life

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2026 53:19


What if uncertainty isn't the obstacle preventing you from finding your path—but the very condition that allows the path to unfold? In this Dead Talk, Rachel Carson and Wangari Maathai arrive with an unexpected message about money, health, courage, receiving, inspired movement, and why clarity about the next step is far more useful than certainty about the destination. Rachel Carson Rachel Carson was an American marine biologist, writer, and conservationist best known for Silent Spring, the landmark book that brought widespread attention to the ecological dangers associated with pesticides such as DDT Wangari Maathai Wangari Maathai was a Kenyan environmentalist, political activist, and founder of the Green Belt Movement. She became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Her work connected environmental restoration with poverty, women's empowerment, food security, health, democracy, and human dignity.   Read about The Freedom Project 7-day Boosts here Schedule a call with Christy to learn about The Freedom Project here Schedule a call with Gary to learn about The Freedom Project here  

Peanut Butter and Biscuits - A Ted Lasso Fancast
TED LASSO Season 4 | Ep. 4 • Greyhounds' Day Off

Peanut Butter and Biscuits - A Ted Lasso Fancast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2026 74:38


Peanut Butter & Biscuits continues down the recap road breaking down Ted Lasso Season 4, Episode 4: “Greyhounds' Day Off”Despite a run of success to start the season, all things are not clicking for the Lady Greyhounds as cliques have started to form based on positions and they are threatening to tear the team apart. The coaches have to come up with a way to break up the cliques to unlock the team's true potential. Meanwhile, Roy and Keeley arrive at an ultimatum point as Keeley wants Roy to go on 10 dates to make sure he's ready to get back together: with Higgins thrown in the middle for some reason. And Tracy Ullman has entered the chat as a badass female investor that Keeley is in love with but Rebecca might feel threatened by. This episode feels like a wonderful throw-back to Two Aces in Season 1 as we get the team finally accepting each other and the Lasso Way. We get a deepening of Keeley and Rebecca's friendship and Kee-OY is finally nearing relaunch, though in the most crazy way possible. How does Ted not know Harry Potter? How many Rachel Carson quotes does Beard know? Is Ferris Bueller the villain? AND ARE WORMS JUST ALL TAIL?!?! Find out all this and more AHEAD!FEATURING: Jeremy Goeckner & Craig McFarlandNamed the best Ted Lasso Podcast:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcast.feedspot.com/ted_lasso_podcasts/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email the show at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠frontrowlasso@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the Facebook group at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/3161086474176010

C19
Shoreline stories

C19

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2026 13:30


Our region is defined by our waters, and no one captured that love of life by the shore better than Rachel Carson. First, Connecticut and New York are part of $17 billion settlement with Meta. And Fairfield is sticking with speed cameras despite pushback from residents.

_bandwidth: coast to coast
077_ Interview: ♟️ China's strategic advantage in climate change | Adapting to what's here

_bandwidth: coast to coast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2026 56:12


Humans are amazing at adapting, it may be our most defining trait, and something that's going to be all the more important starting now. The environment around us that has been fixed and stable, is now shifting drastically. Wildfires are becoming more common, as is flooding and drought. Things that in the summer of 2026, have become all the more apparent, and are only just the start. When comparing the two elephants on the global stage, China and the US are taking very different courses. China is speaking, and starting to act, in ways to specifically call out how to adapt to this changing dynamic. While the US has no national adaptation plan and has stripped climate change from its major strategic documents. Alice Hill is the David Rubinstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment at the Council on Foreign Relations, where her work focuses on catastrophic risk, including climate change. She joins this episode to talk about her article, Extreme Weather Will Upend U.S.-China Competition, and explain how the two super powers are approaching what's here, and what's to come. For more context like this, and for how I found this article in the first place, check out bandwidth.today. No ads. No clutter. More context.

CLM Activa Radio
MUJERES CON HISTORIA 26-8-2026 Histopíldoras: Wangari Mathai, Ellen Swallon, Rachel Carson y Berta Cáceres

CLM Activa Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2026 29:33


En estas nuevas Histopíldoras conocemos la historia de cuatro mujeres que hicieron de la defensa del medioambiente, la ciencia y la conservación una parte fundamental de sus vidas: Wangari Maathai, Ellen Swallow Richards, Rachel Carson y Berta Cáceres. Cuatro mujeres de épocas, países y contextos muy diferentes que demostraron que cuidar la naturaleza también podía ser una forma de transformar la sociedad. Desde los primeros estudios sobre salud ambiental y química doméstica de Ellen Swallow Richards, hasta la revolución que Rachel Carson provocó con sus investigaciones sobre los pesticidas; desde el movimiento por la reforestación y los derechos de las comunidades impulsado por Wangari Maathai, hasta la lucha de Berta Cáceres por la defensa de los territorios indígenas y los recursos naturales. Porque la historia del medioambiente también tiene nombre de mujer. Si queréis enviarnos alguna sugerencia, comentario o cualquier cosa que nos queráis contar, podéis escribirnos a: hola.mujeresconhistoria@gmail.com O bien a través de los perfiles de RRSS, estamos en: - Facebook: @mujeresconhistoria2 - Instagram @mujeres__historia - X: @mujeresconhist2 BlueSky, Threads, Mastodon...

In Tune to Nature Podcast
Ending the Parkinson's Disease Pandemic by Eliminating Chemical Toxins: Dr. Ray Dorsey author of The Parkinson's Plan for Prevention

In Tune to Nature Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2026 77:01


Needlessly, there is a global Parkinson's disease pandemic on the rise. But it is unnatural and this incurable neurological disease can be prevented with environmental protections and prioritizing a toxin-free ecosystem if we clean up our air pollution and stop using certain degreasers and insecticide chemicals often used in dry cleaning, mechanics, golf courses, farming, and the military (especially TCE, PCE, and Paraquat). This is explained by the passionate medical doctor Dr. Ray Dorsey. In this lively dialogue with In Tune to Nature host Carrie Freeman, Dr. Dorsey shares key insights from his 2025 book “The Parkinson's Plan: A New Path to Prevention and Treatment” which he wrote with fellow neurologist Dr. Michael Okun. You can find out more at https://pdplan.org/ (where you can join the PD Avengers advocacy movement to prevent Parkinson's, as we are all at risk). https://www.pdavengers.com/ This show is in honor of Carrie's dad's birthday, as he has been living with Parkinson's disease the last 15 years (cutting short his beloved architecture career -- we worked on his website together), likely caused by exposure to the TCE dry cleaning chemical polluting the Marine Corps training base Camp LeJeune in North Carolina, where he served back in 1964. Dr. Dorsey explains how this water pollution and its devastating cover-up occurred between the 1950's to 1980's, poisoning and sickening hundreds of thousands of Marines and local civilians! Camp LeJeune victims can and should apply for reparations. Dr. Dorsey also shares how, sadly, other service members, like those in the Air Force, are also at higher risk of contracting Parkinson's (like Carrie's uncle Ray, on her mom's side, a retired Air Force Colonel and veteran of the Vietnam war). Our service members deserve to be protected from chemical harms! But all of us (humans and other animals) are at risk in our daily lives, often unknowingly, and humans can take actions (at home and work, in our towns, and with who we vote for) to reduce these toxins in our environment; for guidance, in the latter half of this 75-minute episode, Dr. Dorsey shares hopeful tips from the book's "Parkinson's 25" list of actions, such as: buying organic foods (avoiding animal-based foods as much as possible) and washing produce well and with veggie washes; filtering your drinking water and using an air purifier; testing indoor air and water quality, especially if your water comes from a well, specifically testing for TCE, PCE, and insecticide chemicals; avoiding living, working, and schooling near dry cleaners that use Perc/PCE; avoiding being near or on golf courses that use a lot of chemical insecticides, and not using insecticides in your own home or garden; finding out Superfund (toxic cleanup) sites in our neighborhoods and making sure they are labeled; and voting for political leaders who will make environmental wellbeing, toxin-free ecosystems, and public health a priority over unregulated industry and its devastating (lethal) chemical use (meaning, industry regulation for safety standards is required, and Dr. Dorsey shows how have we have successfully done this in the past, like with DDT...thank you, Rachel Carson). If American listeners hang in for the last 10 minutes of the show, Carrie shares EPA websites and a news report on the PCE and TCE ban that Pres. Biden's EPA put in place, and the extent to which the trump admin is currently stalling its implementation (with a chemical industry lobbyist that he put in charge, weakening the EPA's public health priorities). Who you vote for matters and we should expect our government leaders to prioritize life. Do they?  FYI: there are government/EPA emails for PCE and TCE: PCE.TSCA@EPA.gov and TCE.TSCA@epa.gov "In Tune to Nature" is an hour-long radio show airing Wednesdays at 6pm Eastern Time on 89.3FM-Atlanta radio and streaming worldwide on wrfg.org (Radio Free Georgia, a nonprofit indie station) hosted by me, Carrie Freeman, or friend Melody Paris. The show's website and my contact info can be found at https://wrfg.org/intunetonature/  While there, consider donating to Radio Free Georgia, a 50+ year old progressive, non-commercial, indie radio station, run largely by volunteers like me and Melody -- radically candid and compassionate. And remember to take care of yourself and others, as no Earthling deserves to live in a toxic world. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed on In Tune to Nature do not necessarily reflect those of WRFG, its board, staff, or volunteers.

the Apostolic Mama
Mama Guest: Rachel Carson | The Pastor's Wife

the Apostolic Mama

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2026 44:32


Join us as we gear an incredible testimony and prayer from Sis. Rachel Carson.

Podcast Agricultura
594 DDT, el insecticida premiado y prohibido

Podcast Agricultura

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2026 13:01


El DDT es uno de los compuestos químicos más estudiados y debatidos del siglo veinte. Se trata de un insecticida organoclorado que revolucionó el control de plagas agrícolas y la lucha contra enfermedades transmitidas por insectos como la malaria y el tifus.Fue descubierto por el químico suizo Paul Hermann Müller y le valió el Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina en 1948, tras demostrar una capacidad sin precedentes para eliminar poblaciones de insectos durante semanas con una sola aplicación. La historia del DDT atraviesa la Segunda Guerra Mundial, la explosión de la agricultura industrial de posguerra y el nacimiento del movimiento ambientalista moderno.Rachel Carson, bióloga marina y autora de Primavera Silenciosa, documentó en 1962 los efectos devastadores de este insecticida sobre la fauna silvestre, particularmente sobre aves rapaces como el águila calva, cuyas poblaciones colapsaron por la fragilidad inducida en sus cáscaras de huevo.Desde el punto de vista técnico, el DDT actúa bloqueando los canales de sodio en el sistema nervioso de los insectos, provocando parálisis y muerte. Su estabilidad química y su afinidad por los tejidos grasos generaron un fenómeno conocido como biomagnificación, mediante el cual las concentraciones del compuesto se multiplican a lo largo de la cadena alimenticia.La prohibición del DDT en Estados Unidos en 1972 marcó un antes y un después en la regulación ambiental global, aunque el Convenio de Estocolmo mantuvo excepciones específicas para el control de la malaria en regiones endémicas de África subsahariana.Esta historia combina agronomía, química, geopolítica y salud pública en un relato que revela cómo un mismo descubrimiento científico puede salvar millones de vidas y, al mismo tiempo, alterar ecosistemas enteros de manera irreversible.Suscríbete a El noticiero del agro:https://blogagricultura.com/noticias/Escucha Agricultura Profesional:https://open.spotify.com/show/2ZuOW2DhD7PK4SM33gtFWy?si=e33021063a114550--Créditos musicales:INTROMusic from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-graham/53License code: 62TIV9S8Q1XCM65WOUTROMusic from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/ra/let-good-times-rollLicense code: KUSUTAITXDLYUTHQ--Fuentes consultadas:Müller, Paul Hermann. Conferencia Nobel 1948, Fundación Nobel, sobre el descubrimiento de las propiedades insecticidas del DDT.Carson, Rachel. Silent Spring, Houghton Mifflin, 1962.Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos (EPA), documentación histórica sobre la prohibición del DDT en 1972.Convenio de Estocolmo sobre Contaminantes Orgánicos Persistentes, Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente, 2001, anexo sobre excepciones para control de malaria.Organización Mundial de la Salud, informes sobre el uso de rociado residual en interiores con DDT para el control de la malaria en países endémicos.

EcoJustice Radio
Exposing PFAS: Global Contamination & One Lawyer's Battle For Justice

EcoJustice Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2026 71:34


Devil's urine. That's what Dupont employees called PFAS. These toxic, human made forever chemicals are now in the blood of almost every human on the planet. They are found in drinking water around the world, even Antarctica. And they are used in a broad range of consumer products, like non-stick cookware, stain-resistant clothing, waterproof items, dental floss, and even medical masks. These are only a few examples of many. This group of toxic chemicals, perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), permanently concentrates in your body and the environment. You can't get rid of them. In fact, they bioaccumulate, meaning they get worse and worse. The public awareness from uncovering of the truth behind Dupont's misdeeds now contaminating much of the planet is tantamount to this generation's Silent Spring. Our guest Rob Bilott, is very much a Rachel Carson sort of figure who has stood up to the chemical industry as the lead attorney to bring light to the dangers of PFAS and its many variations. He fought and won a 20+ year battle against Dupont for the poisoning of over 70,000 people in West Virginia and Ohio. His work was even captured in the 2019 feature film, Dark Waters where he was portrayed by Mark Ruffalo. Rob has continued his groundbreaking work and is looking at the potential of a nationwide class action lawsuit as newer versions of PFAS emerge, unregulated and as dangerous as ever. In this interview from Summer 2022, we explore the history of PFAS, what exposure means, where it can be found, and what we can do. We also give an update from the actions of Trump's EPA to nbroaden use and exposure of these chemicals. More Info on the PFAS Presidency from Common Dreams: https://www.commondreams.org/news/pfas-pesticides-approval-epa Rob Bilott is a partner in the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky offices of the law firm, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP [https://www.taftlaw.com/people/robert-a-bilott], where he has practiced in the Environmental and Litigation Groups for over 31 years. During that time, Rob has handled and led some of the most novel and complex cases in the country involving damage from exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”), including the first individual, class action, mass tort, and multi-district litigation proceedings concerning the toxic chemical, recovering over $1 billion for impacted clients. Jessica Aldridge, Co-Host and Producer of EcoJustice Radio, is an environmental educator, community organizer, and 15-year waste industry leader. She is a co-founder of SoCal 350, organizer for ReusableLA, and founded Adventures in Waste. She is a former professor of Recycling and Resource Management at Santa Monica College, and an award recipient of the international 2021 Women in Sustainability Leadership and the 2016 inaugural Waste360, 40 Under 40. Podcast Website: http://ecojusticeradio.org/ Podcast Blog: https://www.wilderutopia.com/category/ecojustice-radio/ Support the Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/ecojusticeradio Guest: Rob Bilott Host and Producer: Jessica Aldridge Engineer and Original Music: Blake Quake Beats Executive Producer: Jack Eidt Created by: Mark and JP Morris

Vlan!
#401 Les politiques sont-ils deconnectés du réél? Avec Boris Vallaud (Partie 1)

Vlan!

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2026 51:44


Boris Vallaud est un politique, Président du parti socialiste, président du groupe socialiste à l'Assemblée nationale, député des Landes et auteur de Nos vies ne sont pas des marchandises. Il vient de démissionner de la présidence du groupe PS au moment où on enregistre cet épisode.Je dois être honnête, ce n'est pas un hasard qu'en 9 ans de podcast je n'ai jamais invité de politiques encore ou presque.Ce n'est paspar désintérêt puisque les sujets que je traite sont profondément politiques. Mais parce que je voulais que ça soit une vraie conversation, pas une interview de promo, pas des éléments de langage, pas du positionnement de campagne. Je voulais qu'on parle de ce qui m'intéresse vraiment : pourquoi la société se fragmente, pourquoi les gens votent pour des gens qui ne défendent pas leurs intérêts, pourquoi la démocratie est sous pression, et ce qu'on peut y faire concrètement.Avec Boris, ça a marché j'ai l'impression mais je me méfie de mes propres incompétences à mettre en difficulté un politique en même temps. Le livre part d'une idée simple et tranchante, celle que l'on vit dans une immense boutique. Tout est à vendre, de la petite enfance jusqu'au grand âge, de notre attention jusqu'à notre imaginaire. Et cette colonisation est d'autant plus efficace qu'elle est silencieuse, on ne voit pas l'avant et l'après. Il existe une normalisation progressive de l'idée que tout a un prix, que tout se marchande, et que si vous ne pouvez pas payer, c'est votre problème.Dans cet épisode, nous parlons de ça, mais aussi de ce que ça produit politiquement. Parce que la marchandisation ne détruit pas que les services publics, elle détruit les liens, crée des épidémies de solitude, fragmente les territoires, et au bout, elle crée un appel d'air pour ceux que Boris appelle les "marchands d'ordre". Et la convergence Trump-Musk qu'on voit se déployer en ce moment, c'est exactement ça : quand le marché a tout pris, la dernière chose à acheter, c'est la démocratie elle-même.J'ai questionné Boris Vallaud sur la fiscalité des milliardaires où les 500 plus grandes fortunes françaises représentent 40% du PIB contre 12% il y a vingt ans, et où le taux d'effort fiscal des milliardaires est inférieur à celui de quelqu'un qui entre dans la première tranche de l'impôt sur le revenu. Nous parlons de la réforme des retraites et de pourquoi certaines réformes qui semblent économiquement solides se fracassent politiquement. Nous parlons de désindustrialisation — et de qui en est responsable, les politiques ou les dirigeants d'entreprise qui ont théorisé "la France sans usines". Nous parlons d'intelligence artificielle comme révolution industrielle que la classe politique n'a pas encore vraiment regardée en face. Nous parlons d'écologie, d'agriculture, et de pourquoi la transition est vécue comme une menace par ceux qui ont le moins de marge de manœuvre. Et nous parlons des angles morts de la gauche — Boris les nomme lui-même, sans esquiver.Ce qui m'a frappé dans cet épisode, c'est quelque chose que je n'attendais pas : son rapport aux gens qui votent contre ce qu'il représente. Il ne les méprise pas. Il dit qu'il les connaît, qu'ils sont bien, qu'il leur donne raison sur beaucoup de choses. Et que c'est ça qui lui donne envie de continuer malgré tout — pas la conviction d'avoir raison, mais la conviction que les gens méritent mieux que ce qu'on leur propose.Dans cet épisode, nous parlons de marchandisation, de services publics, de retraites, de désindustrialisation, de fiscalité, d'intelligence artificielle, d'écologie, de démocratie et de réseaux sociaux, de la gauche et de ses angles morts, et de ce que "représenter" veut vraiment dire quand on passe ses vendredis en permanence dans les Landes.Citations marquantes> "On vit dans une immense boutique. Tout est à vendre, de la petite enfance jusqu'au grand âge, jusqu'à soi-même, jusqu'à son imaginaire, jusqu'à sa conscience."> "C'est une avancée plus subreptice mais plus certaine qu'un coup d'état. Précisément parce qu'on ne voit pas l'avant et l'après. Et puis on se retrouve soi-même marchandise, au milieu de codes qui sont ceux du marché."> "Quand on abandonne la société au marché, la dernière Bastille à prendre, c'est la démocratie."> "Les milliardaires ont un taux d'effort fiscal inférieur à celui de quelqu'un qui entre dans la première tranche de l'impôt sur le revenu. Si tout le monde faisait le même effort, le juste effort, tout le monde vivrait mieux."> "Je ferme la porte à l'égoïsme et j'ouvre la porte sur la rencontre. Les gens sont courageux, généreux, intéressants."---Idées centrales1. La marchandisation est un coup d'État sans avant ni après~00:12:40 — 00:18:00Le marché n'a pas besoin d'une déclaration de victoire. Il avance par normalisation silencieuse. Le train où payer pour s'asseoir avec sa famille est devenu normal. La crèche où une amende a créé un marché du retard. Le moment où on n'est plus seulement un consommateur mais une marchandise soi-même. Baudrillard avait critiqué la société de consommation mais n'avait pas imaginé un marché aussi "totalisant et totalitaire" selon Boris. Ce qui est redoutable, c'est précisément l'absence de rupture visible.Pourquoi ça compte : ça change la façon dont on parle de capitalisme. Ce n'est plus un ennemi déclaré, c'est une colonisation du quotidien.2. Le service public coûte moins cher que son absence~00:25:54 — 00:29:52La santé française représente 12% du PIB, gratuite à l'usage, avec une espérance de vie supérieure aux États-Unis où la santé représente 18% du PIB, privée, et laisse des dizaines de millions de personnes sans couverture correcte. La vraie question n'est pas "l'État sait-il gérer ?" mais "combien coûte la marchandisation ?" C'est un retournement rhétorique qui déplace le débat là où il devrait être.Pourquoi ça compte : ça donne des armes concrètes dans un débat trop souvent posé en termes abstraits.3. La mixité scolaire fonctionne, et personne n'en parle~00:31:40 — 00:36:00À Toulouse, les enfants du quartier du Mirail ont été intégrés dans les collèges du centre-ville, dont Fermat et Saint-Sernin. Résultat : leur taux de réussite au brevet a rejoint la moyenne nationale. "Personne n'y a perdu. Tout le monde a été tiré vers le haut." C'est une réponse concrète, documentée, à la logique de ségrégation scolaire qui progresse avec la marchandisation de l'éducation.Pourquoi ça compte : une victoire réelle, mesurable, qui ne fait pas la une.4. L'IA est une révolution industrielle sans politique à sa hauteur~01:03:05 — 01:07:10Boris reconnaît la sidération. Il propose l'analogie de la Red Team du ministère de la Défense, qui fait appel à des auteurs de science-fiction pour imaginer les menaces du futur. Ce même travail devrait être fait sur l'IA. La question concrète qu'il pose : si votre enfant s'oriente aujourd'hui vers une formation, comment savoir si elle sera encore utile dans cinq ans ? Le marché est incapable de donner de la valeur à l'utilité sociale, et c'est l'IA qui va redessiner ce partage.Pourquoi ça compte : une position qui n'est ni dans la panique ni dans l'euphorie, avec une proposition d'action.5. La démocratie est la dernière Bastille du marché~01:17:25 — 01:21:15La convergence Trump-Musk n'est pas une coïncidence. Les 7 plus grandes entreprises américaines de la tech ont une capitalisation boursière qui dépasse le PIB des 27 pays de l'Union européenne. Quand le rapport de forces entre puissance publique et puissance privée est aussi déséquilibré, et que les oligarques de la tech contrôlent les plateformes sur lesquelles se forment les opinions, la démocratie délibérative est structurellement fragilisée.Pourquoi ça compte : ça sort la menace sur la démocratie du registre anecdotique pour la replacer dans la logique marchande.6. La gauche a des angles morts qu'elle refuse de regarder~01:21:15 — 01:25:20Boris les nomme sans esquiver : la mondialisation, qu'elle a soutenue sans voir la désindustrialisation venir ; la crise environnementale, où elle a tardé ; la culture, devenue orpheline ; et surtout les territoires ruraux, la France des sous-préfectures, qui ne se sent pas représentée. Ce qui est frappant, c'est qu'il l'admet sans chercher à s'en sortir avec une formule.Pourquoi ça compte : un politique qui admet ses angles morts crédibilise tout le reste de ce qu'il dit.---Questions posées dans l'interview1. De tous les sujets possibles, pourquoi avoir choisi la marchandisation comme angle central de ce livre ?2. Comment on sort d'un système d'hyper-marchandisation quand il est global et qu'aucun pays ne peut le faire seul ?3. Qu'est-ce qui vous intéresse encore dans la politique nationale là où la politique locale semble plus efficace et plus proche des gens ?4. Combien coûte vraiment la marchandisation — est-ce que l'État social revient finalement moins cher que son absence ?5. Pourquoi les Français ont-ils du mal à accepter que le problème est en haut plutôt qu'en bas, sur la fiscalité des héritages et des grandes fortunes ?6. Comment expliquer que la gauche perde des batailles culturelles sur des sujets où les chiffres sont pourtant de son côté ?7. La désindustrialisation depuis Mitterrand — erreur fondamentale, ou choix assumé par les dirigeants d'entreprise autant que par les politiques ?8. Est-ce que la démocratie peut survivre aux réseaux sociaux, et a fortiori aux réseaux sociaux alimentés par l'IA ?9. Quels sont les angles morts de la gauche — les sujets qu'elle refuse de regarder en face ?10. Si vous ne deviez choisir qu'un seul premier acte contre la marchandisation, ce serait lequel ?---Références citées dans l'épisodeLivres / auteurs- Nos vies ne sont pas des marchandises, Boris Vallaud (le livre de l'invité, fil conducteur de l'épisode)- Jean Baudrillard, critique de la société de consommation (*La Société de consommation*) — cité ~00:13:42 dans le contexte de la colonisation par le marché- Antoine Fouchet [À VÉRIFIER orthographe] — son travail sur la CSG, le financement de la protection sociale et la désindustrialisation — cité ~00:47:50 et ~01:25:24- Printemps silencieux [À VÉRIFIER : attribué à Rachel Carson dans la tradition écologiste] — cité ~01:12:40 comme livre "tragique et intéressant" sur la disparition des insectes- Camille Penny — cité brièvement sur le thème de la générosité et de l'égoïsme — ~01:34:49Films / séries- Matrix, Wall-E, Avatar, Black Mirror — cités comme œuvres culturelles qui ont anticipé les enjeux de l'IA et du contrôle numérique — ~01:20:45Études / données- Les 500 plus grandes familles françaises représentent 40% du PIB (contre 12% il y a 20 ans) — ~00:36:34- Taux d'effort fiscal des milliardaires inférieur à la première tranche de l'impôt sur le revenu — ~00:38:42- 160 milliards d'euros d'aides aux entreprises, étude du Sénat — ~00:40:00- 25 à 30% de non-recours au RSA — ~00:55:03- Fondation Jean-Jaurès : étude sur la corrélation entre fermeture des PMU/bistrots et progression du vote RN — ~01:18:15- Cité des sciences : 76% des Français pensent avoir l'esprit critique, mais 40% refusent de parler à des gens avec qui ils ne sont pas d'accord — ~01:18:34- France : 12% du PIB consacré à la santé / États-Unis : 18% — ~00:26:00- Exemple Sanofi : 1 milliard d'euros d'aides publiques à la recherche, puis licenciements de chercheurs — ~00:40:00Personnalités / modèles- Vienne (Autriche) : modèle de logement social, 80% de locataires, 60% de logements publics, mixité sociale préservée — ~00:18:00- Landes : zéro EHPAD à but lucratif, régie publique de l'eau, premier département producteur d'énergie photovoltaïque — ~00:18:00 / ~01:17:09- Toulouse, collège du Mirail : mixité scolaire avec Fermat et Saint-Sernin — ~00:33:00- Red Team du ministère de la Défense : auteurs de science-fiction pour anticiper les menaces — ~01:20:00- Arnaud Montebourg, travail commun au ministère du Redressement productif — ~00:58:34- Léo Lagrange / Front populaire : politique du temps libéré — ~01:26:14- Jacques Chirac : "Notre maison brûle" — ~01:08:00Timestamps clés 00:08:25 — Intro : l'invité et le livreGreg présente Boris Vallaud et l'angle de l'épisode : on vit dans une immense boutique, et ce n'est pas anodin.00:12:40 — La marchandisation, plus sûre qu'un coup d'ÉtatUne avancée silencieuse, sans avant ni après visible. On se retrouve marchandise sans l'avoir décidé.00:15:32 — Le train, la crèche : les exemples du quotidienPayer pour s'asseoir avec sa famille. L'amende à la crèche qui a créé un marché du retard. La normalisation par petites touches.00:17:49 — Ce que ça produit : inégalités, solitude, extrême droiteExplosion des inégalités, délitement du lien, épidémies de solitude. Et un appel d'air pour les marchands d'ordre.00:20:38 — Politique locale vs nationaleCe qui l'attire encore dans la politique nationale quand les permanences dans les Landes ressemblent à ce que la politique devrait être.00:25:54 — Combien coûte vraiment la marchandisation ?France 12% du PIB pour la santé, États-Unis 18%. Espérance de vie plus courte, inégalités plus grandes. La question se retourne.00:33:42 — La mixité scolaire de Toulouse : ça marcheLes enfants du Mirail dans les collèges du centre-ville : taux de réussite au brevet rejoint la moyenne nationale. Personne n'y a perdu.00:43:38 — Neuf ans de permanences"J'ai rencontré quasiment que des gens bien." Y compris ceux qui votent pour des gens qu'il combat.00:51:39 — Le Cerfa de 24 pages pour un enfant handicapéLa réalité concrète de ce que le désengagement de l'État produit sur les gens les plus vulnérables.00:57:51 — La désindustrialisation : politique ou patronat ?Les dirigeants qui ont théorisé la France sans usines. La souveraineté industrielle comme prochaine bataille.01:03:04 — L'IA : révolution sans boussole politiqueParcoursup, les formations qui vont disparaître, le sens du travail. Les questions que la classe politique n'a pas encore osé poser.01:07:10 — Écologie et agriculture : les paysans en première ligneMondialisation déloyale, réchauffement, perte de biodiversité. Le modèle agricole des années 60 est en train de se briser.01:17:23 — La dernière BastilleQuand on abandonne la société au marché, c'est la démocratie qu'on abandonne. La convergence Trump-Musk expliquée.01:21:16 — Les angles morts de la gaucheIl les nomme : la mondialisation, la crise environnementale, la culture, les territoires ruraux. Rare autocritique politique.01:25:57 — Reconquérir le temps libéréOn l'a libéré du travail. On l'a donné aux galeries marchandes et aux réseaux sociaux. Comment le reprendre.01:34:44 — Fermer la porte à l'égoïsmeLe mot de la fin : les gens sont courageux, généreux, intéressants. C'est ça qui donne encore envie. Suggestion d'autres épisodes à écouter : #376 Quelles stratégies pour reconstruire une France autonome et résiliente? Avec Arnaud Montebourg - Partie 1 (https://audmns.com/UxFQjUM) #229 Travaillez moins pour travailler mieux: réenvisager la valeur travail avec Céline Marty (https://audmns.com/IRoKxrv) #282 La décroissance est-elle réaliste? Avec Timothée Parrique (https://audmns.com/jvOrQIt)Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

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#401 Les politiques sont-ils déconnectés du réel ? Avec Boris Vallaud (partie 2)

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Boris Vallaud est un politique, Président du parti socialiste, président du groupe socialiste à l'Assemblée nationale, député des Landes et auteur de Nos vies ne sont pas des marchandises. Il vient de démissionner de la présidence du groupe PS au moment où on enregistre cet épisode.Je dois être honnête, ce n'est pas un hasard qu'en 9 ans de podcast je n'ai jamais invité de politiques encore ou presque.Ce n'est paspar désintérêt puisque les sujets que je traite sont profondément politiques. Mais parce que je voulais que ça soit une vraie conversation, pas une interview de promo, pas des éléments de langage, pas du positionnement de campagne. Je voulais qu'on parle de ce qui m'intéresse vraiment : pourquoi la société se fragmente, pourquoi les gens votent pour des gens qui ne défendent pas leurs intérêts, pourquoi la démocratie est sous pression, et ce qu'on peut y faire concrètement.Avec Boris, ça a marché j'ai l'impression mais je me méfie de mes propres incompétences à mettre en difficulté un politique en même temps. Le livre part d'une idée simple et tranchante, celle que l'on vit dans une immense boutique. Tout est à vendre, de la petite enfance jusqu'au grand âge, de notre attention jusqu'à notre imaginaire. Et cette colonisation est d'autant plus efficace qu'elle est silencieuse, on ne voit pas l'avant et l'après. Il existe une normalisation progressive de l'idée que tout a un prix, que tout se marchande, et que si vous ne pouvez pas payer, c'est votre problème.Dans cet épisode, nous parlons de ça, mais aussi de ce que ça produit politiquement. Parce que la marchandisation ne détruit pas que les services publics, elle détruit les liens, crée des épidémies de solitude, fragmente les territoires, et au bout, elle crée un appel d'air pour ceux que Boris appelle les "marchands d'ordre". Et la convergence Trump-Musk qu'on voit se déployer en ce moment, c'est exactement ça : quand le marché a tout pris, la dernière chose à acheter, c'est la démocratie elle-même.J'ai questionné Boris Vallaud sur la fiscalité des milliardaires où les 500 plus grandes fortunes françaises représentent 40% du PIB contre 12% il y a vingt ans, et où le taux d'effort fiscal des milliardaires est inférieur à celui de quelqu'un qui entre dans la première tranche de l'impôt sur le revenu. Nous parlons de la réforme des retraites et de pourquoi certaines réformes qui semblent économiquement solides se fracassent politiquement. Nous parlons de désindustrialisation — et de qui en est responsable, les politiques ou les dirigeants d'entreprise qui ont théorisé "la France sans usines". Nous parlons d'intelligence artificielle comme révolution industrielle que la classe politique n'a pas encore vraiment regardée en face. Nous parlons d'écologie, d'agriculture, et de pourquoi la transition est vécue comme une menace par ceux qui ont le moins de marge de manœuvre. Et nous parlons des angles morts de la gauche — Boris les nomme lui-même, sans esquiver.Ce qui m'a frappé dans cet épisode, c'est quelque chose que je n'attendais pas : son rapport aux gens qui votent contre ce qu'il représente. Il ne les méprise pas. Il dit qu'il les connaît, qu'ils sont bien, qu'il leur donne raison sur beaucoup de choses. Et que c'est ça qui lui donne envie de continuer malgré tout — pas la conviction d'avoir raison, mais la conviction que les gens méritent mieux que ce qu'on leur propose.Dans cet épisode, nous parlons de marchandisation, de services publics, de retraites, de désindustrialisation, de fiscalité, d'intelligence artificielle, d'écologie, de démocratie et de réseaux sociaux, de la gauche et de ses angles morts, et de ce que "représenter" veut vraiment dire quand on passe ses vendredis en permanence dans les Landes.Citations marquantes> "On vit dans une immense boutique. Tout est à vendre, de la petite enfance jusqu'au grand âge, jusqu'à soi-même, jusqu'à son imaginaire, jusqu'à sa conscience."> "C'est une avancée plus subreptice mais plus certaine qu'un coup d'état. Précisément parce qu'on ne voit pas l'avant et l'après. Et puis on se retrouve soi-même marchandise, au milieu de codes qui sont ceux du marché."> "Quand on abandonne la société au marché, la dernière Bastille à prendre, c'est la démocratie."> "Les milliardaires ont un taux d'effort fiscal inférieur à celui de quelqu'un qui entre dans la première tranche de l'impôt sur le revenu. Si tout le monde faisait le même effort, le juste effort, tout le monde vivrait mieux."> "Je ferme la porte à l'égoïsme et j'ouvre la porte sur la rencontre. Les gens sont courageux, généreux, intéressants."---Idées centrales1. La marchandisation est un coup d'État sans avant ni après~00:12:40 — 00:18:00Le marché n'a pas besoin d'une déclaration de victoire. Il avance par normalisation silencieuse. Le train où payer pour s'asseoir avec sa famille est devenu normal. La crèche où une amende a créé un marché du retard. Le moment où on n'est plus seulement un consommateur mais une marchandise soi-même. Baudrillard avait critiqué la société de consommation mais n'avait pas imaginé un marché aussi "totalisant et totalitaire" selon Boris. Ce qui est redoutable, c'est précisément l'absence de rupture visible.Pourquoi ça compte : ça change la façon dont on parle de capitalisme. Ce n'est plus un ennemi déclaré, c'est une colonisation du quotidien.2. Le service public coûte moins cher que son absence~00:25:54 — 00:29:52La santé française représente 12% du PIB, gratuite à l'usage, avec une espérance de vie supérieure aux États-Unis où la santé représente 18% du PIB, privée, et laisse des dizaines de millions de personnes sans couverture correcte. La vraie question n'est pas "l'État sait-il gérer ?" mais "combien coûte la marchandisation ?" C'est un retournement rhétorique qui déplace le débat là où il devrait être.Pourquoi ça compte : ça donne des armes concrètes dans un débat trop souvent posé en termes abstraits.3. La mixité scolaire fonctionne, et personne n'en parle~00:31:40 — 00:36:00À Toulouse, les enfants du quartier du Mirail ont été intégrés dans les collèges du centre-ville, dont Fermat et Saint-Sernin. Résultat : leur taux de réussite au brevet a rejoint la moyenne nationale. "Personne n'y a perdu. Tout le monde a été tiré vers le haut." C'est une réponse concrète, documentée, à la logique de ségrégation scolaire qui progresse avec la marchandisation de l'éducation.Pourquoi ça compte : une victoire réelle, mesurable, qui ne fait pas la une.4. L'IA est une révolution industrielle sans politique à sa hauteur~01:03:05 — 01:07:10Boris reconnaît la sidération. Il propose l'analogie de la Red Team du ministère de la Défense, qui fait appel à des auteurs de science-fiction pour imaginer les menaces du futur. Ce même travail devrait être fait sur l'IA. La question concrète qu'il pose : si votre enfant s'oriente aujourd'hui vers une formation, comment savoir si elle sera encore utile dans cinq ans ? Le marché est incapable de donner de la valeur à l'utilité sociale, et c'est l'IA qui va redessiner ce partage.Pourquoi ça compte : une position qui n'est ni dans la panique ni dans l'euphorie, avec une proposition d'action.5. La démocratie est la dernière Bastille du marché~01:17:25 — 01:21:15La convergence Trump-Musk n'est pas une coïncidence. Les 7 plus grandes entreprises américaines de la tech ont une capitalisation boursière qui dépasse le PIB des 27 pays de l'Union européenne. Quand le rapport de forces entre puissance publique et puissance privée est aussi déséquilibré, et que les oligarques de la tech contrôlent les plateformes sur lesquelles se forment les opinions, la démocratie délibérative est structurellement fragilisée.Pourquoi ça compte : ça sort la menace sur la démocratie du registre anecdotique pour la replacer dans la logique marchande.6. La gauche a des angles morts qu'elle refuse de regarder~01:21:15 — 01:25:20Boris les nomme sans esquiver : la mondialisation, qu'elle a soutenue sans voir la désindustrialisation venir ; la crise environnementale, où elle a tardé ; la culture, devenue orpheline ; et surtout les territoires ruraux, la France des sous-préfectures, qui ne se sent pas représentée. Ce qui est frappant, c'est qu'il l'admet sans chercher à s'en sortir avec une formule.Pourquoi ça compte : un politique qui admet ses angles morts crédibilise tout le reste de ce qu'il dit.---Questions posées dans l'interview1. De tous les sujets possibles, pourquoi avoir choisi la marchandisation comme angle central de ce livre ?2. Comment on sort d'un système d'hyper-marchandisation quand il est global et qu'aucun pays ne peut le faire seul ?3. Qu'est-ce qui vous intéresse encore dans la politique nationale là où la politique locale semble plus efficace et plus proche des gens ?4. Combien coûte vraiment la marchandisation — est-ce que l'État social revient finalement moins cher que son absence ?5. Pourquoi les Français ont-ils du mal à accepter que le problème est en haut plutôt qu'en bas, sur la fiscalité des héritages et des grandes fortunes ?6. Comment expliquer que la gauche perde des batailles culturelles sur des sujets où les chiffres sont pourtant de son côté ?7. La désindustrialisation depuis Mitterrand — erreur fondamentale, ou choix assumé par les dirigeants d'entreprise autant que par les politiques ?8. Est-ce que la démocratie peut survivre aux réseaux sociaux, et a fortiori aux réseaux sociaux alimentés par l'IA ?9. Quels sont les angles morts de la gauche — les sujets qu'elle refuse de regarder en face ?10. Si vous ne deviez choisir qu'un seul premier acte contre la marchandisation, ce serait lequel ?---Références citées dans l'épisodeLivres / auteurs- Nos vies ne sont pas des marchandises, Boris Vallaud (le livre de l'invité, fil conducteur de l'épisode)- Jean Baudrillard, critique de la société de consommation (*La Société de consommation*) — cité ~00:13:42 dans le contexte de la colonisation par le marché- Antoine Fouchet [À VÉRIFIER orthographe] — son travail sur la CSG, le financement de la protection sociale et la désindustrialisation — cité ~00:47:50 et ~01:25:24- Printemps silencieux [À VÉRIFIER : attribué à Rachel Carson dans la tradition écologiste] — cité ~01:12:40 comme livre "tragique et intéressant" sur la disparition des insectes- Camille Penny — cité brièvement sur le thème de la générosité et de l'égoïsme — ~01:34:49Films / séries- Matrix, Wall-E, Avatar, Black Mirror — cités comme œuvres culturelles qui ont anticipé les enjeux de l'IA et du contrôle numérique — ~01:20:45Études / données- Les 500 plus grandes familles françaises représentent 40% du PIB (contre 12% il y a 20 ans) — ~00:36:34- Taux d'effort fiscal des milliardaires inférieur à la première tranche de l'impôt sur le revenu — ~00:38:42- 160 milliards d'euros d'aides aux entreprises, étude du Sénat — ~00:40:00- 25 à 30% de non-recours au RSA — ~00:55:03- Fondation Jean-Jaurès : étude sur la corrélation entre fermeture des PMU/bistrots et progression du vote RN — ~01:18:15- Cité des sciences : 76% des Français pensent avoir l'esprit critique, mais 40% refusent de parler à des gens avec qui ils ne sont pas d'accord — ~01:18:34- France : 12% du PIB consacré à la santé / États-Unis : 18% — ~00:26:00- Exemple Sanofi : 1 milliard d'euros d'aides publiques à la recherche, puis licenciements de chercheurs — ~00:40:00Personnalités / modèles- Vienne (Autriche) : modèle de logement social, 80% de locataires, 60% de logements publics, mixité sociale préservée — ~00:18:00- Landes : zéro EHPAD à but lucratif, régie publique de l'eau, premier département producteur d'énergie photovoltaïque — ~00:18:00 / ~01:17:09- Toulouse, collège du Mirail : mixité scolaire avec Fermat et Saint-Sernin — ~00:33:00- Red Team du ministère de la Défense : auteurs de science-fiction pour anticiper les menaces — ~01:20:00- Arnaud Montebourg, travail commun au ministère du Redressement productif — ~00:58:34- Léo Lagrange / Front populaire : politique du temps libéré — ~01:26:14- Jacques Chirac : "Notre maison brûle" — ~01:08:00Timestamps clés 00:08:25 — Intro : l'invité et le livreGreg présente Boris Vallaud et l'angle de l'épisode : on vit dans une immense boutique, et ce n'est pas anodin.00:12:40 — La marchandisation, plus sûre qu'un coup d'ÉtatUne avancée silencieuse, sans avant ni après visible. On se retrouve marchandise sans l'avoir décidé.00:15:32 — Le train, la crèche : les exemples du quotidienPayer pour s'asseoir avec sa famille. L'amende à la crèche qui a créé un marché du retard. La normalisation par petites touches.00:17:49 — Ce que ça produit : inégalités, solitude, extrême droiteExplosion des inégalités, délitement du lien, épidémies de solitude. Et un appel d'air pour les marchands d'ordre.00:20:38 — Politique locale vs nationaleCe qui l'attire encore dans la politique nationale quand les permanences dans les Landes ressemblent à ce que la politique devrait être.00:25:54 — Combien coûte vraiment la marchandisation ?France 12% du PIB pour la santé, États-Unis 18%. Espérance de vie plus courte, inégalités plus grandes. La question se retourne.00:33:42 — La mixité scolaire de Toulouse : ça marcheLes enfants du Mirail dans les collèges du centre-ville : taux de réussite au brevet rejoint la moyenne nationale. Personne n'y a perdu.00:43:38 — Neuf ans de permanences"J'ai rencontré quasiment que des gens bien." Y compris ceux qui votent pour des gens qu'il combat.00:51:39 — Le Cerfa de 24 pages pour un enfant handicapéLa réalité concrète de ce que le désengagement de l'État produit sur les gens les plus vulnérables.00:57:51 — La désindustrialisation : politique ou patronat ?Les dirigeants qui ont théorisé la France sans usines. La souveraineté industrielle comme prochaine bataille.01:03:04 — L'IA : révolution sans boussole politiqueParcoursup, les formations qui vont disparaître, le sens du travail. Les questions que la classe politique n'a pas encore osé poser.01:07:10 — Écologie et agriculture : les paysans en première ligneMondialisation déloyale, réchauffement, perte de biodiversité. Le modèle agricole des années 60 est en train de se briser.01:17:23 — La dernière BastilleQuand on abandonne la société au marché, c'est la démocratie qu'on abandonne. La convergence Trump-Musk expliquée.01:21:16 — Les angles morts de la gaucheIl les nomme : la mondialisation, la crise environnementale, la culture, les territoires ruraux. Rare autocritique politique.01:25:57 — Reconquérir le temps libéréOn l'a libéré du travail. On l'a donné aux galeries marchandes et aux réseaux sociaux. Comment le reprendre.01:34:44 — Fermer la porte à l'égoïsmeLe mot de la fin : les gens sont courageux, généreux, intéressants. C'est ça qui donne encore envie.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Where We Live
How Rachel Carson's 'Silent Spring' is still teaching environmentalists in 2026

Where We Live

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2026 49:00


It's been more than 60 years since environmentalist Rachel Carson's book, "Silent Spring," challenged the widespread use of synthetic pesticides like DDT and helped launch the modern environmental movement. This hour, we learn about Carson's life, work and her enduring legacy through a new exhibit at Yale's Beinecke Library. We'll also examine a current environmental challenge: per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS. This a class of man-made chemicals can be found in drinking water systems across Connecticut and the country. We'll explore the health concerns surrounding PFAS, efforts to limit exposure and what Carson's story can teach us about responding to today's environmental risks. Guests: Vasilis Vasiliou: Professor and Chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale University Carla Baricz: Librarian for Literature in English and Comparative Literature, curator for Beinecke Library’s exhibition: “Silent Springs, Windswept Seas: Rachel Carson’s Environmental Vision” James Kessenides: Kaplanoff Librarian for American History at the Yale Library, curator for Beinecke Library’s exhibition: “Silent Springs, Windswept Seas: Rachel Carson’s Environmental Vision” Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DianaUribe.fm
Reflexiones sobre los movimientos que ampliaron la democracia en los años 60

DianaUribe.fm

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2026 69:15


A través del movimiento por los derechos civiles, las movilizaciones estudiantiles, el hippismo y las nuevas luchas por el reconocimiento y la inclusión, analizamos cómo una generación comenzó a cuestionar las certezas heredadas en la posguerra y a ampliar los límites de la participación democrática. Más allá de sus expresiones más conocidas, la contracultura abrió debates fundamentales sobre la igualdad, la libertad, la diversidad, la convivencia y el sentido de vida. Una reflexión histórica sobre cómo las democracias se fortalecen cuando son capaces de incorporar nuevas voces, tramitar el desacuerdo y construir espacios comunes para personas y grupos profundamente diferentes.   Notas del Episodio  Martin Luther King Jr. y la Carta desde la Cárcel de Birmingham Aquí encontrarán uno de los textos más importantes de la historia de los derechos civiles, una carta escrita por Martin Luther King Jr. donde explica por qué la desobediencia civil puede ser una herramienta legítima frente a las leyes injustas.  Henry David Thoreau y la Desobediencia Civil El ensayo inspiró a Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. y numerosos movimientos pacifistas alrededor del mundo. Una reflexión sobre la relación entre conciencia, ley y justicia.  Rosa Parks y el Boicot de Autobuses de Montgomery La historia de la protesta que dio inicio al movimiento moderno por los derechos civiles en Estados Unidos y cambió el rumbo de la democracia estadounidense. (Inglés) El Movimiento por los Derechos Civiles en Estados Unidos Una introducción elaborada por Encyclopaedia Britannica sobre el proceso histórico que impulsó la ampliación de derechos y la lucha contra la segregación racial.  Black Power y Stokely Carmichael Una explicación sobre el surgimiento del orgullo afroamericano y la construcción de nuevas identidades políticas dentro del movimiento por los derechos civiles. Berkeley y el Free Speech Movement El movimiento estudiantil que defendió la libertad de expresión y el derecho al disenso dentro de las universidades durante los años sesenta. (Inglés) Rachel Carson y el nacimiento del ambientalismo moderno La historia de una de las autoras más influyentes del siglo XX y de cómo sus ideas ayudaron a construir la conciencia ecológica contemporánea. (Inglés)   Recomendaciones Culturales Película recomendada: Selma (2014) Una reconstrucción cinematográfica de las marchas por el derecho al voto lideradas por Martin Luther King Jr. en Alabama.  ➡ https://mubi.com/en/co/films/selma   Película recomendada: Malcolm X (1992) Para complementar la historia de los derechos civiles desde una perspectiva distinta a la de Martin Luther King Jr.  ➡ https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/malcolm-x/umc.cmc.4tvd4yh39kjpqi67uyd8jvl2i Película recomendada: The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) Para entender las protestas contra la Guerra de Vietnam y la dimensión política de la contracultura. ➡ http://netflix.com/co-en/title/81043755 Album recomendado: What's Going On – Marvin Gaye Uno de los álbumes más importantes de la historia de la música popular, dedicado a temas como la guerra, la discriminación y la justicia social. ➡ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-kA3UtBj4M&list=PLnif9Rfb5AdnouIPnWr4DunLkZ7vO23Ef Canción recomendada: The Times They Are A-Changin' -  Bob Dylan (1964) Probablemente la canción que mejor resume el espíritu de cambio que atravesó la década de los sesenta. ➡ https://youtu.be/90WD_ats6eE?si=in-bQYv5TTgULj67    Sigue mis proyectos en otros lugares:  YouTube ➔ youtube.com/@DianaUribefm  Instagram ➔ instagram.com/dianauribe.fm Facebook ➔ facebook.com/dianauribe.fm Sitio web ➔ dianauribe.fm Twitter ➔ x.com/DianaUribefm  LinkedIn ➔ www.linkedin.com/in/diana-uribe    Gracias de nuevo a nuestra comunidad de patreon por apoyar la producción de este episodio. Si quieres unirte, visita www.dianauribe.fm/comunidad

The Not Old - Better Show
Rachel Carson's Question: What Are We Not Seeing?

The Not Old - Better Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2026 35:51


Rachel Carson's Question: What Are We Not Seeing? Smithsonian Associates Interview Series with Rebecca Henson

Stand Up! with Pete Dominick
1610 Rich Louv "Noticing" + News & Clips

Stand Up! with Pete Dominick

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2026 83:42


My conversation with Rich starts at about 28 minutes in to today's show AFTER headlines and clips Subscribe and Watch Interviews LIVE : On YOUTUBE.com/StandUpWithPete ON SubstackStandUpWithPete Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. This show is Ad free and fully supported by listeners like you! Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 750 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous soul On YOUTUBE.com/StandUpWithPete ON SubstackStandUpWithPete Noticing: Intimate Encounters With the Natural World The internationally bestselling author of Last Child in the Woods seeks a deeper personal connection to nature during this time of ecoanxiety and upheaval by exploring his own backyard. Long beloved for his insightful, inspiring nature writing, Richard Louv returns with his most personal book yet. Noticing is about discovering who you are by exploring the natural world. Louv shows how, by tapping into the thirty or more human senses we have, readers can develop skills––sensory, scientific, artistic, and spiritual––to see and experience the otherworlds of nature.  Through personal essays, rich with descriptions of the California wilderness around his home in the most biodiverse county in the nation, Louv draws on wisdom from influences as far-reaching as neuroscience, nature photography, Indigenous traditions, and mindfulness to foster what he calls "bioenchantment." He offers a new, deeper understanding of what it means to see a tree, know a fox, and to become fully human.   Richard Louv is a journalist and the author of ten books, including Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder, The Nature Principle, and Vitamin N. Translated into twenty languages, his books have helped launch an international movement to connect children, families, and communities to nature. He is cofounder and chair emeritus of the nonprofit Children & Nature Network, which supports a new nature movement. Louv has written for the New York Times, Outside magazine, Orion Magazine, Parents, and many other publications. He appears regularly on national radio and TV, and lectures throughout the world. In 2008, he was awarded the Audubon Medal. Prior recipients have included Rachel Carson, E. O. Wilson, President Jimmy Carter, and Sir David Attenborough. Listen rate and review on Apple Podcasts Listen rate and review on Spotify Pete On Instagram Pete on Blue Sky Pete on Threads Pete on Tik Tok Pete on Twitter Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page Gift a Subscription https://www.patreon.com/PeteDominick/gift Send Pete $ Directly on Venmo All things Jon Carroll  Buy Ava's Art  Subscribe to Piano Tuner Paul Paul Wesley on Substack Listen to Barry and Abigail Hummel Podcast Listen to Matty C Podcast and Substack Follow and Support Pete Coe Hire DJ Monzyk to build your website or help you with Marketing

Engines of Our Ingenuity
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2670: Expanding the Human Environment

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2026 3:51


Episode: 2670 The Expanded Human Habitat: Our Solar System as a Defining Environment.  Today, we expand the notion of environment.

BirdNote
Rachel Carson and the Veery

BirdNote

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2026 1:45


Rachel Carson, author of Silent Spring, and her beloved friend Dorothy Freeman shared a love of nature, and especially of one bird: the Veery, a type of thrush. Plain looking as it is, the Veery has a particularly beautiful song. Hear the extended podcast from BirdNote Presents. More info and transcript at BirdNote.org. Want more BirdNote? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for BirdNote+ to get ad-free listening and other perks.  BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your tax-deductible gift makes these shows possible. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Reality Raincheck
Is a River Alive? with author Robert MacFarlane

Reality Raincheck

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2026 96:35


The Power of Rivers: Ecology, Culture, and Reimagining Nature with Robert MacFarlane This discussion was a dream come true! Have you ever wondered what rivers can teach us about life, culture, and sustainability? If so, you're not alone. In his captivating book Is a River Alive?, Robert MacFarlane explores the profound relationships between humans and rivers across the globe, revealing how these waterways are vital to ecological health, cultural identity, and future conservation efforts. This podcast delves into MacFarlane's insights, shared stories from his travels, and practical ways you can foster guardianship of our rivers. Whether you're a nature lover, a concerned citizen, or simply curious about the natural world, this journey into the heart of rivers will inspire you to see these vital waters in a new light. You'll also want to consider the ways rivers have been your guardian all along. Why Rivers Matter: The Ecological and Cultural Crisis MacFarlane's exploration begins in England, where the health of rivers has dramatically declined due to pollution, agricultural runoff, and climate change. Only 14% of English rivers are in good ecological health, a stark figure illustrating the severity of the crisis. MacFarlane compares this decline to Rachel Carson's opening scene in Silent Spring, where poison falls from the skies, harming wildlife and communities. Yet, the crisis in England isn't solely chemical; it's also cultural. Our disconnection from rivers has led to a loss of identity and stewardship.  MacFarlane's travels take him across four continents, revealing inspiring examples of rivers that are thriving and being reimagined as beings with rights. For instance, in Ecuador, the river Rio Los Cedros is protected by groundbreaking legal rights enshrined in the constitution. Similarly, in India's Tamil Nadu region, local activists combat drought and pollution, asserting their guardianship over their waterways. In North America, the Innu community in Canada's northeast has recognized river rights in regional declarations, illustrating a radical shift in environmental law.  The Rebirth of River Rights What makes these stories compelling is the idea that rivers are more than just resourceful water courses—they are living entities deserving legal protection. MacFarlane's journey shows that citizen guardianship can lead to tangible change, like the Ecuadorian court ruling that protected Los Cedros' forest and river ecosystem, forcing mining companies to leave within ten days. These acts of guardianship, rooted in love and respect, demonstrate how reimagining rivers as rights-bearing beings can foster ecological healing. Stories from the Water: Encounters with Place One of MacFarlane's gifts is his ability to connect readers with the people he meets on his journeys. From the mushroom girl Juliana, who hears fungi as a language, to the indigenous communities whose rivers are sacred, these stories highlight the importance of listening, naming, and understanding our environment. Recognizing the Sign Language of Nature MacFarlane discusses Juliana's remarkable ability to sense fungi before seeing them—an almost magical skill that speaks to a deeper, intuitive understanding of ecosystems. She perceives the fungi's "voices," not through scientific rigor alone but through felt intuition. It's a reminder that humans can develop a kind of water literacy, learning to listen to the signals of rivers and oceans. These encounters illustrate that a polyphonic world exists, filled with language and meaning beyond human speech, waiting for us to perceive if we only listen. The Gift of Naming and Connection Naming, MacFarlane suggests, is a powerful act. It's a way of establishing relationship and recognition with the environment. Ann Marie talks about her experience of discovering tiny beach seedlings in Virginia, which led to a panoramic "cathedral" of beeches. Her experience exemplifies how awareness and naming deepen our connection to place. This act of naming transforms our perception, shifting us from mere observers to guardians who recognize their role in the web of life. Environmental Loss and Hope Throughout his travels, MacFarlane reflects on the disappearance of many natural places and the cultural erosion accompanying environmental decline. Yet, he emphasizes hope rooted in grassroots guardianship and legal advances. Movements in Wales, for example, have led to formal protections for rivers like the Wye, demonstrating that small steps can have ripple effects across landscapes and communities. How You Can Be a River Guardian Inspired by these stories? MacFarlane offers practical ways to foster a guardianship mindset, emphasizing collective action, local involvement, and legal advocacy. Get Involved Locally Join your community's river guardianship group or conservation organization. Guardianship isn't just about big legal battles—it starts with everyday actions like cleaning up trash, reporting pollution, or advocating for river-friendly policies. Support local initiatives such as American Rivers or Riverkeeper groups that work to protect and restore waterways. Participate in or organize community clean-up events—these tactile acts foster a sense of ownership and responsibility. Advocate for Legal Rights MacFarlane highlights Ecuador's pioneering legal framework recognizing the rights of nature which is an inspiring model worldwide. Encourage your local or national governments to adopt similar laws that extend personhood and legal protections to rivers and ecosystems. Final Thoughts: Rivers as Life's Arteries and Guardians In Is a River Alive?, MacFarlane reminds us that rivers are more than water—they are vital to life, culture, and the planet's health. Reimagining rivers as beings with rights, listening to their signals, and taking guardianship seriously offers a path to ecological renewal and cultural resilience. As citizens, learners, and guardians, we each have a role in supporting these life-giving arteries. https://www.americanrivers.org/ https://www.rightsofrivers.org/ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/35084/robert-macfarlane/

History Matters
History Matters: 5-25-77

History Matters

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2026 9:19


This week: Star Wars hits theaters, Jesse Owens sets records, Rachel Carson saves the ecosystem, and Dorothea Lange documents the Depression. The post History Matters: 5-25-77 appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

Shine Bright Like the Firmament

In this episode, Madeline chats with her friend Jess Fetterman, a historian with a bachelor's degree in agriculture, a brief history of how agriculture became sciencey, her family's connections to farming, an influential high school research experience, living history, some basics on the Quakers and the college she went to, her unique college experiences, marrying traditional and modern agricultural practices, subsidiarity, her grad school stints and mental health, the importance of cultivation to our humanity, the effects of her parents' mixed marriage on her religious upbringing, the liturgy and how her husband helped her be comfortable with different liturgies, how she met her husband, being a biritual marriage, and so much more!-link: Byz Ben's episode, Silent Spring, I&A, Caroline George's episodeDuring the course of their conversation, they make many references which you can explore. Some of these references include episodes 63 and 97, Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, and the Inkwells and Anvils community.Feel free to like, subscribe, and share the episode! Follow us on Instagram! @sbltfpodcastDon't forget to go out there, and be a light to this world!

Engaging ESG with Jennifer Owens and Kati Kallins
Making Carbon Literacy Fun, Familiar and Scalable EP 41

Engaging ESG with Jennifer Owens and Kati Kallins

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2026 32:57


Michelle Li, founder of Clever Carbon and Women in Climate, joins Jennifer and Kati to talk about making carbon literacy accessible, engaging, and even joyful.Michelle started her career in Silicon Valley with stints at Salesforce and DocuSign. In 2020, frustrated by the boring, acronym-heavy content she encountered while trying to learn about carbon footprints, she launched Clever Carbon to demystify emissions using the power of numbers. (Think: Nutrition labels, but for carbon.)We also talk about Women in Climate, her nonprofit that has grown to include 35,000 LinkedIn followers, 7,000 members in its global Slack community, and more than 1,200 climate professionals in its speaker database. And we can't forget the Carbon Newbie Summit, which is an annual highlight of New York Climate Week!Have a question for us? Email us today at engagingesg@gmail.com.Learn more about us at https://bit.ly/EngagingESGpod. Show Links Learn more about Michelle Li. Learn more about Clever Carbon. Join Women in Climate. Learn more about the Carbon Newbie Summit. Read Silent Spring by Rachel Carson. Watch 3 Body Problem. Watch A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.  Our theme music is "Lost in Translation" by Wendy Marcini and Elvin Vangard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thought for the Day
The Right Reverend Dr David Walker

Thought for the Day

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2026 3:01


Good morning.Ocean transport has rarely left our news headlines over these last few weeks. The ongoing efforts of the USA and Iran to block or open up the Strait of Hormuz now being joined by the plight of passengers on a virus struck cruise ship, finally docked in Tenerife.It's tempting then, to think of the world's oceans primarily as means of transporting travellers and goods. Yet, as ocean naturalists, from Rachel Carson to David Attenborough, have repeatedly reminded us, the seas are home to a vast array of amazing species. The wonders of our oceans are however, now at significant risk from two direct consequences of human activity, climate change and pollution. Indeed, it's widely argued by scientists that, for the seas to recover, a minimum of 30% of the world's oceans will need to be protected by 2030.The challenge, as so often with regard to environmental damage, is our human reluctance to take short term sacrifices for longer term gain. Or else we so frame the actions required by way of sacrifice that they fall disproportionately on the poorest among our communities and nations. It is here that two core aspects of my own faith come together.First, as Psalm 95 in the Hebrew Scriptures asserts, “The sea is his, and he made it”. That tells me, our human accountability to God extends to our treatment of the oceans just as much as it does the dry land.Second, those of us with greater wealth or assets are expected to shoulder the heavier burden. As Jesus says in Luke 12: 48, “From everyone to whom much has been given, much will be required; and from the one to whom much has been entrusted, even more will be demanded.”Governments have a vital part to play. The High Seas Treaty, which came into force earlier this year, and the UK Parliament has now legislated to ratify, affords opportunity for safeguarding large swathes of the oceans. The Sargasso Sea, surrounding the Island of Bermuda, and home to a rich and diverse range of species, is a prime candidate for environmental protection measures that avoid destroying the livelihoods of local fishing communitiesI'm grateful too for the work of campaigning organisations, such as Greenpeace, whose ship Witness, I was privileged to visit, with other parliamentarians, recently. Along with sister vessels, it monitors biodiversity and plastic pollution in sensitive areas, exposing behaviours that jeopardise the seas and challenging us all to do better. Together, treaties and campaigners offer me hope that we can yet treasure the world's oceans for their true value, a value far far beyond their immediate usefulness as means to transport the world's supplies of oil. But, as Jesus stated so bluntly, our own individual practices matter too.

The Produce Industry Podcast w/ Patrick Kelly
Monsanto: Agent Orange and the Fields of Vietnam (Part 3) - The History of Fresh Produce

The Produce Industry Podcast w/ Patrick Kelly

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2026 49:16


What was Agent Orange, the herbicide that fell like mist on the jungles of Vietnam — and how did a chemical born in a West Virginia factory end up destroying the food systems, forests, and bodies of an entire nation? Why did the company that knew its own product contained one of the most toxic substances ever identified keep that knowledge from governments, soldiers, and the Vietnamese farmers watching their rice paddies wither and die? And how does the story of twelve million gallons of dioxin-laced herbicide open a window onto one of the great recurring dramas of modern capitalism; from the misfiled letters of Nitro to the class action courtrooms of the 1980s, and the generations of Vietnamese children born into a war that never quite ended?Join John and Patrick for the third episode of their Monsanto series — Rachel Carson, Operation Ranch Hand, the veterans nobody believed, and the distance between what a company says it is doing and what it is actually doing — in an age when the most dangerous chemical in the world was still being sprayed on American rice fields fifteen years after it had been banned from the jungles of Vietnam...----------In Sponsorship with Cornell University: Dyson Cornell SC Johnson College of Business-----------Join the History of Fresh Produce Club for ad-free listening, bonus episodes, book discounts and access to an exclusive chatroom community.Support us!Share this episode with your friendsGive a 5-star ratingWrite a review-----------Subscribe to our biweekly newsletter here for extra stories related to recent episodes, book recommendations, a sneak peek of upcoming episodes and more.-----------Instagram, TikTok, Threads:@historyoffreshproduceEmail: historyoffreshproduce@gmail.com

PENSIERO STUPENDO di Barbasophia
“IL PIANETA È IN FIAMME!“ - Usiamo Spinoza per combattere l'ECO-ANSIA

PENSIERO STUPENDO di Barbasophia

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2026 34:40


Il pianeta ha la febbre e l’eco-ansia è diventata il male strisciante del nostro tempo. Ma cosa c’entra la filosofia con il riscaldamento globale? In questo episodio di Pensiero Stupendo, Matteo Saudino scava nelle radici della crisi ambientale e nel nostro rapporto malato con l'ecosistema. Da Spinoza, il primo "ecologista" della storia che ci insegna a vedere Dio nella Natura, alla denuncia coraggiosa di Rachel Carson contro i veleni del profitto, fino all'antispecismo di Peter Singer. Un viaggio filosofico per smettere di sentirci padroni del mondo e iniziare a trattare il pianeta per ciò che è: un bene prezioso avuto in prestito dai nostri figli.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Historians At The Movies
Episode 197: Soylent Green Explained: Eco-Dystopia, Climate Anxiety, and the 1970s That Still Haunt Us

Historians At The Movies

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2026 67:04


What if our most famous environmental dystopias reveal as much about fear and ideology as they do about the future?In this episode of Reckoning with Jason Herbert, I sit down with film scholar Matthew Thompson, author of On Life Support, to unpack the haunting world of Soylent Green—and the larger tradition of eco-dystopian cinema that emerged in the 1970s.We explore how films like Soylent Green, Planet of the Apes, and Silent Running channeled the anxieties of the early environmental movement, from overpopulation and pollution to resource scarcity and class inequality. Drawing on the influence of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, we examine how these films translated real-world fears into unforgettable cinematic visions.But this conversation goes deeper. Thompson argues that beneath their ecological warnings, these films often carry troubling assumptions—about population control, class, and who gets to survive. From the legacy of The Population Bomb to the shocking logic behind Soylent Green's infamous twist, we ask: what do these stories really say about environmental politics—then and now?We also connect the 1970s to today's resurgence of eco-dystopian storytelling, from Snowpiercer to Don't Look Up, and consider what modern climate anxiety reveals about our own moment.This is a conversation about film, history, and the uneasy truths lurking beneath our visions of the future.

Vienkartinė planeta
Rachel Carson – rašytoja, davusi pradžią aplinkosaugos judėjimui Jungtinėse Valsijose

Vienkartinė planeta

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2026 28:37


Gamtininkas Mindaugas Lapelė sako, kad jam mieliau švęsti Motinos Žemės dieną balandžio 22-ąją negu Žemės dieną kovo 20-ąją. Būtent tą dieną prieš 56 metus 20 milijonų žmonių išėjo į gatves reikalaudami spręsti aplinkos taršos problemas Jungtinėse Valstijose.Kalbant apie šiuos protestus, dažnai minima 1962 metais išleista Rachel Carson knyga „Tylusis pavasaris“ (angl. „Silent Spring“). Sakoma, kad ją perskaitę, dalis amerikiečių ėmė radikaliai kitaip matyti savo gyvenamą aplinką. Mat knygoje aprašytas tuo metu dar nežinomas pavojingo pesticido DDT poveikis. Nepaisant aršių pesticidų pramonės bandymų Rachel Carson diskredituoti, šis pesticidas vėliau buvo uždraustas, sukurti teisės aktai ir institucijos, saugantys švarų vandenį, orą, biologinę įvairovę.Knyga „Tylusis pavasaris“ niekada nebuvo išleista į lietuvių kalbą, ją rusų ir anglų kalbomis skaitęs gamtininkas Mindaugą Lapelė sako, kad reikėtų tą padaryti.Plačiau apie šią asmenybę ir jos palikimą pasakoja ir viena iš jos biografijos autorių, amerikiečių rašytoja Andrea Barnet bei vabzdžių nykimą tyrinėjantis biologas, mokslo populiarintojas iš Jungtinės Karalystės Dave Goulson.Autorė Inga Janiulytė-Temporin

mat pla ddt rachel carson silent spring prad dave goulson jungtin karalyst nepaisant sakoma motinos valstijose kalbant aplinkosaugos
BirdNote
Rachel Carson's Muse

BirdNote

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2026 1:42


Rachel Carson found inspiration in the work of 19th-century writer Richard Jefferies, whose work helped  Carson develop her deep sense of connection with the natural world. Jefferies wrote, "Consider the grasses and the oaks, the swallows, the sweet blue butterfly — they are one and all a sign and token, showing before our eyes earth made into life." More info and transcript at BirdNote.org. Want more BirdNote? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for BirdNote+ to get ad-free listening and other perks.  BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your tax-deductible gift makes these shows possible.   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dig: A History Podcast
Rachel Carson and a Spring Without Nature: Science, Love, and Politics

Dig: A History Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2026 40:21


Environmentalism Series #4 of 4. Rachel Carson is often touted as inspiring the modern global environmental movement. In 1962, when Carson's book Silent Spring was published, she was a fifty-five-year-old former government employee and an award-winning writer of oceanography books. She did not hold a university position, had no PhD, nor was she affiliated with any political organization. She did not consider herself a feminist, and by most accounts she had little taste for public controversy. Unbeknownst to most people, she was also living with advancing breast cancer, a fact she kept largely hidden from the public while she faced down the combined fury of the American chemical industry, the Department of Agriculture, and a scientific establishment that was furious with her. Carson was, as historian Linda Lear puts it, "an improbable revolutionary," yet she changed the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Close Readings
Nature in Crisis: ‘The Burning Earth' by Sunil Amrith

Close Readings

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2026 12:54


The ‘great acceleration' is a term used to describe the dramatic surge in the 1950s of both human and earth systems indicators that marked a shift from a relatively stable planetary state to one that's characterised by increasing environmental instability. Alongside measures of carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane levels, this shift can be tracked in numerous other areas of human activity, such as GDP, financialisation, foreign direct investment and the spread of telecommunications. In ‘The Burning Earth' (2024), Sunil Amrith uses history as a way of understanding why we got to this moment, drawing on multiple strands of human activity over more than 500 years to trace the origins of environmental crisis. In this episode, Meehan and Peter interrogate some of Amrith's major themes and examples, from the damaging impact of 18th-century ideas of freedom on our relationship to the natural world, to his analysis of postwar environmentalism through the figures of Hannah Arendt, Rachel Carson and Indira Gandhi. Non-subscribers will only hear an extract from this episode. To listen in full, and to all our other Close Readings series, sign up: Directly in Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.me/applecrna⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ture⁠⁠ In other podcast apps: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.me/closereadingsna⁠⁠⁠ture More from the LRB: ⁠https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n24/alexander-bevilacqua/friend-or-food⁠ ⁠https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v42/n22/pooja-bhatia/the-end-of-the-plantocracy⁠ ⁠https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v39/n05/benjamin-kunkel/the-capitalocene⁠ Meehan Crist and Alison Bashford on Indira Gandhi and the anthropocene: ⁠https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/the-lrb-podcast/climate-politics-and-procreation-alison-bashford⁠ Recommendations for the London Review Bookshop from Sunil Amrith: ⁠https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/blog/2025/october/british-academy-book-prize-2025-sunil-amrith-s-reading-recommendations⁠

Bad at Sports
Bad at Sports Episode 935: Chicago Critics Roundtable

Bad at Sports

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2026 89:19


Guests: Annette LePique, Curtis Anthony Bozif, Pia Singh, Gareth Kaye Recorded with the support of Columbia College Chicago - Colum.edu What happens when you gather a room full of critics in a moment when criticism itself feels both endangered and newly alive? In this long-awaited return to the Chicago Critics Roundtable, Duncan sits down with a new multi-hyphenate crew of writers, curators, artists, and exhibition-makers to unpack the shifting role of criticism in a fractured "art ecology." What emerges is a conversation about care, attention, subjectivity, labor, and the strange intimacy of thinking deeply about someone else's work. From the death of legacy media to the rise of Substack, from writing as love to writing as agitation, this episode positions criticism as a lived, embodied, and often obsessive practice. Criticism is relational, literary, emotional, and deeply entangled with the conditions of making and showing art in Chicago today, and certainly never "neutral".  Name Drop List (with links) Duncan MacKenzie—https://kurasmackenzie.com/Brian Andrews—https://www.brianandrews.org/Annette LePique—https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/byline/annette-lepique/ Curtis Anthony Bozif—https://www.curtisanthonybozif.com/ Pia Singh—https://curatorsintl.org/collaborators/22319-pia-singh Gareth Kaye—https://chicagospleen.substack.com/ Derrick Guthrie—https://derrickguthrie.com/ Lane Relyea—https://www.artic.edu/authors/71/lane-relyea James Elkins—https://www.saic.edu/profiles/faculty/james-elkins Michelle Grabner—https://www.michellegrabner.com/ Lori Waxman—https://www.60inchcenter.org/lori-waxman Charles Baudelaire—https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/charles-baudelaire Dave Hickey—https://www.artforum.com/contributors/dave-hickey Werner Herzog—https://www.bfi.org.uk/filmography/werner-herzog Timothy Morton—https://www.timothymorton.net/ Rachel Carson—https://www.rachelcarson.org/Peter Schjeldahl—https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/peter-schjeldahl

Affaires sensibles
Rachel Carson, lanceuse d'alerte contre les biocides

Affaires sensibles

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2026 48:08


durée : 00:48:08 - Affaires sensibles - par : Fabrice Drouelle - . - réalisation : Stéphane Cosme, Hélène Bizieau, Frédéric Milano, François Audoin, Valentine Chédebois, Franck Cognard, Rebecca Denantes, Claire Teisseire Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

Living on Earth
Fires and Logging Justice, Back to the Moon, Pioneering Women in Science and more.

Living on Earth

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2026 51:38


A decades-old US Forest Service rule that's been used to supposedly reduce wildfire risk through large-scale logging while bypassing environmental review has been deemed unlawful by a federal court in Oregon. Clearcutting can instead increase wildfire risk, and our guest says USFS needs to rethink its entire approach to managing forests and wildfire risk.   Also, the Artemis II mission is getting ready to use the most powerful rocket ever built by NASA to return to the moon for the first time since the original Apollo missions more than 50 years ago. How declining public support shut down the Apollo program, and why NASA again faces headwinds in maintaining the public's interest in space exploration.   And women have historically been underrepresented in science and engineering, but that didn't stop Marie Curie, Jane Goodall, and Rachel Carson, and there are many more women in these fields who are not as famous. Artist and author Rachel Ignotofsky shares the contributions of some of the remarkable female scientists she profiles in her book, Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World.   ---   Join LOE and Inside Climate News for the next Living on Earth Book Club event on Thursday, March 26th! We'll talk with data scientist Hannah Ritchie about her new book Clearing the Air: A Hopeful Guide to Solving Climate Change in 50 Questions and Answers. Learn more and sign up for this free, live online event at loe.org/events. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Métamorphose, le podcast qui éveille la conscience
Ce que la philo doit aux femmes, avec la docteure en philosophie Laurence Devillairs #186

Métamorphose, le podcast qui éveille la conscience

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2026 91:16


Anne Ghesquière reçoit Laurence Devillairs, normalienne, agrégée et docteur en philosophie. Pourquoi les femmes ont-elles été oubliées dans l'histoire de la philosophie ? Comment des figures comme Gabrielle Suchon, Elisabeth de Bohême ou Simone de Beauvoir ont-elles pourtant contribué à l'évolution de la pensée sans recevoir la reconnaissance qu'elles méritent ? Qu'est-ce que la philosophie féminine, et comment en parler sans réduire ces penseuses à leur féminité ? Quel impact le mouvement #MeToo a-t-il eu sur la manière dont nous repensons l'histoire de la philosophie et de la justice ? Hypatie, Ban Zhao, Rosa Luxemburg, Olympe de Gouges, Jeanne Hersh, Simone de Beauvoir, Mary Wollstonecraft, Isabelle Stengers, Rachel Carson... Laurence Devillairs nous propose de redécouvrir ces femmes oubliées de l'histoire des idées, et de repenser la place des femmes dans la philosophie. Elle a co-dirigé, avec Laurence Hansen-Løve, Ce que la philosophie doit aux femmes aux éditions Robert Laffont. [SÉLECTION WEEK-END – METAMORPHOSE] L'épisode #527 a été diffusé, la première fois, le 30 sept. 2024.Quelques citations du podcast avec Laurence Devillairs :"Il n'y a pas une pensée féminine, il y a de la pensée.""Comment parler de ces philosophes sans les réduire à leur féminité, mais sans non plus occulter leur féminité.""Je crois que MeToo a permis, permet et permettra de repenser la justice et donc l'injustice."Recevez chaque semaine l'inspirante newsletter Métamorphose par Anne GhesquièreDécouvrez Objectif Métamorphose, notre programme en 12 étapes pour partir à la rencontre de soi-même.Suivez nos RS : Insta, Facebook & TikTokAbonnez-vous sur Apple Podcast / Spotify / Deezer / CastBox / YoutubeSoutenez Métamorphose en rejoignant la Tribu MétamorphoseThèmes abordés lors du podcast avec Laurence Devillairs :00:00Introduction00:51 L'invitée03:33 Les femmes, grandes oubliées de l'Histoire09:03 Être une femme impacte-t-il la façon de penser ?16:44 Histoire de la philo, reflet de l'Histoire ?21:18 Place des femmes dans l'Antiquité25:26 Qu'est-ce qu'être philosophe ?29:09 L'incroyable Gabrielle Suchon au 17e36:54 La méconnue Elisabeth de Bohême48:16 Penser l'amour : l'impact des mystiques du Moyen-Âge58:05 Catherine McKinnon et l'injustice institutionnelle01:01:10 Le corps : un enjeu de la pensée01:11:21 Révolutions et femmes01:15:27 Repenser la justice après MeToo01:19:08 Consentement et inégalité systémique01:23:59 L'écoféminisme et le CAREAvant-propos et précautions à l'écoute du podcast Photo © Astrid di Crollalanza Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

ASLE EcoCast Podcast
Contamination in 1970s Science Fiction Films with Matthew Thompson

ASLE EcoCast Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2026 38:29


We sat down with Matthew Thompson to discuss his forthcoming book: On Life Support: Eco-Dystopian Cinema in the Long 1970s. The book charts various environmentalisms in 1970s films, containment vs. contamination, that evolved out of the environmentalist work of the 1960s typified by Rachel Carson and Paul Ehrlich. Thompson's idea of "contamination" jockeys with the conceptual north star of recent ecocriticism: interconnectivity. This connects to an earlier episode we had with Steven Swarbrick and Jean-Thomas Tremblay on Negative Life: The Cinema of Extinction.   For more of Thompson:   Website: https://matthewithompson.com   ASLE EcoCast: If you have an idea for an episode, please submit your proposal here: https://forms.gle/Y1S1eP9yXxcNkgWHA   Twitter: @ASLE_EcoCast Lindsay Jolivette: @lin_jolivette Alex Tischer: @ak_tischer   If you're enjoying the show, please consider subscribing, sharing, and writing reviews on your favorite podcast platform(s)!   Episode recorded February 4, 2025 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Mongabay Newscast
Writer Megan Mayhew Bergman on the lessons and moral clarity of 'Silent Spring'

Mongabay Newscast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2026 47:52


It's been more than half a century since the publication of Silent Spring by the scientist and creative writer Rachel Carson. The seminal volume caught the attention of U.S. presidents, artists and musicians, spurring the environmental movement and leading to the eventual ban of the toxic pesticide DDT. Joining the Mongabay Newscast is environmental writer and director of the creative writing program at Middlebury College, Megan Mayhew Bergman. She unpacks the impact of Carson's work, which came under public attack from chemical companies seeking to discredit her, and how, eventually, the truth broke through. "We don't change our minds usually based on data. We change our minds based on emotion, but historically, it's been pretty taboo for scientists to include emotion in the way that they write. And I feel like Carson risked that here in a way that was really powerful." Please take a minute to let us know what you think of our podcast, here. Image: Megan Mayhew Bergman. Image by Cameron Russell. Environmental writing and authors mentioned in this conversation: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Florida by Lauren Groff The Home Place by J. Drew Lanham Hope Is the Thing With Feathers by Christopher Cokinos How Strange a Season by Megan Mayhew Bergman Silent Spring by Rachel Carson Under a White Sky by Elizabeth Kolbert Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald The Wild Flag by E.B. White Zora Neale Hurston Other works and authors mentioned: Ecology of a Cracker Childhood by Janisse Ray Men We Reaped by Jasmyn Ward A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid Speak Memory by Vladimir Nabokov —- Timestamps (00:00) Changing hearts and minds (02:46) Rachel Carson's journey to Silent Spring (08:22) Controversy and impact (14:40) Room for a new voice (20:55) Bioaccumulation and what it means (24:07) "We don't change our minds based on data" (26:43) Recommended reads (35:21) The American South and environmental writing (39:57) Lessons for writers

Close Readings
Nature in Crisis: ‘Silent Spring' by Rachel Carson

Close Readings

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2026 15:36


After following up a lead from a birdwatcher, Rachel Carson drew a web of connections that led to one of the most influential books of the 20th century. Silent Spring (1962) investigated the synthetic pesticides that proliferated after the Second World War, which were assiduously defended by overconfident policymakers, industrial chemists and agribusiness. The book quickly became a bestseller and kickstarted the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency. In the first episode of Nature in Crisis, Meehan Crist and Peter Godfrey-Smith discuss one of the truly great success stories in science writing. Carson was a masterful stylist and gifted scientist who could make abstruse developments in organic chemistry compelling, accessible and alarmingly intimate. Meehan and Peter show how Carson wrote at the edge of science, anticipating the study of epigenetics and endocrine disruption. They illustrate why, though some of her proposed solutions fell short, Silent Spring remains ‘both an exhilarating and melancholy pleasure'. Non-subscribers will only hear an extract from this episode. To listen in full, and to all our other Close Readings series, sign up: Directly in Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.me/applecrna⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ture In other podcast apps: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.me/closereadingsna⁠⁠⁠ture Get the book: https://lrb.me/carsoncr Further reading from the LRB: Meehan Crist on Silent Spring https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v41/n11/meehan-crist/a-strange-blight Stephen Mills on Rachel Carson https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v20/n08/stephen-mills/chaffinches-with-their-beaks-pushed-into-the-soil-woodpigeons-with-a-froth-of-spittle-at-their-open-mouths Edmund Gordon on the insect crisis: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v44/n09/edmund-gordon/bye-bye-firefly Anthony Giddens on chemical contamination: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v18/n17/anthony-giddens/why-sounding-the-alarm-on-chemical-contamination-is-not-necessarily-alarmist

New Books in Gender Studies
Brooke Kroeger, "Undaunted: How Women Changed American Journalism" (Knopf, 2023)

New Books in Gender Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2026 45:12


Undaunted: How Women Changed American Journalism (Knopf, 2023) is a representative history of the American women who surmounted every impediment put in their way to do journalism's most valued work. From Margaret Fuller's improbable success to the highly paid reporters of the mid-nineteenth century to the breakthrough investigative triumphs of Nellie Bly, Ida Tarbell, and Ida B. Wells, Brooke Kroeger examines the lives of the best-remembered and long-forgotten woman journalists. She explores the careers of standout woman reporters who covered the major news stories and every conflict at home and abroad since before the Civil War, and she celebrates those exceptional careers up to the present, including those of Martha Gellhorn, Rachel Carson, Janet Malcolm, Joan Didion, Cokie Roberts, and Charlayne Hunter-Gault. As Kroeger chronicles the lives of journalists and newsroom leaders in every medium, a larger story develops: the nearly two-centuries-old struggle for women's rights. Here as well is the collective fight for equity from the gentle stirrings of the late 1800s through the legal battles of the 1970s to the #MeToo movement and today's racial and gender disparities. Undaunted unveils the huge and singular impact women have had on a vital profession still dominated by men. Jane Scimeca is Professor of History at Brookdale Community College. @JaneScimeca1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

New Books in Gender Studies
Brooke Kroeger, "Undaunted: How Women Changed American Journalism" (Knopf, 2023)

New Books in Gender Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2026 45:12


Undaunted: How Women Changed American Journalism (Knopf, 2023) is a representative history of the American women who surmounted every impediment put in their way to do journalism's most valued work. From Margaret Fuller's improbable success to the highly paid reporters of the mid-nineteenth century to the breakthrough investigative triumphs of Nellie Bly, Ida Tarbell, and Ida B. Wells, Brooke Kroeger examines the lives of the best-remembered and long-forgotten woman journalists. She explores the careers of standout woman reporters who covered the major news stories and every conflict at home and abroad since before the Civil War, and she celebrates those exceptional careers up to the present, including those of Martha Gellhorn, Rachel Carson, Janet Malcolm, Joan Didion, Cokie Roberts, and Charlayne Hunter-Gault. As Kroeger chronicles the lives of journalists and newsroom leaders in every medium, a larger story develops: the nearly two-centuries-old struggle for women's rights. Here as well is the collective fight for equity from the gentle stirrings of the late 1800s through the legal battles of the 1970s to the #MeToo movement and today's racial and gender disparities. Undaunted unveils the huge and singular impact women have had on a vital profession still dominated by men. Jane Scimeca is Professor of History at Brookdale Community College. @JaneScimeca1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

New Books Network
Brooke Kroeger, "Undaunted: How Women Changed American Journalism" (Knopf, 2023)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2026 45:12


Undaunted: How Women Changed American Journalism (Knopf, 2023) is a representative history of the American women who surmounted every impediment put in their way to do journalism's most valued work. From Margaret Fuller's improbable success to the highly paid reporters of the mid-nineteenth century to the breakthrough investigative triumphs of Nellie Bly, Ida Tarbell, and Ida B. Wells, Brooke Kroeger examines the lives of the best-remembered and long-forgotten woman journalists. She explores the careers of standout woman reporters who covered the major news stories and every conflict at home and abroad since before the Civil War, and she celebrates those exceptional careers up to the present, including those of Martha Gellhorn, Rachel Carson, Janet Malcolm, Joan Didion, Cokie Roberts, and Charlayne Hunter-Gault. As Kroeger chronicles the lives of journalists and newsroom leaders in every medium, a larger story develops: the nearly two-centuries-old struggle for women's rights. Here as well is the collective fight for equity from the gentle stirrings of the late 1800s through the legal battles of the 1970s to the #MeToo movement and today's racial and gender disparities. Undaunted unveils the huge and singular impact women have had on a vital profession still dominated by men. Jane Scimeca is Professor of History at Brookdale Community College. @JaneScimeca1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Top Docs:  Award-Winning Documentary Filmmakers
“The New Yorker at 100” with Marshall Curry

Top Docs: Award-Winning Documentary Filmmakers

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2025 27:20


In Marshall Curry's (“Street Fight,” “A Night at the Garden”) new Netflix documentary, “The New Yorker at 100”, the magazine's editor, David Remnick, calls its very existence “a miracle”: in a typical issue you might find  a long profile of a museum, and then a report from Southern Lebanon, all interspersed with gag cartoons   Curry's documentary reflects the variegated nature of its subject, revealing the process by which the magazine's 100th anniversary edition is created while tracking the history of the magazine as it morphed from: a chiefly humor offering putatively aimed at the city's upper crust; then embracing ground-breaking journalism first led by Jon Hersey, and later Rachel Carson and Truman Capote; to the celebrity-laden reign of Tina Brown; to Remnick's politically-imbued editorial approach.  And throughout, as he notes both continuity and change, Curry pays homage to the people who make it all happen at such an elevated level:  the editors and writers, sure, but also the fact-checkers, cartoonists, designers, and even the employee who maintains the building and hides away the priceless archival material.   You can watch “The New Yorker at 100” on Netflix.   Hidden Gems: “Spellbound” “How to Die in Oregon”   Follow: @marshallcurry_ on Instagram and @marshallcurry on X @topdocspod on Instagram and X    The Presenting Sponsor of "Top Docs" is Netflix.

Trent Loos Podcast
Trent on the Loos Dec 2, 2025 Kevin Kenney is exactly right the US EPA has destroyed our productivity and all innovation with emission standards. For what gain?

Trent Loos Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2025 29:56


On Dec 2, 1970 the U.S. EPA was created because a lady named Rachel Carson created a myth about DTT. Today the EPA continues to destroy production at the vechicle and farm equipment level with zero net gain.

The John Batchelor Show
S8 Ep149: 5/8. Guano, Tragedy, and the Rise of Intensive Farming — Steven Moss — Moss discusses seabird guano (nutrient-rich droppings), first recognized as a valuable resource by the Incas and subsequently monetized by William Gibbs, who accumulated

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 9:05


5/8. Guano, Tragedy, and the Rise of Intensive Farming — Steven Moss — Moss discusses seabird guano (nutrient-rich droppings), first recognized as a valuable resource by the Incas and subsequently monetized by William Gibbs, who accumulated immense wealth trading guano from arid Peruvian islands. Moss emphasizes that guano harvesting occurred under tragic human conditions, with Chinese indentured laborers frequently dying during extraction operations. Mossnotes that declining guano availability stimulated the invention of synthetic fertilizers by Haber and Bosch, catalyzing the emergence of intensive chemical agriculture. Moss documents that high-intensity chemical farming, despite enabling global food production, precipitated catastrophic declines in bird and insect populations, a phenomenon extensively documented in Rachel Carson's seminal work Silent Spring. 1880

Standard Deviations
Dr. Daniel Crosby - Fighting for What's Right is a Source of Meaning

Standard Deviations

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2025 10:02


Tune in to hear:How did Florence Nightingale transform the healthcare landscape in her time?How did Rachel Carson and her book, Silent Spring, call for a greater awareness of environmental degredation and a heightened awareness of the fragility of our planet?Why did Norman Borlaug win The Nobel Prize, The Presidential Medal of Freedom and The Congressional Gold Medal? Where can his legacy be seen in the present day?Why does participating in activism lead to a greater sense of wellbeing?Why are greater levels of activism also correlated to greater physical health?LinksThe Soul of WealthOrion's Market Volatility PortalConnect with UsMeet Dr. Daniel CrosbyCheck Out All of Orion's PodcastsPower Your Growth with OrionCompliance Code: 3005-U-25304

Borrowed
We are the Environment: Silent Spring's Enduring Wisdom

Borrowed

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2025 28:13


When Silent Spring came out in 1962, it was an instant best-seller and led to the establishment of the EPA, as well as the ban of harmful pesticides such as DDT. But Rachel Carson's seminal work also shifted our way of thinking about nature. For the first time, the environment was not just something out there that could be tracked and measured, but something that lived inside all of us. You can read a transcript of this episode on our website, and visit learn more about the topics brought up in this episode.Check out our booklist with books recommended for this episode.This episode was a collaboration with the podcast Thresholds. You can listen to Jordan Kisener's full interview with Ayana Elizabeth Johnson here. And check out Johnson's new book, What If We Get It Right? Read Bob Musil's book, Rachel Carson and Her Sisters, and learn more about the Rachel Carson Council. Read Rachel Frazin's book, Poisoning the Well, which she co-wrote with Sharon Udasin.Watch Rachel Carson's full speech to the National Women's Democratic Club in 1962.

Green & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy Radicals
Guerrilla Ecologies: A History of Green Capitalism and Eco-Militancy w/ Prof. John Maerhofer (G&R 424)

Green & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy Radicals

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2025 44:50


This week is United Nations Climate Week in New York City. During his address to the U.N., Trump talked about the climate crisis being a hoax and how "the environmentalists want to kill all the cow."To discuss the climate crisis with a lens of resistance and militancy, Scott talks with Prof. John Maerhofer, lecturer at Rutgers, and author of "Guerrilla Ecologies: Green Capital, Nature, and the Politics of Catastrophe" about capital's attack on the environment and radical militant responses to it. They discuss the legacy of Rachel Carson and the mainstreaming of the U.S. environmental movement, the rise of green capitalism, liberal co-optation of the environmental movement, and militant eco-movements in the U.S. and around the world. Bio//John Maerhofer, Ph.D. is an activist-scholar based in the greater NYC area. He has taught literature, radical ecological history, and interdisciplinary studies at various colleges and universities, including Hofstra University, the University of Rhode Island, and at several campuses in the CUNY system. He is currently a full-time Teaching Instructor at Rutgers University where he teaches in the Writing Program. He is author of Guerrilla Ecologies:Green Capital, Nature, and the Politics of Catastrophe.-------------------------------Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by Moody

This is Love
The Sea Around Us

This is Love

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2025 42:38


When writer Rachel Carson built a house on Maine's Southport Island, her new neighbor, Dorothy Freeman, sent her a note to welcome her. Rachel wrote back. And when the summer was over, they kept writing to each other. Lida Maxwell's book is Rachel Carson and the Power of Queer Love. Martha Freeman's book is Always, Rachel: The Letters of Rachel Carson and Dorothy Freeman, 1952-1964 Say hello on Facebook and Instagram. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts. Want to listen to This is Love ad-free? Sign up for Criminal Plus – you'll get to listen to This is Love, Criminal, and Phoebe Reads a Mystery without any ads. Plus, you'll get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal and other exclusive benefits. Learn more and sign up here. We also make Criminal and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices