Ha-Joon Chang describes how rich countries are denying and preventing the same policies…
We have understood the climate crisis for decades, but progress to prevent the…
Capitalism is incompatible with limiting and tackling global warming – and the political…
As timely now as ever, Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman break with tons…
Kids create philosophy on their own. This book follows both the author’s kids,…
Everyone knows the Lord of the Flies. The fictional novel in which children…
We believe debts are a moral duty – one must pay one’s debts!…
Suffices to say you’ll understand multiple stats principles better after reading this book…
There is an opposite image of the world if one considers which countries…
Why is inequality a problem, shouldn’t we just want to lift people out…
An elegant and data-driven and logic analyses of the myths of green capitalism….
Although I went through a panic attack while reading some of the predictions…
I used to believe I understood how the world works. We vote, we…
Perhaps two extracts can exemplify how powerful this writing is: “The fact is…
Poor countries are chasing behind rich ones, and poor people are just steps…
Breaking Boundaries – about the nine planetary boundaries (climate change takes all the media, but it’s just one of the safe planetary limits we’re transgressing)
The corporation & the new corporation – amazing analyses of how corporations, since they are allowed personhood in American law, if they were to take a personality test, they would fall in the psychopath category.
The salt of the Earth – The most beautiful and heartbreaking documentary out there.
In Scientist Rebellion we’ve had amazing speakers, including Tim Lenton:
and Kevin Anderson:
I highly recommend this talk by fellow member of scientist rebellion, Fabian Dablander, about the climate catastrophe, its causes, consequences, and the much-needed action that citizens and scientists everywhere need to take to halt it:
Current Affairs – El Chamuco – Jacobin – Al Jazeera – Progressive International
Planet critical with Rachel Donald
Mainly about the climate catastrophe, Rachel Donald has an amazing number of activists, scientists, and journalists speaking about this crisis from multiple angles. Check, for instance, this piece about from a colleague at scientist rebellion Netherlands: https://podcasts.apple.com/mx/podcast/planet-critical/id1545009586?i=1000641269557
This piece with George Monbiot: https://podcasts.apple.com/mx/podcast/planet-critical/id1545009586?i=1000638519725
How the United Nations is not carbon neutral:
https://podcasts.apple.com/mx/podcast/planet-critical/id1545009586?i=1000632680175
With my personal hero, Jason Hickel:
Kate Raeworth, an economist that thinks of humans and not just of numbers:
Citations needed:
This is my favorite podcast by far. It focuses on how the media, including Hollywood and tv shows, sell propaganda to us all the time. It covers extremely diverse topics, from fatphobia, meritocracy, colonial superiority, propaganda against worker unions, and much, much more. They are incredible fun to hear, always brings in people who work on these topics. I leave some of the coolest episodes I’ve heard with them:
Lumping together conspiracy theories, from Qanon, to Saddam Hussein being behind the 9/11 attacks. Furthermore, friendlier conspiracy theories, such as the havannah syndrome, were allowed to spread more rapidly.
https://podcasts.apple.com/mx/podcast/citations-needed/id1258545975?i=1000611596466
Anti-worker union talk is widespread in the media:
https://podcasts.apple.com/mx/podcast/citations-needed/id1258545975?i=1000604348304
How fatphobia is linked to racism, classism, and sexism, despite the science showing that overweight people have longer life expectancy than ‘normal’ weight people.
https://podcasts.apple.com/mx/podcast/citations-needed/id1258545975?i=1000542971912
Current Affairs – In addition to having an incredibly interesting, fun, and well-written magazine that covers a wide variety of topics, has a podcast where they invite writers and academics to discuss books. Many of the recommendations I described above I heard first in this podcast. For example, listen to these episodes:
On McKinsey (the largest consulting firm in the world, even if you thought they make a lot of damage, it’s a lot worse than you think):
https://podcasts.apple.com/mx/podcast/current-affairs/id1384567205?i=1000588026854
On Bill Gates (and how he ruins everything):
https://podcasts.apple.com/mx/podcast/current-affairs/id1384567205?i=1000554246100
On Julian Assange (a true hero):
https://podcasts.apple.com/mx/podcast/current-affairs/id1384567205?i=1000549719404