Τα καλύτερα Commonwealth Club Of California podcast (2024)

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Jen Psaki with Dan Pfeiffer: Lessons from the White House 1:02:02

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Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki knows it’s the follow-up questions that can be the most difficult to handle. When she was asked “Why do wars start?” by one of her children, she carefully explained and then got a follow up: “Have you ever seen a unicorn?” Not many White House press secretaries capture the nation’s interest the way Jen P…

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'My Octopus Teacher''s Craig Foster: Finding the Wild in a Tame World 58:46

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“An important book that will transform how we think about being human. . . . that will inspire hope.”—Jane Goodall Many people in today’s world seek to reclaim the soul-deepening wildness that grounds them and energizes them when so much of the modern world seems designed to tame them. In his thrilling memoir of a life spent exploring the most incr…

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Nellie Bowles: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History 1:01:29

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When the revolution comes . . . what next? As a Hillary voter, New York Times reporter, and frequenter of her local gay bars, Nellie Bowles fit right in with her San Francisco neighbors and friends—until she started questioning whether the progressive movement she knew and loved was actually helping people. When her colleagues suggested that asking…

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15th Annual Mineta National Transportation Policy Summit—Beyond the Pump: Rethinking Transportation Funding Without the Fuel Tax 1:22:36

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While the climate benefits from booming electric vehicle sales, the nation’s transportation system faces an unfortunate predicament: less gasoline and diesel purchased means dwindling fuel tax revenue. Fuel tax revenue provides a core funding source for operating, maintaining, and improving transportation systems, so policymakers must find a replac…

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CLIMATE ONE: Staycation: All I Ever Wanted 54:05

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Summer is coming soon, and for many that means vacation. While traveling far and wide can be an amazing experience, the carbon cost of traveling is significant. But what if we could rekindle a sense of awe in our own neighborhoods? After years of extreme expeditions all over the world, adventurer Alastair Humphreys spent a year exploring the detail…

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Climate Vanguard: Youth-Powered Litigation at Our Children's Trust 1:11:12

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Our Children’s Trust (OCT) was founded in 2010 on the idea that courts are vital to democracy and empowered to protect our children and the planet. Without a stable climate system, every natural resource we rely upon to exercise our basic human rights—life, liberty, home, happiness—is under threat. In this conversation, you'll hear from Mat dos San…

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Karen Valby and Karlya Shelton-Benjamin: The Swans of Harlem 1:05:05

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Learn about the forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas and their 50-year sisterhood, a legacy unknown—until now. At the height of the Civil Rights Movement, Lydia Abarca was a Black prima ballerina with a major international dance company—the Dance Theatre of Harlem, a troupe of women and men who became each other’s chosen f…

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Sarah Thornton with Michael Lewis: Myths and Misconceptions About Breasts 54:57

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An innovative investigation of the five strange worlds that worship women’s chests. After years of biopsies, sociologist and bestselling author Sarah Thornton made the difficult decision to have a double mastectomy. But, after her reconstructive surgery, she was perplexed: What had she lost? And gained? An experienced sleuth, she resolved to ventur…

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Sean Carroll: Exploring Quanta and Fields 1:07:35

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Ready for an adventure into the “bare stuff of reality”? Join us for a special online program when theoretical physicist Sean Carroll returns to the Club on the occasion of the publication of his new book Quanta and Fields, the second book of his internationally acclaimed series The Biggest Ideas in the Universe. Quantum field theory is how modern …

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Natalie Foster with Darrick Hamilton: The Guarantee 1:07:33

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Can you imagine an America where housing, health care, a college education, dignified work, family care, an inheritance, and an income floor are not only attainable by all but guaranteed, by our government, for everyone? But isn’t this pie-in-the-sky thinking? Not by a long shot, according to Natalie Foster, co-founder of the Economic Security Proj…

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Batya Ungar-Sargo: The Working Class and the American Dream 1:03:49

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Who is the American working class? Do they still have a fair shot at the American Dream? What do they think about their chances to secure the hallmarks of a middle-class life? Newsweek’s Batya Ungar-Sargon visited states across the nation to speak with members of the American working-class fighting tooth and nail to survive. In her new book Second …

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CLIMATE ONE: Fighting Fossil Fuels in the Courts and on the Ballot 54:36

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At age 9, Nalleli Cobo, suffering headaches, heart palpitations, nosebleeds, and body spasms, became an activist, driven to fighting to close the local oil well responsible for her ailments. In 2022, at age 20, she won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for her work shutting down toxic wells throughout the Los Angeles region. The same year…

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Ari Berman: Minority Rule and Resisting the Right-Wing Attack on Democracy 1:05:44

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“The will of the people,” Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1801, “is the only legitimate foundation of any government.” But that foundation is crumbling. Join us as journalist Ari Berman describes what he calls a decades-long effort by reactionary white conservatives to undermine democracy and entrench their power―and the movement to stop them. The mob th…

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CLIMATE ONE: Big Plastic: The New Big Oil 54:20

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Plastics are everywhere. And while we’ve known for a long time that plastics and our environment aren’t a good mix, it's becoming apparent that they’re massive climate polluters too. The production of plastics alone produces about 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions. After what is often a single use, the resulting waste continues releasing the gr…

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Week to Week Political Roundtable: February 22, 2024 1:07:31

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As usual with Week to Week, our panelists will discuss the latest political developments in an informed, civil (and fun) manner. See other upcoming Week to Week political roundtables, as well as audio and video of past Week to Week programs. This program contains EXPLICIT content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Philippines–U.S. Relations: Evolving Opportunities and Challenges 59:13

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The Philippines has traditionally been seen as a gateway to Southeast Asia and a strong ally of the United States in the Pacific. The country’s natural beauty and endowment have attracted many to its shores but have brought opportunities and challenges to the nation as well. Learn about its continued march toward economic development and as an arch…

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Jonathan Haidt with Tristan Harris: The Anxious Generation and the Epidemic of Childhood Mental Illness 1:01:41

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After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on most measures. Why? In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness tha…

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Jen Psaki with Dan Pfeiffer: Lessons from the White House 1:02:02

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'My Octopus Teacher''s Craig Foster: Finding the Wild in a Tame World 58:46

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Nellie Bowles: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History 1:01:29

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15th Annual Mineta National Transportation Policy Summit—Beyond the Pump: Rethinking Transportation Funding Without the Fuel Tax 1:22:36

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CLIMATE ONE: Staycation: All I Ever Wanted 54:05

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Climate Vanguard: Youth-Powered Litigation at Our Children's Trust 1:11:12

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Karen Valby and Karlya Shelton-Benjamin: The Swans of Harlem 1:05:05

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Sarah Thornton with Michael Lewis: Myths and Misconceptions About Breasts 54:57

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Sean Carroll: Exploring Quanta and Fields 1:07:35

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Natalie Foster with Darrick Hamilton: The Guarantee 1:07:33

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Batya Ungar-Sargo: The Working Class and the American Dream 1:03:49

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CLIMATE ONE: Fighting Fossil Fuels in the Courts and on the Ballot 54:36

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Ari Berman: Minority Rule and Resisting the Right-Wing Attack on Democracy 1:05:44

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CLIMATE ONE: Big Plastic: The New Big Oil 54:20

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Week to Week Political Roundtable: February 22, 2024 1:07:31

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Philippines–U.S. Relations: Evolving Opportunities and Challenges 59:13

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Jonathan Haidt with Tristan Harris: The Anxious Generation and the Epidemic of Childhood Mental Illness 1:01:41

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