The Economics of the NBA

We talk with Matthew Miranda about the NBA. We discuss the salary cap, the economics of “small markets”, why some teams are fine with missing the playoffs and much more. Matthew Miranda writes about the NBA for SBNation, and teaches creative writing and English at Rochester Institute of Technology.

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How Fair Trade Favors the Rich

We speak with Ndongo Samba Sylla about the dangerous myths of the Fair Trade movement. Ndongo Samba Sylla is a Senegalese development economist. He is currently a Research and Programme manager at the West Africa office of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation (Dakar). He is the author of The Fair Trade Scandal: Marketing Poverty to Benefit the Rich.

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Winter Break Reading List

We thought it might be fun to put together a Winter Recess reading list. Here are the books that we’ve taken out from the library and have on our nightstands now. The list is broken up into fiction and non-fiction. We hope you enjoy them! Feel free to write in with suggestions for Feburary Break.

Non-fiction

King Kong Theory by Virgina Despentes

The Non-Jewish Jew by Isaac Deutscher 

Crashed by Adam Tooze

The Radical King edited by Cornel West

Digital Gold by Nate Popper

Spain in Our Hearts by Adam Hochschild

Fiction

Laura and Emma by Kate Greathead

Last Man in Tower by Aravind Adiga

Loner by Teddy Wayne

Class by Lucinda Rosenfeld

Night Prayers by Santiago Gamboa

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Stoking the Flames: Understanding Jordan B. Peterson

This week we discuss the rise of Canadian psychologist Jordan B. Peterson. Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos outsold the Bible last year, his youtube videos have millions of views, but his ideas are often misunderstood. We sit down with Guy Stevenson to talk about Peterson’s appeal, Jung and Nietzsche, and the work of John Gray. Guy Stevenson is a lecturer in English Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London. He specializes in literary modernism and has a book, Henry Miller, Modernism, and the Birth of the Counterculture, due out in 2019. He is currently working on a study of conservative countercultures, from Futurism to the alt-right.

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Shame of the Nation

We speak with Jesse Lerner-Kinglake about how we can end sexual abuse behind bars. Jesse is Just Detention International’s Communications Director. Just Detention International works inside detention facilities across the country to develop policies and programs that keep people safe from sexual abuse.

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Good News: Fall Edition

We are back for another episode of Good News! Today we talk about rural education, BDS and Airbnb, DACA and The Rhodes Scholarship, and the National Book Award winning author Elizabeth Acevedo. We also discuss our favorite organization in the world: The Brotherhood-Sister Sol and encourage listeners to support them on #givingtuesday.

A video of the voices of the young people of Bro/Sis

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We Are Still Being Held Hostage

We speak with Anat R. Admati about banking. Anat Admati is the George G.C. Parker Professor of Finance and Economics at Stanford. She is the co-author, with Martin Hellwig, of the award-winning and highly acclaimed book The Bankers’ New Clothes: What’s Wrong with Banking and What to Do about It (Princeton University Press, 2013; bankersnewclothes.com). In 2014, she was named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world and by Foreign Policy Magazine as among 100 global thinkers.

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The New York Times on Anat Admati: “When She Talks, Banks Shudder”

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