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Chris Hedges: America, The Farewell Tour

https://lftlc.com/carriage/InDeep_AngieCoiro_180922W_hedges2.mp3 Show #215 | September 22, 2018 | Chris Hedges hasn't given up on America. That may not be the immediate impression from his reporting, nor from his books, where he describes the opioid crisis, the retreat into gambling to cope with economic distress, the pornification of culture, the rise of magical thinking, the celebration of sadism, hate, and plagues of suicides. But grasping the unvarnished reality is essential to fixing everything that's gone wrong both nationally and worldwide. Hedges' work, from his contribution to the New York Time's 2002 Pulitzer Prize to his most recent book America: The Farewell Tour urges us not to compromise as we assess today's political and societal realities. And he says that neither mainstream political party addresses our systemic problems — nor can they, until our country's "corporate coup d’état" is reversed. Chris Hedges served as a foreign correspondent for nearly two decades for The New York Times, The Dallas Morning News, The Christian Science Monitor...

The Future of Meat in America – Rebekah Moses, Nicolette Hahn Niman

https://lftlc.com/carriage/InDeep_AngieCoiro_180915W_meat.mp3 Show #214 | September 15, 2018 | A strange thing is happening to the American diet: the consumption of both meat and meat alternatives is rising. Americans are more aware of the climate and environmental damage industrial meat production inflicts on the planet. That's why old, established protein sources have been joined by pea proteins, whey products, and other new alternatives. But we still keep eating meat. Joining us: Rancher Nicolette Hahn Niman, who sees new attitudes toward beef and fowl, emphasizing local, non-industrial production and seasonal consumption. Will the market support one of those visions? Both? And what else will factor into the future of meat? And Rebekah Moses, who leads sustainability and agriculture at Impossible Foods in Redwood City. Impossible Foods - their big hit is the Impossible Burger - is working to develop plant-based meat and dairy for a more sustainable and secure food system.To embed an audio player with this podcast on your site, use code snippet: <audio...

Asperger’s Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna

https://lftlc.com/carriage/InDeep_AngieCoiro_180908W_sheffer.mp3 Show #213 | September 8, 2018 | Hans Asperger, for whom Asperger syndrome was named, has been celebrated for his compassionate defense of children with disabilities. Prize-winning historian Edith Sheffer's new book, Asperger's Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna, exposes that Asperger was not only involved in the racial policies of Hitler’s Third Reich, he was complicit in the murder of children. Dr. Sheffer is a historian of Germany and central Europe, and a Senior Fellow at the Institute of European Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Her prize-winning book "Burned Bridge: How East and West Germans Made the Iron Curtain" challenges the moral myth of the Berlin Wall, the Cold War's central symbol -- revealing how the Iron Curtain was not simply imposed by Communism, but emerged from the everyday actions of ordinary people. To embed an audio player with this podcast on your site, use code snippet: <audio src="https://indeepradio.com/urls/2c" type="audio/mp3" controls="controls"></audio> ...

Steve Almond: Bad Stories

https://lftlc.com/carriage/InDeep_AngieCoiro_180901W_salmond.mp3 Show #212 | September 1, 2018 | We're thrilled to bring Steve Almond back to our In Deep audience, but it won't be an easy conversation. Like so many of us, he spent the weeks after the 2016 election lying awake, in a state of dread and bewilderment. He heard no coherent explanation why America had elected this man to the Presidency. Bad Stories: What the Hell Just Happened to Our Country is his effort to make sense of this historical moment. Steve argues that Trumpism arises directly from the bad stories we tell ourselves. He says we have to confront our cultural delusions: our obsession with entertainment, sports, and political parody; the degeneration of our free press into a for-profit industry, our enduring pathologies of race, class, immigration, and tribalism. By the end of our hour, we may not be awash in solutions, but we'll have new insights on what went so wrong. And that's a start. Steve Almond last joined...

STAYIN’ ALIVE: Keeping the Arts Vibrant in a Digital and Divisive Age

https://lftlc.com/carriage/InDeep_AngieCoiro_180825W_artsvenues.mp3 Show #211 | August 25, 2018 | The small suburban theater with a “We Support Planned Parenthood” sticker on the window. The touring musician who’s careful what t-shirt he wears at gas stations in the South. The multi-stage venue producing “Peter and the Wolf” in four languages. Meanwhile, Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu bring infinite entertainment into today's living rooms. Why leave the house, paying for tickets, parking, and a babysitter? We talk to three experienced artists about how they get people out of their houses and butts in seats - and how today’s political climate plays into the challenge of conveying ideas. Our guests: David Gans, long associated with the Grateful Dead, spends many hours on the road as a touring musician. David’s challenge: life in an industry with a failing economic model, and long weeks away from home. (David sings our closing song! You'll find his music here.) Meredith Hagedorn founded the Dragon Theatre in Redwood City seventeen years ago, and steps down this...

Ken Jennings – Planet Funny: How Comedy Took Over Our Culture

https://lftlc.com/carriage/InDeep_AngieCoiro_180811W_jennings.mp3 Show #210 | August 11, 2018 | Angie’s guest is Ken Jennings – he parlayed his long run as a Jeopardy champion into success as an author, podcaster, and online wise guy. He sees humor everywhere – so much so that he says it’s nudging serious issues and real human interaction aside. Ken Jennings joins Angie with his book, Planet Funny: How Comedy Took Over Our Culture. From John Stewart to Donald Trump, Chaucer to Sumerian Tablets, fart jokes to Cable TV “zingers,” Ken Jennings lends his signature wit and whizzing, encyclopedic perspective to the history of humor and how it came to dominate our modern world. Today, an unprecedented number of people get their news from comedy shows. Newspapers race to find the catchiest headline with an avidity that forgets the need to inform. In our democracy, showmanship has replaced good-nature debate. Jennings looks at the foundations of these current manifestations, and what that says for our future. Embed URL ...

James Hatch: Touching The Dragon

https://lftlc.com/carriage/InDeep_AngieCoiro_180804W_hatch.mp3 Show #209 | August 4, 2018 | James Hatch served with the Navy SEALs, where he rose to the rank of special ops Senior Chief. He fought in 150 missions, including service in Iraq and Afghanistan. He earned four Bronze Stars with Valor. But it was when he broke into tears over the death of a service dog by enemy fire that he came to national attention. Hatch was testifying in the trial of Bowe Bergdahl, who abandoned his post in Afghanistan, then was captured by the Taliban. As he joined the dragnet to find the missing soldier, Hatch said later, he knew Americans would be killed or hurt. He turned out to be one of them. Sprayed with the same AK-47 fire that took down the service dog at his side, Hatch swirled into a maelstrom of pain, surgeries, amputation, and alcoholism. He found his way back with hard work, love of friends and family, and - fittingly enough -...

Ken Auletta: Frenemies, The Epic Destruction of the Advertising Business

http://lftlc.com/carriage/InDeep_AngieCoiro_180728W_auletta.mp3 Show #208 | July 28, 2018 | We’re soaking in advertising. Online, on billboards, flashing on sidewalks – iSpace in Japan plans to project ads on the moon by 2020. But advertising is no longer a robust industry. Consumer distrust and ad-killing technology have frayed it into hostile camps with uncertain futures. Still: if you’re not in the business, why should you care? Because, Ken Auletta says: no advertising means no media. Auletta adds to his long career as a savvy observer of American business and communication with Frenemies: The Epic Destruction of the Advertising Industry (And Why This Matters). Auletta is uniquely positioned to probe this latest turn in a key industry. He’s penned the "Annals of Communications" column for The New Yorker since 1992; he’s profiled the greatest influencers of media both traditional and digital, including Bill Gates, Rupert Murdoch, and Ted Turner. Embed URL ...

John Carreyou – The Rise and Fall of Theranos

http://lftlc.com/carriage/InDeep_AngieCoiro_180623W_carreyrou.mp3 Show #207 | June 23, 2018 | When does a dream factory dream too big? And when everyone wakes up, what's the damage? The acclaim for Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes went well beyond the borders of tech. Theranos, she said, would revolutionize blood testing, making it simpler, faster, and cheaper. Those claims boosted her onto the covers of Forbes and Fortune magazine; Inc.dubbed her "The Next Steve Jobs". In 2015, John Carreyrou of the Wall Street Journal pointed out the gulf between the company's promises and its actual results. Scrutiny by the SEC, FDA, and other federal and state agencies led to fraud allegations; lab work was suspended and lawsuits filed. When the dust settled, the big question remained: how did a framework of fantasy with so little substance hoodwink investors and the public? How does what we want to believe play out in the world of real money and real science? And if this is all a cautionary tale,...