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Economic Justice

We are the Great Turning: Jess Serrante on PYP 610

Do we pretend that everything’s fine, or give in to despair? Or is there a secret, third option?

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Mom for Mayor: The Kind of Crazy That Can Change the World: Momma Kai on PYP 606

What if our elected officials saw themselves as matriarchs, working for the benefit of future generations?

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No Problem Too Big, Part 4: Systems Thinking: Dr Richard Hodge on PYP 600

Reductionist thinking got us into this mess. We need systems thinking to get us out.

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No Problem Too Big, Part 1: Start with Value: Dr Richard Hodge on PYP 596

We can do more than we think in the time we have on this earth. Here’s how.

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True Privilege is Growing Up in a Low-Trauma Environment: Momma Kai Sanders on PYP 566

Momma Kai returns to the podcast to share her vision for a world without poverty or homelessness.

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Kindness as a Strategy for Revolutionary Change: Teju Ravilochan on PYP 565

Is there real, revolutionary power in kindness and compassion in a “might-makes-right” world? Here’s a story that will blow your mind.

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How Palm Oil, Colonialism, and Greed Have Endangered the World: Jocelyn Zuckerman on PYP 543

In terms of human suffering and environmental destruction, there’s little that can compare to the global trade in palm oil. Today’s guest takes us on a hard yet vital journey of discovery and understanding.

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You Can Call It the Master Bedroom, Just Let Me Get a Loan as Easily as a White Person: Keith Knight on PYP 504

Keith Knight is the creator of the comedy/drama series “Woke,” on Hulu, and a creative, hilarious, and kind soul dedicated to making the world a better place. Listen in as my daughter Yael Zivan and I get to know Keith better and hear about his artistic vision and activism.

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Wearing (and Being) Nature: Jeff Scult on PYP 495

Fast fashion is a disaster. For the planet, for the oppressed workers, and for the souls of those who are constantly exhorted to throw out their clothes and buy new ones. Today’s guest offers an antidote.

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How Our Communities Can Get Healthy at Last: Eric Adams on PYP 432

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams returns to the podcast to talk about his new book, Healthy at Last. Part family memoir, part political mission statement, part science review, part self-help book, and part cookbook, this is a celebration of the possibilities of health for the American people in general, and the Black community in particular.

We talk about the title – from Etta James, and not Martin Luther King, Jr’s “I have a dream” speech, as I first assumed – and the fact that, in Adams’ words, “slavery never ended,” and remains entrenched in the slave foods that are still harming Black people to this day.

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