Why did America close its psychiatric hospitals, and what happened to the people who needed them? Writer and cultural critic Freddie deBoer, author of All in Your Head: Illness as Identity, Trauma as Fashion, and the Desire to Be Disordered, explores the ideas, political decision ...Show more
Why Corporations Are People
Corporate personhood is one of the most misunderstood concepts in American law. From ancient Rome and medieval universities to William Blackstone and the modern Supreme Court, this episode explores why corporations have legal identities, how limited liability works, why companies ...Show more
"Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Neil Postman Category: Society & Culture
Matthew Syed asks what it means to be distracted in a media world vying for our attention.In this first episode, he seeks answers in the work of the media theorist and educator Neil Postman. Forty years ago Postman wrote 'Amusing Ourselves To Death: Public Discourse in the Age of ...Show more
This week our brilliant idiots, Charlamagne and Andrew share their thoughts on Trump getting arrested and if it is fair or not that he did not take a mug shot picture. Later on in the episode they go down memory lane and give a warning to all mothers, aunties and even grandmas ab ...Show more