How to be an active citizen and spark change ...

What do the story of Oedipus and your insurance premiums have in common? They are both driven by self-fulfilling prophecies. Philosopher and TED Fellow Carissa Véliz traces the hidden power of prediction, from Roman emperors who banned prophets to the AI algorithms quietly making ...  Show more

After the Fukushima disaster shut down Japan's nuclear reactors, the coal industry rushed in to fill the energy gap. As climate advocate Kimiko Hirata watched dozens of new coal plant proposals quietly surface across the country — each one locking in decades of future emissions — ...  Show more

<span data-offset-key="d1p4m-0-0">How do you solve the question of collective self-government by citizens?</span> <span data-offset-key="d1p4m-1-0"> Josiah Ober</span> <span dat ...

What does it mean to be a citizen? Is it about belonging, or about convenience? Katy Long examines two trends which offer stark alternatives: countries which remove citizenship (or want to), and those which sell it. Sharing stories from Belarus, the Dominican Republic, Malta and ...  Show more

On March 25, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed a 98-page bill creating several new voting restrictions in the state—one of the now 361 bills in 47 states that have been introduced to restrict voting access since last November’s election. The right to vote is both fundamental to ...  Show more

Income inequality has mushroomed into a political and social problem. Nomi Prins joins Robert & Kim to discuss how Central Banking policies have fueled income inequality. Prins gives an insider’s view of how the elites around the world view and deal with income inequality, and ho ...  Show more