How industrial fishing sinks communities | La...

Laura Smythe spent years in legacy newsrooms, and she thinks the habits journalists use to vet information should belong to all of us. Using Fyre Festival as a cautionary tale, she explains why media literacy is a vital skill in our age of deepfakes and algorithmic feeds — and de ...  Show more

Jessica Irwin is many things: a photographer, artist, author, performer. She also happens to be nonverbal, born with cerebral palsy that affects the muscles she needs to talk. Speaking through a device that turns her typed words into speech, she gives a sharp, funny and urgent re ...  Show more

What happens when the fish that sustain a community start disappearing? Environmental activist Lamin Jassey shares how industrial fish meal factories are devastating local waters, livelihoods and health in The Gambia — and how communities are organizing to defend their coasts and ...  Show more

In this episode, we discuss fishing concerns and sustainable fishing. Overfishing is causing significant drops in fish populations worldwide, impacting the livelihoods of fishermen and threatening food security. These declines also disrupt ocean ecosystems and put numerous fish s ...  Show more

Tracing the blockade imposed on fishing in Palestine, we delve into the significance of the sea, fish, and fishing for Palestinians, exploring the changes that have impacted fishermen – and the sea – under the occupation.This episode and its original Arabic version are a collabor ...  Show more