Whowhatwhy's Podcasts

A look at the price we pay for an economy that has become irrevocably splintered between a “real” economy and a financial markets-based economy.  Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/wall-street-vs-main-street-never-the-twain-shall-meet

A look at how the idea of democracy runs counter to MAGA “theology,” and why hate, attention, and bad behavior will win out.  Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/democracy-will-likely-be-voted-out-on-tuesday

Election experts Jonathan Simon and Lynn Bernstein go deep into how America's myriad of voting systems operate, and the reasons trust in them has cratered. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/us-elections-dangerous-erosion-of-trust-in-a-dangerously-untrustworthy-process

Financial Times economic analyst Martin Wolf gives an overview of global economic forces, and looks at Britain’s economic and political chaos. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/does-economics-drive-all-politics

WhoWhatWhy’s first US Election Report Card is a state-by-state look at the ways in which our voting system is failing democracy.  Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/jonathan-simon-introduces-whowhatwhys-us-election-report-card

An examination of the stark reality of the use of battlefield nuclear weapons, by RAND Corporation senior defense researcher David Shlapak. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/russian-nukes-a-second-look

A reporter embedded with the January 6 rioters warns that the dogs of domestic war have now been fully unleashed. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/january-6-was-only-the-starting-gun

Like Mob lawyers protecting their clients, the Jones Day law firm cocoons the extreme right and defends the worst excesses of corporate America.  Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/the-law-firm-protecting-trump-and-the-extreme-right

A look at how “national conservatism” wants to use the full force of government to curtail individual liberty, impose christianity, and destroy its enemies. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/national-conservatism-is-coming-for-us

An interview with the man who asks the question, “Who is the most ignorant person the US is willing to elect?”  Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/we-live-in-a-golden-age-of-ignorance

Even amid all the anger and distractions of Trump Derangement Syndrome, will we be worse off if Trump is indicted? A conversation with Damon Linker. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/to-prosecute-or-not-to-prosecute-that-is-the-question

Can US democracy learn a lesson or two from Britain’s steady parliamentary system? A conversation with British MP Jesse Norman. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/what-a-peaceful-transition-of-power-looks-like

Daniel Pinchbeck has attended Burning Man 18 times. He’s sitting it out this year, but he tells us all about it.  Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/why-arent-you-at-burning-man/

Predictions about the Russia-Ukraine war have been proved wrong. The only certainty is that it’s getting more dangerous, and it may go on for years, even decades. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/russia-ukrainewhere-are-we-now

The story of an investigative reporter who uncovered corruption — while running afoul of two of Los Angeles’s most powerful institutions. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/getting-at-the-truth-two-perspectives

The story of an investigative reporter who uncovered corruption — while running afoul of two of Los Angeles’s most powerful institutions. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/getting-at-the-truth-two-perspectives

At the heart of democracy lies a contradiction: The more open the society, the more susceptible democracy is to demagogues, distraction, and spectacle.  Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/democracy-is-the-mother-of-all-dictatorships

Professor Andrew Fiala on how our own human nature, combined with fools, sycophants, and citizens, is the force that could give rise to tyranny. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/could-tyranny-be-our-own-fault

Why our fight for democracy is not just about process and politics, but about underlying values like free speech.  Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/its-the-free-speech-stupid/

The progressive New York  congressman and member of “the Squad” sees things as they might be and asks: Why not?  Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/rep-jamaal-bowman-looks-on-the-bright-side