With our Capitalism season and the election behind us, now what? Can we find hope and a way forward? In a live show taped December 5, 2024, at Motorco Music Hall in Durham, North Carolina,... The post S7 E13: CAPITALISM Bonus, Live at Motorco appeared first on Scene on Radio.| Scene on Radio
In our season finale, we visit with people on two continents who are turning core structures of capitalism on their heads – or, at least, sideways. By John Biewen, with co-host Ellen McGirt. Interviews... The post S7 E12: Reimagined Economies appeared first on Scene on Radio.| Scene on Radio
In the first of two episodes looking at responses to capitalism’s failings, we look at reforms aimed at making the current economic system more humane, fair, effective, and sustainable. By John Biewen with co-host Ellen McGirt. Interviews... The post S7 E11: Better Capitalism? appeared first on Scene on Radio.| Scene on Radio
A visit to West Africa and Western Europe to look at the cocoa trade. Did the colonial side of early capitalism – Western countries getting rich at the expense of poorer nations – ever change,... The post S7 Ep10: The Extracted appeared first on Scene on Radio.| Scene on Radio
In 1972, a team of young scientists at MIT published a study exploring what would happen to human civilization if people kept pursuing endless economic growth on a finite planet. They weren’t just disbelieved, they were... The post S7 E9: At the Tipping Point appeared first on Scene on Radio.| Scene on Radio
Over several decades, a growing number of people in the United States and elsewhere – especially younger people – have turned against capitalism. The reasons are not hard to find. Reported by Lewis Raven Wallace... The post S7 E8: The People’s Pushback appeared first on Scene on Radio.| Scene on Radio
After 40 years of neoliberalism, most Americans of every political stripe agree that the economy is “rigged” in favor of corporations and the wealthy. But we may not know the half of it. By John... The post S7 E7: Gilded Age 2.0 appeared first on Scene on Radio.| Scene on Radio
How the balance of power shifted, for a time, in the decades after World War II, and led to a better kind of capitalism – if you think prosperity being broadly shared is a good thing. By J| Scene on Radio