https://www.jonsternfeld.com/ In the introduction to the book we base this podcast on, Tim Egan describes the response to the coronavirus as ‘perhaps the greatest collapse of American society in so short a time, ever.’ Why did a confluence of unmet concerns coalesce around this health crisis, including economic suffering, disparities in care, inability to mobilize …
https://www.keenanclimate.com/ Does the title sound like science fiction? Then you haven’t been paying attention when heat besieged California this summer in ways unseen in generations. Or that a surge in air-conditioning broke the state’s electrical grid. Or that in Death Valley the 130 degree temperature was possibly the hottest ever measured on Earth. Not to …
https://www.napsa-now.org/ Most people are aware that the elderly are vulnerable and that this population is often targeted by scammers and abusers. Elder abuse, whether it is physical, emotional or financial, is a real concern for family members of seniors. However, there is a growing threat that receives less attention: self-neglect. That concept may be new …
https://failuretodisrupt.com/ Imaginations have run wild over the years as to what technology can do to change education. Some had predicted that half or more of courses by now would be offered on line at a lower cost and with great results. It turns out that in this fevered moment, as the pandemic descended upon the …
https://www.amazon.com/Industrial-Strength-Denial-Corporations-Defending-Indefensible/dp/0520296281 Faced with proof that they were harming people or the environment, corporations have long denied evidence, blamed victims complained of witch hunts, attacked their critics and found other rationale for their harmful activities. No denial campaign was more insipid than that of the tobacco industry. That effort set the standard for establishing doubt in …
https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691191768/outside-the-box In his book ‘The Box’ Marc Levinson explained how shipping containers were essential in the growth of international trade. Now as he looks at the new wave of globalization, he sees a changing landscape. Countries have begun to recognize, even before the recent pandemic, that supply chains can be precarious and unreliable. And while …
https://www.valwalkerauthor.com/400-friends-and-no-one-to-call/ The concept of true friendship has been challenged by the notion that someone who friends you on Facebook really can be counted on when you’re in need. You can be well-connected in the digital sphere and find yourself isolated and alone when the chips are down. Val Walker, a rehabilitation consultant, grief counselor and …
https://www.amazon.com/End-Everything-Astrophysically-Speaking/dp/198210354X All good things must come to an end, as the song goes. It’s no less true for the universe than it is for love stories. It’s not something we spend much time thinking about because a)it’s too depressing and b)it’s likely billions of years into the future. Please don’t confuse the universe with the …
https://www.amazon.com/Leave-As-Theodore-Roosevelts-Wilderness/dp/1982105046 One wag called it a ‘conservationist rom-com’, when the big personality of Theordore Roosevelt came into contact with the big hole, The Grand Canyon. It was there that he spoke the words which became the title of David Gessner’s new book, ‘Leave It As It Is’. Yet, it seems that Americans can’t leave well …
https://www.amazon.com/Billion-Dollar-Burger-Inside-Future/dp/0525536949 There is an edible space race on to bring cell cultured meat to market. What is that, you say? It’s having your meat and eating it too. No slaughterhouses, fewer greenhouse gas emissions and sundry new foods derived from stem cells gathered through a biopsy from a living animal, a bioreactor maintaining the temperature, …