WhoWhatWhy's Podcasts

A former foreign service officer and US Ambassador to Georgia and Kazakhstan looks at why Russia today is more repressive internally and more aggressive externally.  Read More: www. WhoWhatWhy.org

Is the US Constitution an elitist rulebook designed to protect capitalism? Read More: www.whowhatwhy.org

A look at how the myths of American history are being enhanced and weaponized for a partisan agenda. Read More: www.whowhatwhy.org

Why technological progress is really stuck. A look at what happened to all the cool technology that 1960s science fiction promised us.  Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/why-doesnt-our-technology-live-up-to-our-science-fiction

A look at the shocking idea that the end of humanity's reign on earth might be a good idea and might, in fact, be inevitable. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/would-the-world-be-better-off-without-us

From neoliberalism to evangelicalism, a look at history, power, myth, and paranoia in our current politics, and an alternative vision of liberal democracy. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/power-paranoia-and-the-fraying-of-our-politics

Felicia Kornbluh argues that the movement must now focus on broader issues and on grassroots politics, not the courts. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/50-years-after-roe-the-fight-returns-to-its-roots

Mickey Huff, founder of Project Censored, looks at the importance of independent media and why organizations like WhoWhatWhy have become vital in preserving the free press. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/why-independent-journalism-matters

A case study of one man's effort to understand the dark side of Cold War history, which remains shrouded in unnecessary government secrecy. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/hiding-history

We end the year with a revealing and inspiring conversation on the power and purpose of art. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/lets-end-the-year-with-art

The implications of commodifying citizenship and passports, and the ethical, legal, and cultural implications of this practice.  Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/the-new-global-citizen-the-buying-and-selling-of-citizenship

RAND Corporation China expert Timothy Heath deconstructs the current wave of protests in China and looks at the broader context of what it might mean and why.  Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/the-china-protests-are-about-more-than-lockdowns

A look at a little-known Paris- based organization whose job is to keep "bad money" out of the global financial system.  Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/who-sets-the-rules-for-global-banking/

As the Conservtaive government in the UK struggles, progressives like 28-year-old MP Mhairi Black are providing a stark contrast. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/progressive-politics-in-the-uk-a-conversation-with-mhairi-black-mp

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