The Deep Dive

Philip welcomes Diana Hernandez, author of Powerless: The People’s Struggle for Energy. In their conversation, they discuss the reality of energy insecurity and how it effects infrastructure, housing, and health. The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodness and creative musings. Philip’s Drop: Around the World in a Day – Prince Diana’s...

Philip welcomes Vicky Osterweil author of The Extended Universe: How Disney Killed the Movies and Took Over The World. In their conversation, they discuss the consolidation of culture and entertainment and what it means to the future of storytelling and content creation. The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodness and creative musings....

Philip welcomes Paulina Borsook, author of Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp Through the Libertarian Culture of High Tech. In their conversation, they discuss how Silicon Valley has been a long time incubator for libertarian ideas and what that means for their technological, social and economic agenda. The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual go...

Philip welcomes Wahinkpe Topa (Four Arrows) and Darcia Narvaez authors/editors of Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 18 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth to the show. In their conversation, they highlight how a kinship worldview contrasts with the dominant narratives and how to shift our perspectives to incorporate these ideas. The Drop – The segment of the sh...

Philip welcomes Samuel Miller McDonald, author of Progress: How One Idea Built Civilization and Now Threatens to Destroy It to the show. In their conversation, they trace the idea of progress through western thought and how this dominant worldview threatens the world we live in. The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodness and creative...

Philip welcomes retail executive/creative and author Ron Johnson to the show. In their conversation, they discuss Ron’s book Shop Different: How Retail Revealed Apple’s Genius. They look at Ron’s storied career across retail sectors, dive into the creation of the Apple store concept and explore the current retail environment. The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tast...

Philip welcomes Alexander Mikaberidze, historian and author of The Louisiana Purchase: The Grand Bargain and the Making of America to the show. In their conversation, they discuss the political and economic backdrop behind the Louisiana Purchase and how this played a pivotal role in making American empire. The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intelle...

Philip welcomes Keri Leigh Merritt, author of An Inconvenient Woman: The Extraordinary Life of Lilliam Smith, The Southerner Who Defied Jim Crow America. In their conversation, they discuss the life, work and activism of Lillian Smith who championed anti-Black racism in the heart of the Jim Crow South. The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectua...

Philip welcomes Sarah Housley, author of Designing Hope: Visions to Shape Our Future. In their conversation, they discuss how hope operates beyond aspiration and can become a major part of any possible future(s) we desire to create. The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodness and creative musings. Philip’s Drop: Flip – Ngozi Ukazu Sara...

Philip welcomes Victoria Hetherington, author of The Friend Machine: On the Trail of AI Companionship. In their conversation, they explore how AI has become a substitute for human relationships and what that means to personal and societal intimacy. The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodness and creative musings. Philip’s Drop: Real Hu...

Philip welcomes Matthew Leggatt, author of Play in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction and Wastelands and Wonderlands: Utopias and Dystopias in Film & Literature to the show. In their conversation, they discuss how the way utopia/dystopia is framed in our literature, media and film impact how we see our future possibilities. The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty m...

Philip welcomes Sarah Stein Lubrano, author Don’t Talk About Politics: How to Change 21st Century Minds to the show. In their conversation, they discuss how political conversations have a limited ability to change minds and how we can better share and adapt new ideas. The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodness and creative musings. Ph...

Philip welcomes David Eliot, author of Artificially Intelligent: The Very Human Story of AI to the show. In their conversation, they discuss how the AI landscape is shifting how we think about human capabilities and how to understand the social and behavioral shifts due to AI. The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodness and creative mu...

Philip welcomes Nancy Folbre, scholar and author of Making Care Work: Why Our Economy Should Put People First to the show. In their conversation they discuss what are the possible viable future(s) when care becomes a critical component of our economic and social lives.  The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodness and creative musi...

Philip welcomes Dubra Mitra, scholar and author of The Future That Was: A History of Third World Feminism Against Authoritarianism. In their conversation they discuss the various global women collectives that organized their writing, publishing and intelligence gathering in the face of post-colonialism and rising authoritarianism and the critical lessons we can draw from their work. The Drop – The...

Philip welcomes Anthea Lawson, author How Not to Save the World: Doing Good Without Annoying Everyone. In their conversation they tackle the state of progressive politics and whether it is possible to change someone’s mind across cultural and political beliefs. The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodness and creative musings. Philip’s...

Philip welcomes AI expert Clara Hawking to the show. In their conversation, they discuss the current cultural, regulatory and ethical journey of artificial intelligence and what is inevitable and what isn’t. The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodness and creative musings. Philip’s Drop: Maus – Art Spiegelman Clara’s Drop: Klara and th...

Philip welcomes Kira Ganga Kieffer, author of Unvaccinated Under God: Religion and Vacccine Hesitancy in Modern America to the show. In their conversation, they trace the origins of what is popularly known as the “anti-vaxx” movement and how the religious right has influenced its trajectory. The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodness...

Philip welcomes scholar/author and Emmy Awarrd winner Gloria Browne-Marshall to The Deep Dive to discuss her latest book A Protest History of the United States. In their conversation, they trace the social and political structure of the United States through the lens of protest movements. The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodness and...

Philip welcomes Emma Holten, author of Deficit: How Feminist Economics Can Change the World. In their conversation, they discuss how the “deficit’ frame impacts how the economy thinks about women’s labor and how feminist economics can create lasting changes in the world. The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodness and creative musings....

Philip welcomes Clive Grinyer, author of Redesigning Thinking: How Service Design is Solving Our 21st Century Challenges. In their conversation they reflect on how thinking itself can be framed as a design issue, how we build care into our processes and what constitutes “doing the right thing?” The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodne...

Philip welcomes Carrie Gibson, author of The Great Resistance: The 400 Year Fight to End Slavery in the Americas. In their conversation they trace how the history of resistance has been purposely obscured and how the lessons from those ancestorial responses to slavery and oppression are relevant today. The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectua...

Philip welcomes. Peter Spear, host and curator of the newsletter and podcast That Business of Meaning to the show. In their conversation, they discuss all things culture and how the current marketing and media landscape make sense of the world around it. The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodness and creative musings. Philip’s Drop: V...

Philip welcomes Heather Ann Thompson author of Fear and Fury: The Reagan Eighties, The Bernie Goetz Shootings and the Rebirth of White Rage to the show. In their conversation they discuss how the pivotal Bernie Goetz shooting of four innocent Black teens alongside the conservative austerity and race baiting of the Reagan Presidency set the tone for the current climate of white rage. The Drop – The...

Philip welcomes Betty Sue Flowers, author of Scenarios: Crafting and Using Stories of the Future to Change the Present to the show. In their conversation they discuss the power of stories and narrative to influence the stories we tell to shape our future. The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodness and creative musings. Philip’s Drop:...