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  • Nicholas Kristof on good news in a bad world; Steve Lopez on aging

    Nicholas Kristof on good news in a bad world; Steve Lopez on aging
    Mar 10 2023

    Despite war and pandemic, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof finds good news in a “stunning” decline of worldwide poverty and “extraordinary” improvements in child mortality. Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez examines retirement options for an aging population as he finds himself getting older.
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • For the first time in Iran’s history, women are leading a counter-revolution

    For the first time in Iran’s history, women are leading a counter-revolution
    Dec 5 2022

    Writer and author of The Great Revolution: Turmoil and Transformation in Iran, Robin Wright says that after weeks of protest on the streets of Iran, “for the first time in human history, you're beginning to see a counter revolution ignited by women. ” Later, despite the failure of the UN’s leadership conference on climate change, New York Times science reporter David Wallace-Wells says, “we're moving much faster than most analysts projected a few years ago,” and says the climate crisis is not as bad as he thought when he wrote,”The Uninhabitable Earth” five years ago.

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    47 mins
  • Can the news media help save democracy?

    Can the news media help save democracy?
    Oct 31 2022
    Former New York Times and Washington Post Media Critic Margaret Sullivan says America faces a threat to democracy. In her new book, “Newsroom Confidential: Lessons (and Worries) from an Ink-Stained Life,” she says it’s time...
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    1 hr and 2 mins

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