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Radical Dharma – Interview with angel Kyodo williams (Podcast) 39 min
In this in-depth interview, Reverend angel Kyodo williams reflects on our widespread crisis of story, the failure of institutional religions to offer a new way forward, and her philosophy of Radical Dharma—a path to individual and collective liberation. A Sensei in the...
The Goal of Life is Not to Survive It |  Charles Eisenstein 7 min
With climate change and biodiversity loss worsening every day, we're all asking ourselves: will humanity survive?
Former Bernie Staffer On What To Expect In Upcoming Primaries 30 min
Lee “Shreds Some Paper” at the top of the show. He takes apart a front page of The Washington Post filled with hyperbole and vitriol including an attack on Trump for being too supportive of Chinese President of Xi Jinping. China faces the Coronavirus pandemic right now and it...
What I learned about the realities of this new, but old, practice
How to Stop Poverty: Start a Worker-Owned Cooperative | Jim Brown 18 min
Why is chronic poverty tolerated in America? Is our economic system flawed? Through personal stories and insights, University of Alabama professor J. Palmer (Jim) Brown explores the problem of poverty and advocates a solution in worker ownership and cooperation.
CNBC Anchor Nearly Chokes On Air When Told The Truth (Web Exclusive) 7 min
Mad Money host Jim Cramer called fossil fuel investments toxic in an interview on CNBC the other week and it was hilarious to watch his interviewer try to square Cramer's opinion with the corporate propaganda blitz that is cable news. This week's winners of Bullet Points &...
Murkier Details 2 min
The backroom deals in which the U.K. and Saudi Arabian governments exchange weapons for oil are some of the most secretive and corrupt in existence. This short annimated video exposes some of the murkier details of the history of arms sales between the two countries.
Stripey Socks 5 min
'Stripey Socks' is the true tale of Michelle Bailey as a young girl dealing with teenage pregnancy, navigating her way through secrecy, blame and catholic school. The film, shot by Diana Stefanescu, is of live illustrators by Cait Buckley which are complemented by the...
Nonty Charity Sabic is cofounder of the international Rise Ubuntu Network, based on “ubuntu”, an indigenous South African philosophy that aims to teach and collectively remember the connection shared between humans and nature. Based in Barcelona, Sabic is involved in...
Inhabitants: Indigenous Perspectives On Restoring Our World 76 min
INHABITANTS follows five Native American communities as they restore their traditional land management practices in the face of a changing climate. For millennia Native Americans successfully stewarded and shaped their landscapes, but centuries of colonization have disrupted...
Attention is like a spotlight—whatever it shines on becomes brighter in the mind. This knowledge can help us build compassion, says Paul Gilbert.
Language Keepers: The Struggle for Indigenous Language Survival in California 105 min
California once had more linguistic variety than all of Europe. “Language Keepers” is a 6-part series following four Indigenous communities in California who are working to revitalize their languages.
It’s time to make the profit-maximising, shareholder-controlled corporation obsolete.
A CEMETERY SEEMED AN ODD PLACE to contemplate the boundaries of being. Sandwiched between the campus and the interstate, this old burial ground is our cherished slice of nearby nature where the long dead are silent companions to college students wandering the hilly paths...
The ‘design’ brief to redesign the human impact on Earth from predominantly exploitative and destructive to by and large regenerative and health-generating invites us to ask fundamental questions that define the story we tell about the world and our role in it. Innovating...
Ignore the usual fairytale. Democracy, unions, healthcare and education: these are the forces that matter
Karuk: Language of a River 5 min
Walking along the Klamath River in Northern California, Phil Albers reflects on the Karuk language and the ancestral land of the Karuk people that surrounds it. This film premiered in the fifth issue of Emergence Magazine on "Language" as part of the six-part multimedia story...
The Church Forests of Ethiopia: A Mystical Geography 8 min
Nearly all of Ethiopia’s original trees have disappeared, but small pockets of old-growth forest still surround Ethiopia’s churches, living arks of biodiversity amongst the brown grazing fields. In this film and essay, Jeremy Seifert and Fred Bahnson travel to Ethiopia to...
Coca-Cola killed trade unionists in Latin America. General Motors built vehicles known to catch fire. Tobacco companies suppressed cancer research. And Boeing knew that its planes were dangerous. Corporations don't care if they kill people — as long as it's profitable.
CNN and CBS do it. NPR and PBS do it. They all do it.
In Our Hands: Seeding Change 68 min
Food and farming is in crisis. In just over a decade we’ve lost more than 33,000 farms from our countryside, and alongside this, bad diet is now causing more health problems than smoking! The fundamental link between people, food and the very land we stand on is being broken...
Reconciliation Is Dead: RCMP Invade Unist'ot'en Territory 7 min
Canada invades. Invades on behalf of industry. Invades during ceremony. Canada tears us from our land. Tears us from our families, from our homes. Takes our drums away. Takes our women away. Jails us for protecting the land, for being in ceremony, for honouring our ancestors.
The Plastic Problem 55 min
By 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in the oceans. It’s an environmental crisis that’s been in the making for nearly 70 years. Plastic pollution is now considered one of the largest environmental threats facing humans and animals globally.
The new decade is just days old, but in one respect it is already shaping up like the last one: with mass protests around the world. Rallies for democracy overseas and
Could Animal Rights Actually Become Law? 27 min
The guest today is Wayne Hsiung. He's a lawyer and the co-founder of Direct Action Everywhere and is currently facing felony charges for recording animal abuse across the country. He argues that his actions are legal because people have a right to protect animals who they...
Beyond Sustainability: A Call for Regeneration | Sierra Robinson 12 min
Sierra Robinson is a seventeen-year-old farmer, homeschooler, and environmental activist from Vancouver Island, BC.
Practicing Nonviolent Communication guides us to reframe the way we listen to others and express ourselves by focusing our consciousness on four areas: what we are observing, feeling, needing and what we are requesting to enrich our lives. In this context the word need...
This Pipeline Fight Is Going Viral 7 min
The Wet'suwet'en are a Canadian indigenous group who have spent the last year in conflict with the Canadian government & Transcanada, a fossil fuel infrastructure behemoth. Transcanada wants to build a pipeline through their territory without their permission and the...
If you get into debt buying your child branded trainers, if you fear redundancy, if you suffer anxiety about the future of the planet and you blame yourself for all of these things then you are showing symptoms of drowning in the “insidious” and “sinister” ideology...
Solidarity: Five Largely Unknown Truths about Israel, Palestine and the Occupied Territories 70 min
#1 Most scholars agree that the beginning of today’s struggle was the displacement of over 700,000 Palestinian Arabs by the Israeli military in 1948, which the Palestinians call “The Nakba”, meaning “catastrophe” in Arabic.
Some people are starting to talk about regenerative cultures as possible pathways towards a thriving future of people unfolding their unique potential within the context of the communities and regions they help to regenerate — cultures that are healthy, resilient and...
Ngali Na Mala Jugun (We Belong to This Country) 11 min
Two soulful members of the Bundjalung Tribe in Australia, explain with severity and grace, the nature of their relationship to the Earth, which is about belonging to it rather than owning it.
With this foundation, I think we can have healthy disagreements.
Canceling | ContraPoints 100 min
Contrapoints' 100 minute video essay on "cancel" activism.
Krystal Ball Interviews Contrapoints on Her Blockbuster Cancel Culture Video 11 min
Natalie Wynn explains why cancel culture is harmful. Watch the full video essay here.
Getting rid of Trump means taking seriously “shit-life syndrome”—and its resulting misery, which includes suicide, drug overdose death, and trauma for surviving communities.
Sanders would use both markets and government to reverse the upward redistribution of income to the already rich
Top 10 Steps To UNRIG The Primaries 7 min
The DNC definitely plan on rigging their primary against any candidate who supports action in the public interest. The mega-wealthy don't want to pay their taxes even if it prevents their fellow US citizens from suffering, or helps us all to survive climate change. They will...
List Of Bernie Sanders' Exec. Actions If President 10 min
Bernie Sanders has created a list of executive actions that he can take to protect the economy and US citizens without relying on Congress.
The uprising across Canada in support of Wet’suwet’en First Nation land defenders shows no sign of stopping. As of February 11, ports, bridges, rail lines, highways and roads have been blockaded across much of the country by solidarity protesters, who have also occupied the...
Both Republicans and Democrats have blocked all attempts to build a rational, universal health care policy for the U.S. This is because capitalism prioritizes profit over the health and well-being of the working class. Creating a truly just health care system will require...
State Of Union Hilarious, Iowa Chaos, Brexit Begins 29 min
Donald Trump made his third State of the Union address this week and despite the recent impeachment drama with the DNC there's still a lot of bipartisan support for the terrible actions of our government.
Wikileaks Editor in Chief Kristinn Hrafnsson on Julian Assange 11 min
In this speech recorded on the 4th of February 2020 in London, Editor-in-Chief of Wikileaks Kristinn Hrafnsson addresses the case of Julian Assange . Hrafnsson's speech starts with his recent experience with Assange when he visited him recently in Belmarsh prison. Hrafnsson...
Nils Melzer - United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture - examines the case of Julian Assange 17 min
In this speech Nils Melzer, a United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture & Professor of international law at the University of Glasgow, talks about the case of Julian Assange. This speech was recorded on the 4th of February 2020 at the Royal National Hotel in London in a...
Human Rights Lawyer Jennifer Robinson on the Dangers of Extraditing Julian Assange 10 min
In this speech given on the 4th of February 2020 in a public rally for Julian Assange at the Royal National Hotel in London, human rights lawyer and barrister to Assange's legal team Jennifer Robinson highlights the dangers that the extradition of Julian Assange poses to...
Intellectual Tariq Ali speaks out on Assange's case & U.S. wars 23 min
In this speech given on the 4th of February 2020 in a public rally for Julian Assange at the Royal National Hotel in London, author, writer, filmmaker and public intellectual Tariq Ali speaks about the case of Julian Assange. Furthermore he contextualises Assange’s case by...
Nils Melzer on the Psychological Torture of Assange & the importance of Individual Action 8 min
In this interview with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture & Professor of international law at the University of Glasgow, Nils Melzer, we talk about how the U.S. & U.K governments are psychologically torturing Julian Assange and how it is affecting his health. In...
Learning Natural Food: Story of a Young Taiwanese Farmer 7 min
“We don’t need more big successful companies … we need somebody to make healthy, good, and natural food. I know a lot of people trying to do this, and I want to do this too.”  Eric Hwang, Natural Farmer Eric Hwang spent his youth in the middle of bustling Taipei city...
Tegan's Story | Network Rail - Trespassing series 3 min
In the summer of 2018, 16 year old Tegan almost died at Bournemouth train station as she tried to cross the tracks. This is her story. For more info, visit: http://bit.ly/YouVSTrain
The Alpha Diaries: Military Reserve Life in Israel 65 min
An unprecedented, groundbreaking and voyeuristic look into military reserve life in Israel, this film was shot over a 5 year period in director and reserve soldier Yaniv Berman's life.
Pick any of the big topics of the day – Brexit, climate change or
In an era of bitter partisanship, political infighting and ostracization of those with unpopular views, Americans actually agree on one thing: 85% say political discourse has gotten worse over the last several years, according to Pew Research.
RSA Animation: Winners Take All | Anand Giridharadas 5 min
In this powerful new RSA Minimate, TIME’s Editor-at-Large Anand Giridharadas argues that while the winners of our age might be well meaning in their desire to give back, too many stop short at the kinds of real change that would see power more radically distributed.
The Next Episode of The Staging Post (Coming in 2020) 2 min
It's been two years since we finished filming The Staging Post. We have never stopped filming the community and we're making another 'episode'. We plan to screen it around Australia in June 2020.
SCARS 14 min
Journey with us to Pelican Bay State Prison in California, to see how HUSTLE 2.0 is empowering incarcerated men through Entrepreneurship + Emotional Intelligence training.
Why the Future Economy has to be a Wellbeing Economy | Katherine Trebeck 16 min
Katherine is the Policy and Knowledge Lead for the Wellbeing Economy Alliance. She has over eight years’ experience in various roles with Oxfam GB - as a Senior Researcher for the Global Research Team, UK Policy Manager, and Research and Policy Advisor for Oxfam Scotland.
'Winners Take All' and the Charade of Elite Philanthropy 43 min
Writer Anand Giridharadas describes in his book " Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World " why the rich do not pay taxes, but with their philanthropy determine the course of the world (and thereby undermine our democracy).
Burkinabè Bounty: Agroecology in Burkina Faso 36 min
This documentary chronicles agricultural resistance and the fight for food sovereignty in Burkina Faso--a small, landlocked country in West Africa.
Next Gen Farming Without Soil and 90% Less Water 12 min
Aeroponics grows fruits and vegetables faster, cheaper and better.
Don't Extradite Assange Event in London with Wikileaks, Tariq Ali, Nils Melzer, Jen Robinson, etc 16 min
In this report we document the public rally event organized by the "Don't Extradite Assange Campaign" for Julian Assange that took place on the 4th of February 2020 at the Royal National Hotel in London. Interviews and speeches in this video include WikiLeaks editor-in-chief...
Divide-and-conquer allows the oligarchy free rein. It makes the rest of us puppets, fighting each other on a made-up stage.
Unist'ot'en Day 31 Update: We're Not Leaving. 5 min
As Canada prepares to violently invade our lands, we have no fear. We are peacefully living on our lands and upholding our laws, as we always have.
If you can dream it, you can do it,” is a famous quote attributed to Walt Disney or one of his staff.
BREAKING: Iowa Fix Is In – Proof of Manufactured Chaos (Web Exclusive) 12 min
There is new evidence the Iowa Caucuses were intentionally turned into chaos in order to slow the tide of the Bernie Sanders victory.
Effortless Action: The Art of Spontaneity 48 min
Effortless Action is the sequel to my documentary The Art of Effortless Living. This documentary explores the spontaneous nature of the Taoist wisdom of wu-wei as explained by the great sages Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu.
When Bernie says it's not about him, I see my values and fears and hopes represented in a way I never have before.
Learn the Language of Power | Ha-Joon Chang 4 min
“They’ve never met a poor person. They’ve never lived in deprived areas.” Ha-Joon Chang explains why economics is too important to be left to economists.
We Are The Political Revolution 5 min
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Recent months have made it clear that Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont is the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination in the presidential election, regardless of what Democratic lawmakers and media elites argue.
Dems Revealed Their True Selves By Making Bolton Their New Hero (Web Exclusive) 9 min
The fact that the DNC have decided John Bolton is someone to be trusted goes against reality. They keep on deifying horrific people because they think it will help them undermine the President and it shows their character.
Economics for People 385 min
“It is extremely important for our democracy to function that ordinary citizens understand the key issues and basic theories of economics.” – Ha-Joon Chang
How To Simplify Your Life 7 min
What many of us long for more than anything else is a simpler life; we feel overwhelmed by our responsibilities, schedules, commitments and obligations. This is a film about how to create the simpler life we deserve.
Trump's Two-State Disaster, DNC Swamp Things, Big Bank Socialism 28 min
The ostensible peace deal for Israel-Palestine announced by the Trump administration this week is a complete joke and Lee is here to tell you why. It stands no chance of being accepted and if it were enacted it would completely undermine any concept of a 'Two-State Solution'...
Bernie's Damn Bill: Medicare for All | 3-Part Series Narrated by H. Jon Benjamin 13 min
From Roosevelt’s attempt to create a New Deal national health insurance program, to the Trump administration’s repeal of the Obamacare individual mandate-the three-part “Bernie’s Damn Bill” video series reveals how decades of influence by greedy special interests have led to...
The concept of Wellbeing Economies (WE) does not attempt to explain the world through a central foundational economic model, nor does it recommend a particular path for achieving its goals. Rather, it is essentially a very pragmatic approach that begins not with a “system”...
The Remarkable Results of Microdosing | James Fadiman 31 min
In this entertaining talk from SAND18, James Fadiman, "America's wisest and most respected authority on psychedelics and their use," describes the citizen science of his recent investigations into the effects of microdosing, and shares some fascinating stories from the...
My Descent Into America's Neo-Nazi movement & How I Got Out | Christian Picciolini 21 min
At 14-years-old, Christian Picciolini went from naive teenager to white supremacist, and soon, the leader of America’s first neo-Nazi skinhead gang. How was he radicalized, and how did he ultimately get out?
Germany: Low Crime, Clean Prisons, Lessons for America | Jeff Rosen 26 min
Germany has a much lower crime rate and fewer people in prison than the United States. How does Germany do that? Is it because their prisons are different than ours? Is there anything we could learn from them? Find out.
Behind the urgency of climate action is the understanding that everything is connected; behind white supremacy is an ideology of separation
You Are Not Your Body | Janine Shepherd 20 min
We often define ourselves by things that are "outside" us: relationships, work, family — even our own bodies. But what would it mean to have your life dramatically altered and your body irrevocably damaged? Who would you be then? This talk explores the impact of loss on the...
An Economic Hit Man Confesses and Calls to Action | John Perkins 19 min
John Perkins describes the methods he used to bribe and threaten the heads of state of countries on four continents in order to create a global empire and he reveals how the leaders who did not “play the game" were assassinated or overthrown.
We’re Doing Dying All Wrong | Ken Hillman 15 min
As a world leader in managing the care of very sick people, Ken Hillman’s breakthrough methods of treating critically ill patients have become the gold standard in Australia, the U.S. and Europe.
"The challenge of building trust across divides is universal and inescapable. Can we move from a culture of blame and avoidance to an acceptance of shared responsibility for a new future?" - Initiatives of Change International
“There’s another word for lesser evilism. It’s called rationality. Lesser evilism is not an illusion, it’s a rational position. But you don’t stop with lesser evilism. You begin with it, to prevent the worst, and then you go on to deal with the fundamental roots of what’s...
Recovering Your Sacredness | Jerry Tello 26 min
Our society is experiencing profound levels of stress and anxiety, a public health crisis that’s triggering unresolved traumas in many people, resulting in widespread uneasiness, poor public health, social dysfunction, and alienation, as well as high levels of violence...
In the often polarizing and intense debates on identity politics you often encounter three talking points from those who oppose those who criticise identity politics. First, that all politics is identity politics. Second, critics of so called “identity politics” ignore the...
When You Only Pursue Pleasure, You End Up Pursuing Pain | Alan Watts 12 min
The goal of After Skool has always been to take the most empowering ideas and enhance them with art. Creating videos like this is my purpose on earth. When you find your purpose, nothing will stop you, because...the purpose is bigger than you.
Your Mind is an Excellent Servant, but a Terrible Master | David Foster Wallace 24 min
David Foster Wallace (February 21, 1962 – September 12, 2008) was an American writer and university professor in the disciplines of English and creative writing.
Confederalism as a revolutionary strategy provides us with the means to build and organize a radically democratic and egalitarian society at scale.
[192] The Future of Mass Surveillance Is Horrifying (w/ Ramesh Srinivasan) 31 min
Joe Biden was recently confronted by an environmental activist who asked him to explain why he deserves the votes of people concerned about climate change. He refused to answer the question in a move that should concern Biden fans. Lee dissects the interaction. Lee sat down...
Unless We Create Our Own Progressive Media We Have No Chance 3 min
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Psychedelics and How to Change Your Mind | Michael Pollan 31 min
Michael Pollan's new book "How To Change Your Mind" surveys the highly controversial terrain of the renaissance of both the science and popular usage of psychedelic substances. As one of our most brilliant and clear-eyed explorers of such topics as plant intelligence and how...
Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming | Paul Hawken 33 min
The visionary goal of Project Drawdown, founded by Paul Hawken, is to actually reverse global warming by drawing carbon out of the atmosphere back down to pre-industrial levels. All the practices and technologies documented in Paul’s best-selling "Drawdown" book are already...
Sustainable Table: What's on Your Plate? 50 min
Over nine months, director Mischa Hedges and his crew traveled the West Coast to learn more about our food system. While interviewing farmers, agricultural experts, nutritionists and activists, Mischa and his team learned that the standard methods of producing food do not...
The Four Levels of Action | Will Grant 3 min
Each of us is empowered to engage in solutions in a way that is not stressful or overwhelming. It is through the sheer numbers of individuals doing their part that we will see massive positive changes on our planet! -
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Connecting to "Them" 9 min
"If I were talking to a 65-year-old man from Tennessee who watches Fox News, I would not articulate the story of interbeing. I would speak from an understanding of the story of interbeing, and I would try to speak in a way that communicates to him and will be received."...
Capitalism is the Planet’s Cancer: Operate Before it’s too Late | George Monbiot 6 min
“Infinite growth on a finite planet is a recipe for catastrophe”
Biomimicry Explained with Drawings & Examples 5 min
Sustainability Illustrated presents the concept of Biomimicry:
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