A conversation with First Amendment expert Mickey Osterreicher, general counsel for the National Press Photographers Association, on challenges facing White House press pool photographers and the general state of relations between the Trump White House and the news media. Osterreicher’s comments follow his testimony earlier in the day before a U.S. House subcommittee on these topics.

A conversation with First Amendment expert Mickey Osterreicher, general counsel for the National Press Photographers Association, on challenges facing White House press pool photographers and the general state of relations between the Trump White House and the news media. Osterreicher’s comments follow his testimony earlier in the day before a U.S. House subcommittee on these topics.

The Press and the White House

A conversation with Danish author and journalist Flemming Rose, who says the increasing practice of self-censorship due to terrorism threats is a grave danger to free speech and free press around the globe. In 2005, Rose was editor of Jyllands-Posten newspaper when it published cartoons of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, which sparked a worldwide controversy still debated today.

A conversation with Danish author and journalist Flemming Rose, who says the increasing practice of self-censorship due to terrorism threats is a grave danger to free speech and free press around the globe. In 2005, Rose was editor of Jyllands-Posten newspaper when it published cartoons of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, which sparked a worldwide controversy still debated today.

Freedom of Speech: The World View

A conversation with First Amendment expert and author Ronald K.L. Collins, who joins host Gene Policinski to talk about the legal issues raised by The New York Times’s publication of several pages of Donald Trump’s tax returns. Collins will explain why some experts think a threatened lawsuit by Trump against the newspaper is unlikely to gain traction.

A conversation with First Amendment expert and author Ronald K.L. Collins, who joins host Gene Policinski to talk about the legal issues raised by The New York Times’s publication of several pages of Donald Trump’s tax returns. Collins will explain why some experts think a threatened lawsuit by Trump against the newspaper is unlikely to gain traction.

The Law, the Media and Tax Returns

A conversation about how to have better conversations. Host Gene Policinski talks with Josh Feigelson, the founder of the organization Ask Big Questions, which trains college students, faculty and staff on how to engage young adults in thoughtful, civil discussions about complex societal issues. During this political season, the group is offering training centered around eight political questions — not who will win or lose the election, but thought-provoking inquires such as, “What goes into your decision about how you will vote?” and “When was the last time you felt really good about voting?”

A conversation about how to have better conversations. Host Gene Policinski talks with Josh Feigelson, the founder of the organization Ask Big Questions, which trains college students, faculty and staff on how to engage young adults in thoughtful, civil discussions about complex societal issues. During this political season, the group is offering training centered around eight political questions — not who will win or lose the election, but thought-provoking inquires such as, “What goes into your decision about how you will vote?” and “When was the last time you felt really good about voting?”

Asking Big Questions

A conversation about a new effort by Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontières) and a coalition of journalism groups and news organizations to ask the United Nations for a Special Representative on journalists’ safety. Host Gene Policinski chats with RSF’s Delphine Halgand and Margaux Ewen about the U.N. initiative, protecting journalists, and the United States’ world rating of 41 (out of 180 nations) on the World Press Freedom Index.

A conversation about a new effort by Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontières) and a coalition of journalism groups and news organizations to ask the United Nations for a Special Representative on journalists’ safety. Host Gene Policinski chats with RSF’s Delphine Halgand and Margaux Ewen about the U.N. initiative, protecting journalists, and the United States’ world rating of 41 (out of 180 nations) on the World Press Freedom Index.

Protecting journalists – taking it to the United Nations

A conversation about objective journalism and press-candidate confrontations in this year’s presidential election, with Prof. David Mindich, of St. Michael’s College in Vermont, the author of a recent Columbia Journalism Review article, “For journalists covering Trump, a Murrow moment.”

A conversation about objective journalism and press-candidate confrontations in this year’s presidential election, with Prof. David Mindich, of St. Michael’s College in Vermont, the author of a recent Columbia Journalism Review article, “For journalists covering Trump, a Murrow moment.”

Election 2016: Sparking a ‘Murrow Moment’?

Halfway through the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, there have been plenty of protests, inside and outside Quicken Loans Arena. But according to a lawyer who provided First Amendment training in advance to both police and press, concerns about violent confrontations and mass arrests have remained unfulfilled — so far.

Halfway through the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, there have been plenty of protests, inside and outside Quicken Loans Arena. But according to a lawyer who provided First Amendment training in advance to both police and press, concerns about violent confrontations and mass arrests have remained unfulfilled — so far.

The news – that isn’t news – from Cleveland and the RNC

A discussion with Mickey Osterreicher, general counsel for the National Press Photographers Association, on matters of newsgathering, privacy, and an update on how the FAA and news operations are working together to map out the new rules for the use of drones in aerial newsgathering.

A discussion with Mickey Osterreicher, general counsel for the National Press Photographers Association, on matters of newsgathering, privacy, and an update on how the FAA and news operations are working together to map out the new rules for the use of drones in aerial newsgathering.

Setting Out the Rules about Gathering the News – From Overhead

Jason Rezaian

Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian has been held in an Iranian prison for more than 500 days on sham charges. Jason’s older brother, Ali Rezaian, speaks with the Newseum Institute’s Gene Policinski about international standards of human rights, global efforts to free Jason and the frustration of dealing with what seems – even under Iranian law – a violation of due process.

Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian has been held in an Iranian prison for more than 500 days on sham charges. Jason’s older brother, Ali Rezaian, speaks with the Newseum Institute’s Gene Policinski about international standards of human rights, global efforts to free Jason and the frustration of dealing with what seems – even under Iranian law – a violation of due process.

#FREEJASON – Iran continues to imprison Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian

Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) is a Syrian citizen journalist group, one of the few independent news sources reporting from inside the Islamic State (ISIS). Newseum Institute COO Gene Policinski spoke with Abdalaziz Alhamza, one of 18 co-founders of the group, and with Courtney Radisch and Sherif Mansour of the Committee to Protect Journalists, about the group’s work. CPJ will present RBSS with its International Press Freedom Award Nov. 24 in New York. Alhamza and colleagues live under constant threat of death from ISIS. This interview was conducted Nov. 20 in the Newseum’s Knight Studio, just days after the ISIS attacks in Paris, without an audience for security reasons. Though other members of RBSS were present, only Alhamza was available to speak publicly about his group’s work, out of concern for their personal safety.

Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) is a Syrian citizen journalist group, one of the few independent news sources reporting from inside the Islamic State (ISIS). Newseum Institute COO Gene Policinski spoke with Abdalaziz Alhamza, one of 18 co-founders of the group, and with Courtney Radisch and Sherif Mansour of the Committee to Protect Journalists, about the group’s work. CPJ will present RBSS with its International Press Freedom Award Nov. 24 in New York. Alhamza and colleagues live under constant threat of death from ISIS. This interview was conducted Nov. 20 in the Newseum’s Knight Studio, just days after the ISIS attacks in Paris, without an audience for security reasons. Though other members of RBSS were present, only Alhamza was available to speak publicly about his group’s work, out of concern for their personal safety.

Reporting at risk of their lives – every day

“Journalism/Works” is an ongoing program of the Newseum Institute that focuses on journalism that matters — news reports in print, broadcast and online that produce change, provide insight and that fulfill the “watchdog on government” mission envisioned for a free press in the First Amendment.

Rem Rieder, USA Today media writer and former editor of American Journalism Review, talks with the Newseum Institute’s Gene Policinski about lingering criticism that U.S. and European news media gave saturation news coverage to the Nov. 13 ISIS attacks and deaths in Paris, but much less – if at all – coverage to bombings in Beirut and Nigeria at virtually the same time. Is it cultural insensitivity, valid news judgment, or what some are calling “empathy fatigue”?

Rem Rieder, USA Today media writer and former editor of American Journalism Review, talks with the Newseum Institute’s Gene Policinski about lingering criticism that U.S. and European news media gave saturation news coverage to the Nov. 13 ISIS attacks and deaths in Paris, but much less – if at all – coverage to bombings in Beirut and Nigeria at virtually the same time. Is it cultural insensitivity, valid news judgment, or what some are calling “empathy fatigue”?

For media, are Paris victims more ‘newsworthy’ than Beirut dead?

The Newseum Institute’s Gene Policinski talks with Angolan investigative journalist and human rights activist Rafael Marques, recognized with several international awards for his courageous reporting on conflict diamonds and government corruption. He currently heads the anti-corruption watchdog website Maka Angola. This program was recorded before a live studio audience in the Newseum’s Knight TV Studio.

The Newseum Institute’s Gene Policinski talks with Angolan investigative journalist and human rights activist Rafael Marques, recognized with several international awards for his courageous reporting on conflict diamonds and government corruption. He currently heads the anti-corruption watchdog website <a href="http://makaangola.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maka Angola</a>. This program was recorded before a live studio audience in the Newseum’s Knight TV Studio.

Targeting Corruption in Angola

In little more than a week, there was the on-camera “live” killing Aug. 26 of two journalists, Alison Parker and Adam Ward; graphic video taken by Ward and by the apparent shooter; and on Sept. 4, the heart-wrenching photos of three-year old Syrian refugee Aylan Kurdi, lifeless on a Turkish beach, who drowned trying to escape sectarian violence. Should such images be published? Are there limits, in law or in journalism? Prof. Diana Huffman, who lectures on media ethics and media law at the Phillip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, says at times there is no purpose in publishing – but at other times, there is. A conversation about what we can see – and, perhaps, shouldn’t.

In little more than a week, there was the on-camera “live” killing Aug. 26 of two journalists, Alison Parker and Adam Ward; graphic video taken by Ward and by the apparent shooter; and on Sept. 4, the heart-wrenching photos of three-year old Syrian refugee Aylan Kurdi, lifeless on a Turkish beach, who drowned trying to escape sectarian violence. Should such images be published? Are there limits, in law or in journalism? Prof. Diana Huffman, who lectures on media ethics and media law at the Phillip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, says at times there is no purpose in publishing – but at other times, there is. A conversation about what we can see – and, perhaps, shouldn’t.

Hard to see – but right to publish?

From Northwestern University’s venerable Medill School of Journalism to the up-and-coming Middle Tennessee State University mass communications program, a name change is more than cosmetic. It’s recognition that the flow of information – from news to public relations to entertainment to electronic media to marketing – is dramatically different in the 21st century, and that college programs need to adapt, adopt and sometimes rename. It’s now The Medill School of Journalism, Media and Integrated Marketing Communications. This episode features an interview with Ken Paulson, dean of the newly tagged MTSU College of Media and Entertainment.

From Northwestern University’s venerable Medill School of Journalism to the up-and-coming Middle Tennessee State University mass communications program, a name change is more than cosmetic. It’s recognition that the flow of information – from news to public relations to entertainment to electronic media to marketing – is dramatically different in the 21st century, and that college programs need to adapt, adopt and sometimes rename. It’s now The Medill School of Journalism, Media and Integrated Marketing Communications. This episode features an interview with Ken Paulson, dean of the newly tagged MTSU College of Media and Entertainment.

What’s in a name?  The future – perhaps – for journalism education

Journalism and freedom of information lawyer Kevin Goldberg discusses a federal judge’s decision to toss out Idaho’s so-called “Ag-Gag” law – touted by advocates as a way to protect state agriculture business from “eco-terrorists” but criticized by opponents who believe it would limit press and advocacy group oversight.

Journalism and freedom of information lawyer Kevin Goldberg discusses a federal judge’s decision to toss out Idaho’s so-called “Ag-Gag” law – touted by advocates as a way to protect state agriculture business from “eco-terrorists” but criticized by opponents who believe it would limit press and advocacy group oversight.

Idaho’s “Ag-Gag” Law Runs Afoul of Judge

Mickey Osterreicher, general counsel for the National Press Photographers Association, talks with host Gene Policinski of the Newseum Institute on the use of these remotely controlled flying devices by news organizations, one day after the first field test by a media consortium in cooperation with the FAA.

Mickey Osterreicher, general counsel for the National Press Photographers Association, talks with host Gene Policinski of the Newseum Institute on the use of these remotely controlled flying devices by news organizations, one day after the first field test by a media consortium in cooperation with the FAA.

Looks like a drone, flies like a drone – but it’s journalism

Kathy Gannon

A conversation with Kathy Gannon, veteran Associated Press correspondent who was shot and seriously wounded in Afghanistan in 2014 in an attack by an Afghan policeman in which her AP colleague, photographer Anja Niedringhaus, was killed. On June 8, 2015, Gannon was the keynote speaker at the annual rededication of the Newseum’s Journalists Memorial.

A conversation with Kathy Gannon, veteran Associated Press correspondent who was shot and seriously wounded in Afghanistan in 2014 in an attack by an Afghan policeman in which her AP colleague, photographer Anja Niedringhaus, was killed. On June 8, 2015, Gannon was the keynote speaker at the annual rededication of the Newseum’s <a href="http://www.newseum.org/event/journalists-memorial-rededication/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Journalists Memorial</a>.

A Conversation with Kathy Gannon

Haney Howell

As the Newseum opens “Reporting Vietnam,” a new exhibit marking the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, veteran broadcaster Haney Howell – the last CBS News bureau chief in Saigon before the city fell in 1975 – speaks with the Newseum Institute’s Gene Policinski about what it was like to report in Vietnam and in neighboring Cambodia. Howell, now journalism professor emeritus at Winthrop University, also discusses the differences, both good and bad, in reporting from today’s global conflict zones.

As the Newseum opens <a href="http://www.newseum.org/vietnam" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Reporting Vietnam,”</a> a new exhibit marking the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, veteran broadcaster Haney Howell – the last CBS News bureau chief in Saigon before the city fell in 1975 – speaks with the Newseum Institute’s Gene Policinski about what it was like to report in Vietnam and in neighboring Cambodia. Howell, now journalism professor emeritus at Winthrop University, also discusses the differences, both good and bad, in reporting from today’s global conflict zones.

Reporting from Southeast Asia – Haney Howell, for CBS News

Tony Messenger, editorial page editor at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and a 2015 Pulitzer Prize finalist for editorial writing, talks about what his newspaper and the rest of the news media can take away from news coverage last August of the death of Michael Brown and subsequent protests and violence in Ferguson, Mo., and the reporting of recent protests and violence after the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore.

Tony Messenger, editorial page editor at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and a 2015 Pulitzer Prize finalist for editorial writing, talks about what his newspaper and the rest of the news media can take away from news coverage last August of the death of Michael Brown and subsequent protests and violence in Ferguson, Mo., and the reporting of recent protests and violence after the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore.

Lessons from Ferguson: Truth as a ‘tool to improve our democracy’

Carl Sessions Stepp, a professor at the University of Maryland’s Phillip Merrill College of Journalism, discusses media coverage of the violence and peaceful demonstrations for social justice in Baltimore, and shares his thoughts on how journalists should prepare in advance for such assignments. The former newspaper reporter and editor has been a consultant for news organizations around the country. He specializes in writing and editing, journalism history, and newsroom organization and change. He has written two books, “Writing as Craft and Magic ” and “Editing for Today's Newsroom,” and is senior contributing editor of American Journalism Review.

Carl Sessions Stepp, a professor at the University of Maryland’s Phillip Merrill College of Journalism, discusses media coverage of the violence and peaceful demonstrations for social justice in Baltimore, and shares his thoughts on how journalists should prepare in advance for such assignments. The former newspaper reporter and editor has been a consultant for news organizations around the country. He specializes in writing and editing, journalism history, and newsroom organization and change. He has written two books, “Writing as Craft and Magic ” and “Editing for Today's Newsroom,” and is senior contributing editor of American Journalism Review.

The importance of “context” in reporting on violence

Journalism/Works

Mickey Osterreicher, general counsel for the National Press Photographers Association, discusses the legal challenges and First Amendment issues that persist around citizen and news media videotaping of police activity. The issue has gained urgency in recent weeks after controversial videos of a police shooting in South Carolina surfaced and the beating by several officers of a man during an arrest in California made headlines across the country.

Mickey Osterreicher, general counsel for the National Press Photographers Association, discusses the legal challenges and First Amendment issues that persist around citizen and news media videotaping of police activity. The issue has gained urgency in recent weeks after controversial videos of a police shooting in South Carolina surfaced and the beating by several officers of a man during an arrest in California made headlines across the country.

Holding Police Accountable – On Camera

Gene Policinski, chief operating officer of the Newseum Institute, moderates a panel discussion of experts exploring how Vladimir Putin has shaped his own public image, taken control of the Russian news media and marshaled public support to put Russia on a collision course with the West.

Gene Policinski, chief operating officer of the Newseum Institute, moderates a panel discussion of experts exploring how Vladimir Putin has shaped his own public image, taken control of the Russian news media and marshaled public support to put Russia on a collision course with the West.

Putin: Power, Persuasion and Propaganda

Newseum Institute chief operating officer Gene Policinski hosts a panel with three University of Maryland journalism students to discuss Press Uncuffed, their new campaign to free imprisoned journalists in partnership with the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Students Lejla Sarcevic, Teddy Amenabar and Courtney Mabeus are joined by Courtney Radsch, the advocacy and outreach director at CPJ, and Washington Post reporter Dana Priest, the Knight Chair in Public Affairs Journalism at University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism.

Newseum Institute chief operating officer Gene Policinski hosts a panel with three University of Maryland journalism students to discuss <a href="http://pressuncuffed.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Press Uncuffed</a>, their new campaign to free imprisoned journalists in partnership with the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Students Lejla Sarcevic, Teddy Amenabar and Courtney Mabeus are joined by Courtney Radsch, the advocacy and outreach director at CPJ, and Washington Post reporter Dana Priest, the Knight Chair in Public Affairs Journalism at University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism.

Imprisoned Journalists and the Students Working to Set Them Free

Newseum Institute chief operating officer Gene Policinski speaks with Katelyn Griffith, the print editor of the Oklahoma Daily, the University of Oklahoma student news operation. Griffith describes how the paper’s staff has responded to the challenge of reporting on the scandal surrounding the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity after a video surfaced this week showing fraternity members singing racist song lyrics.

Newseum Institute chief operating officer Gene Policinski speaks with Katelyn Griffith, the print editor of the Oklahoma Daily, the University of Oklahoma student news operation. Griffith describes how the paper’s staff has responded to the challenge of reporting on the scandal surrounding the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity after a video surfaced this week showing fraternity members singing racist song lyrics.

Fraternity Scandal at the University of Oklahoma

A discussion with author Shane Harris on his new report on how government and industry are uniting to fight attacks on the nation in cyberspace – how the wars of the future already are being fought today.

A discussion with author Shane Harris on his new report on how government and industry are uniting to fight attacks on the nation in cyberspace – how the wars of the future already are being fought today.

America’s New Cyber War

The Newseum Institute, the Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism and the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland presented an all-star panel of top female sports reporters discussing the evolution of their role in journalism Dec. 6 at the Newseum.

The Newseum Institute, the Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism and the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland presented an all-star panel of top female sports reporters discussing the evolution of their role in journalism Dec. 6 at the Newseum.

Women in Sports Media

The Newseum Institute’s Gene Policinski interviews authors Paul Steinle and Sara Brown about their new book — and what’s good about journalism and the people who work in it. 

The Newseum Institute’s Gene Policinski interviews authors Paul Steinle and Sara Brown about their new book — and what’s good about journalism and the people who work in it.

Practicing Journalism: The Power and Purpose of the Fourth Estate

John Seigenthaler

An appreciation of John Seigenthaler, founder of the Newseum Institute’s First Amendment Center, who died July 11 at age 86 after a multi-faceted career as a renowned local and national newspaper editor; author; host of one of public broadcasting’s longest-running programs, “A word on Words,” and advocate for First Amendment freedoms, civil rights and an independent judiciary. 

An appreciation of John Seigenthaler, founder of the Newseum Institute’s First Amendment Center, who died July 11 at age 86 after a multi-faceted career as a renowned local and national newspaper editor; author; host of one of public broadcasting’s longest-running programs, “A word on Words,” and advocate for First Amendment freedoms, civil rights and an independent judiciary.

A Life Well-lived: John Seigenthaler

A conversation June 9 with Kathleen Carroll, executive editor and senior vice president of The Associated Press, about the dangers journalists face each day around the globe, as well as reporting on national security issues in the “post-Snowden” era and AP’s latest stories in what she calls “accountability journalism.” 

A conversation June 9 with Kathleen Carroll, executive editor and senior vice president of The Associated Press, about the dangers journalists face each day around the globe, as well as reporting on national security issues in the “post-Snowden” era and AP’s latest stories in what she calls “accountability journalism.”

Danger, News and the AP

A conversation with Professor-emeritus Bob Papper of Hofstra University on his most recent annual report on the state of the U.S. news broadcasting industry, based on a survey he has conducted for 20 years, in partnership with the Radio Television Digital News Association. 

A conversation with Professor-emeritus Bob Papper of Hofstra University on his most recent annual report on the state of the U.S. news broadcasting industry, based on a survey he has conducted for 20 years, in partnership with the Radio Television Digital News Association.

TV News in 2014

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When Axton Betz-Hamilton was 11 years old, her parents' identities were stolen. At that time, in the early 90s, consumer protection services for identity theft victims were basically non-existent. So the family dealt with the consequences as best they could. But then when Axton got to college, she realized that her identity had been stolen as well. Her credit score was in the lowest 2%.  As she was working to restore her credit, she inadvertently discovered who had stolen the family's identity. It would change everything forever.   View the photograph Axton describes here.   Criminal is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. If you haven't already, please review us on Apple Podcasts! It's an important way to help new listeners discover the show: iTunes.com/CriminalShow. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Sign up for our newsletter, The Accomplice. If you'd like to introduce friends or family members to podcasts, we created a How to Listen guide based on frequently asked questions. Artwork by Julienne Alexander.

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When Axton Betz-Hamilton was 11 years old, her parents' identities were stolen. At that time, in the early 90s, consumer protection services for identity theft victims were basically non-existent. So the family dealt with the consequences as best they could. But then when Axton got to college, she realized that her identity had been stolen as well. Her credit score was in the lowest 2%.  As she was working to restore her credit, she inadvertently discovered who had stolen the family's identity. It would change everything forever.   View the photograph Axton describes <a href="http://thisiscriminal.com/episode-51-money-tree-8-23-2016/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.   <a href="https://thisiscriminal.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Criminal</a> is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. If you haven't already, please review us on Apple Podcasts! It's an important way to help new listeners discover the show: <a href="http://thisiscriminal.us13.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=25658e45f07309154fbf5f23f&amp;id=222e220f7c&amp;e=08e90c50c7" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes.com/CriminalShow.</a> Say hello on <a href="https://twitter.com/CriminalShow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ThisIsCriminal/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/criminal_podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>. Sign up for our newsletter, <a href="http://thisiscriminal.us13.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=25658e45f07309154fbf5f23f&amp;id=a7d08cb6bd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Accomplice.</a> If you'd like to introduce friends or family members to podcasts, we created a <a href="http://www.thisiscriminal.com/about#howToListen" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How to Listen guide</a> based on frequently asked questions. Artwork by <a href="http://www.yssrs.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Julienne Alexander</a>.

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Elizabeth Kolbert covers climate change for the New Yorker. She's the Pulitzer prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction. And she recently wrote a paragraph I can't stop thinking about. "The problem with global warming—and the reason it continues to resist illustration, even as the streets flood and the forests die and the mussels rot on the shores—is that experience is an inadequate guide to what’s going on. The climate operates on a time delay. When carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere, it takes decades—in a technical sense, millennia—for the earth to equilibrate. This summer’s fish kill was a product of warming that had become inevitable twenty or thirty years ago, and the warming that’s being locked in today won’t be fully felt until today’s toddlers reach middle age. In effect, we are living in the climate of the past, but already we’ve determined the climate’s future."Kolbert lives, to an unusual degree, in the planet's future. She travels to the places around the world where the climate of tomorrow is visible today. She has watched glaciers melting, and seen species dying. And she is able to convey both the science and the cost with a rare lucidity. Talking with Kolbert left me with an unnerving thought. We look back on past eras in human history and judge them morally failed. We think of the Spanish Inquisition or the Mongol hordes and believe ourselves civilized, rational, moral in a way our ancestors weren't. But if the science is right, and we do unto our descendants what the data says we are doing to them, we will be judged monsters. And it will be all the worse because we knew what we were doing and we knew how to stop, but we decided it was easier to disbelieve the science or ignore the consequences. Kolbert and I talk about the consequences, but also about what would be necessary to stabilize the climate and back off the mass extinction event that is currently underway. We discuss geoengineering, political will, the environmental cost of meat, and what individuals can and can't do. We talk about Trump's cabinet, about whether technological innovation will save us, and if pricing carbon is enough. We talk about whether hope remains a realistic emotion when it comes to our environmental future.Books:-Edward Abbe’s “Desert Solitaire”-Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring”-David G. Haskell’s “The Forest Unseen”-Bill McKibben’s “The End of Nature” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Elizabeth Kolbert covers climate change for the New Yorker. She's the Pulitzer prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction. And she recently wrote a paragraph I can't stop thinking about. "The problem with global warming—and the reason it continues to resist illustration, even as the streets flood and the forests die and the mussels rot on the shores—is that experience is an inadequate guide to what’s going on. The climate operates on a time delay. When carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere, it takes decades—in a technical sense, millennia—for the earth to equilibrate. This summer’s fish kill was a product of warming that had become inevitable twenty or thirty years ago, and the warming that’s being locked in today won’t be fully felt until today’s toddlers reach middle age. In effect, we are living in the climate of the past, but already we’ve determined the climate’s future."Kolbert lives, to an unusual degree, in the planet's future. She travels to the places around the world where the climate of tomorrow is visible today. She has watched glaciers melting, and seen species dying. And she is able to convey both the science and the cost with a rare lucidity. Talking with Kolbert left me with an unnerving thought. We look back on past eras in human history and judge them morally failed. We think of the Spanish Inquisition or the Mongol hordes and believe ourselves civilized, rational, moral in a way our ancestors weren't. But if the science is right, and we do unto our descendants what the data says we are doing to them, we will be judged monsters. And it will be all the worse because we knew what we were doing and we knew how to stop, but we decided it was easier to disbelieve the science or ignore the consequences. Kolbert and I talk about the consequences, but also about what would be necessary to stabilize the climate and back off the mass extinction event that is currently underway. We discuss geoengineering, political will, the environmental cost of meat, and what individuals can and can't do. We talk about Trump's cabinet, about whether technological innovation will save us, and if pricing carbon is enough. We talk about whether hope remains a realistic emotion when it comes to our environmental future.Books:-Edward Abbe’s “Desert Solitaire”-Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring”-David G. Haskell’s “The Forest Unseen”-Bill McKibben’s “The End of Nature” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Elizabeth Kolbert: We have locked in centuries of climate change

Jordan Peterson and Joe Rogan delve deep on free speech for 3 hours! Somehow it gets more interesting through the episode, not less! Hear why often it's best to "be tolerant of the intolerable".
Canada tried to pass laws compelling people to use pronouns like zi and zur. Should you be compelled to call someone a certain pronoun? Jordan Peterson pushed back saying he had no problems using pronouns like zi and zur for people who have non-traditional genders, but that he had a problem being compelled by law to use certain pronouns. 
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." Voltaire. 
We have gone from homosexuality being illegal in most of the west 60 years ago to same sex marriage being legal today. "Free speech is the master value because it is the value which allows us to update all other values." Sam Harris.

Free speech, only a small topic!

Jordan Peterson is a clinical psychologist and tenured professor of psychology at the University of Toronto. https://www.youtube.com/user/JordanPetersonVideos  100% off the Future Authoring Program code: "ChangeYourself" - The offer is valid until the end of Nov 30th.

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Jordan Peterson is a clinical psychologist and tenured professor of psychology at the University of Toronto. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/JordanPetersonVideos" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/user/JordanPetersonVideos</a> 100% off the Future Authoring Program code: "ChangeYourself" - The offer is valid until the end of Nov 30th.

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