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Upstream

Upstream is a quarterly documentary and bi-weekly conversation series that invites you to unlearn everything you thought you knew about economics. Blurring the line between economic analysis and story... Read more

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Life Beyond the Clock with Jenny Odell (In Conversation)

Life Beyond the Clock with Jenny Odell (In Conversation)

Do you ever feel like time is marching in a particular direction? Towards, say, rising global temperatures, mass extinct... Read more

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When you think about the philosophies and practices of Buddhism and Marxism, you might not immediately think that they h... Read more

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