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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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Jason Hickel on International Development and Post-capitalism (In Conversation)

Jason Hickel on International Development and Post-capitalism (In Conversation)

Continuing our focus on the coronavirus pandemic and its intersection with capitalism, in this Conversation, we spoke wi... Read more

28 May 2020

56mins

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Joanna Macy (In Conversation)

Joanna Macy (In Conversation)

In this interview, we hear from Joanna Macy PhD, a highly revered local eco-justice philosopher, activist, and leader. J... Read more

8 Feb 2016

58mins

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Ep 2a: Welcome to Frome - This is what the New Economy looks like (Documentary)

Ep 2a: Welcome to Frome - This is what the New Economy looks like (Documentary)

In this first episode of our 3-part series, "Welcome to Frome", we explore how the small Somerset town of Frome started ... Read more

31 Aug 2016

57mins

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Satish Kumar: Spiritual Ecology (In Conversation)

Satish Kumar: Spiritual Ecology (In Conversation)

In this interview we hear from Satish Kumar: former monk, author, editor of Resurgence & Ecologist Magazine, long-ti... Read more

10 Apr 2016

57mins

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Sarah Corbett: Craftivism (In Conversation)

Sarah Corbett: Craftivism (In Conversation)

Sarah Corbett is a craft-activist, or "craftivist". She is the founder of Craftivist-Collective, and has worked as a cam... Read more

1 May 2016

1hr

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Ep 4: The Solidarity Economy (Documentary)

Ep 4: The Solidarity Economy (Documentary)

In this episode we explore a phenomenon that has existed throughout centuries both within and alongside Capitalism. Wher... Read more

13 Jan 2017

1hr

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Ep 8.1: Worker Cooperatives — Widening Spheres of Democracy (Documentary)

Ep 8.1: Worker Cooperatives — Widening Spheres of Democracy (Documentary)

The 21st century has seen an explosion in Worker Cooperatives—particularly since capitalism's 2008 crisis. In Part 1 of ... Read more

24 Apr 2018

58mins

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Tho Ha Vinh: Gross National Happiness (In Conversation)

Tho Ha Vinh: Gross National Happiness (In Conversation)

In this interview, we hear from Dr. Ha Vinh Tho, the Program Development Coordinator of the Gross National Happiness Cen... Read more

8 Feb 2016

58mins

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Joseph Choonara: Socialist Worker's Party (In Conversation)

Joseph Choonara: Socialist Worker's Party (In Conversation)

In this interview we hear from Socialist Worker's Party member & Lexit Campaign Spokesperson Joseph Choonara. We spo... Read more

26 Jun 2016

32mins

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Ep 7.1: Universal Basic Income - An Idea Whose Time Has Come? (Documentary)

Ep 7.1: Universal Basic Income - An Idea Whose Time Has Come? (Documentary)

What if you were paid just for being alive? Just imagine, you are given a check every month for the rest of your life, e... Read more

15 Aug 2017

58mins

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Robin Murray (In Conversation)

Robin Murray (In Conversation)

In this episode, we spoke with the late Robin Murray, a prolific sustainability and environmental economist, an advocate... Read more

8 Feb 2016

1hr 9mins

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David Cribb: Crisis Theory - A Marxist Video Game(In Conversation)

David Cribb: Crisis Theory - A Marxist Video Game(In Conversation)

Crisis Theory is a new video game developed by David Cribb. In this game, you play as the spirit of capitalism. Your one... Read more

11 Aug 2016

24mins

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Richard Wolff: The Recession isn't Over, but is Capitalism? (In Conversation)

Richard Wolff: The Recession isn't Over, but is Capitalism? (In Conversation)

Unemployment is down and the stock market is up. So we're in a recovery, right? Many politicians & economists would ... Read more

17 Dec 2016

20mins

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Ep 5: The Call For A New Economy (Documentary)

Ep 5: The Call For A New Economy (Documentary)

Bellowing out in the songs of eco-village choirs and reverberating down city streets through the chants of the 99%, the ... Read more

21 Mar 2017

56mins

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Ep 7.2: Universal Basic Income - A Bridge Towards Post-Capitalism? (Documentary)

Ep 7.2: Universal Basic Income - A Bridge Towards Post-Capitalism? (Documentary)

It has been said that it’s easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism. That might have... Read more

25 Sep 2017

58mins

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Lisi Krall - How Agriculture Turned Humanity into a Superorganism (In Conversation)

Lisi Krall - How Agriculture Turned Humanity into a Superorganism (In Conversation)

For the last 150,000 or so years of human evolution, not a whole lot changed. That is, until about 10,000 years ago, whe... Read more

6 Feb 2018

57mins

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Doug Henwood on the coronavirus and the rot of the American ruling class (In Conversation)

Doug Henwood on the coronavirus and the rot of the American ruling class (In Conversation)

Continuing our focus on the coronavirus pandemic and its intersection with capitalism, in this conversation we speak wit... Read more

28 Apr 2020

39mins

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Helena Norberg-Hodge — Is Localization a Solution to the Crisis of Capitalism? (In Conversation)

Helena Norberg-Hodge — Is Localization a Solution to the Crisis of Capitalism? (In Conversation)

It's often said that the economic system is rigged. The truth, however, is that the system is working exactly as it was ... Read more

29 Oct 2019

52mins

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Julia Salazar on the coronavirus, feminist economics, and democratic socialism (In Conversation)

Julia Salazar on the coronavirus, feminist economics, and democratic socialism (In Conversation)

Continuing our focus on the coronavirus pandemic and its intersection with capitalism, in this conversation we speak wit... Read more

21 Apr 2020

57mins

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The Sharing Economy? (15 minute shortened version)

The Sharing Economy? (15 minute shortened version)

In this shortened version of our "The Sharing Economy?" episode, we look at how companies like Taskrabbit and Uber have ... Read more

29 Mar 2016

15mins

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