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Utne Reader Podcasts - Abstract Notions
By Staff
The Evolutionary Mismatch Between Politics and Neuroscience
By Chris Moody, From Bookforum
Invisibilia Podcast: The Woman Who Feels Everything
By Lindsey Kennedy
Standing Rock: A New Beginning
By Jerico, A Collaboration Of Writers Jeri Maeve Reilly And Eric Utne
To American Immigrants from the Middle East
By Kahlil Gibran
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Utne Reader Podcasts - Abstract Notions
By Staff
The Evolutionary Mismatch Between Politics and Neuroscience
Why our Stone Age brains struggle with the complexities of modern politics.
Invisibilia Podcast: The Woman Who Feels Everything
A new NPR podcast looks at life with Mirror Touch Synesthesia.
Standing Rock: A New Beginning
The victory for Water Protectors at Standing Rock is just the beginning of a new wave of peaceful social justice activism.
The Art of the Police Report
By Ellen Collett, From The Writer's Chronicle
When Did Our Jobs Turn into a Joke?
Remember Laverne & Shirley? Archie Bunker? Louie De Palma on Taxi? Norm and Cliff on Cheers? As these working-class characters live on in late-night reruns, a very different sort of everyperson is dominating the airwaves: the charmingly disengaged, sometimes bungling, always put-upon white-collar worker.
The Stigma of Fast Food Work
When a young father starts working nights in the fast-food industry while his wife finishes school, he recieves stigmatic reactions and wonders why someone should be shamed for trying to make an honest living.
Fish To Eat Always, Never, and Sometimes
An ethical guide to seafood.
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The Art of the Police Report
By Ellen Collett, From The Writer's Chronicle
When Did Our Jobs Turn into a Joke?
By Julie Hanus
The Stigma of Fast Food Work
By Joey Franklin
Fish To Eat Always, Never, and Sometimes
By Taras Grescoe, From Bottomfeeder
Arts
The Slow Death of Creativity in Sound
Without evolving creativity and changes, new music will become a lost art.
The Summer of Dead Birds: A Memoir of Love and Loss
Ali Liebegott’s new book circles death like a buzzard.
Old Hollywood’s Forgotten Filmmaker
Take a closer look at James Stuart Blackton, a revolutionary filmmaker in old Hollywood who has received little credit.
The Nile Project: Bringing the River Basin Together and to the World
Think watershed, act local.
Community
How to Turn Neighborhoods Into Hubs of Resilience
Three places showing how to make the transition from domination and resource extraction to regeneration and interdependence.
An Economy of False Profits
Our national allegiance to the monetary bottom line threatens to negate other measures of personal and communal wealth. What’s being sacrificed to the cult of money?
Can Blockchain be Used to Achieve Racial Equity?
Achieve racial equity through checks and balances a blockchain network provides by connecting everyone as nodes while still providing anonymity.
Stop Trying to Understand Neutrois
Julia Eff talks about the daily struggles of life as someone without a gender.
Mind And Body
Growing Up Hippie
Maybe it was the earnest meditation practices or the homemade cardboard lunch box that caused me to rebel. As the adult daughter of flower children, I crave structure, tidiness, and lots of sugar....
Into the Rafters
Reflections on a football dream cut short.
Football Helmets and Concussions
Take a look at the concussion epidemic plaguing football players.
The Will-to-Live-Until Phenomenon
Sometimes, the human body fends off death for reasons we don’t yet fully understand.
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