Episode #176: East Palestine, Climate Change, and Economics with Mark Provost

Today we chat with friend of the show Mark Provost about the situation in East Palestine, using it as a launching pad to discuss larger issues in the US and around the world, from the environment and climate change to economics, in both the short and long-term.

 

Shownotes

Norfolk Southern Allows Monitoring Teams to Order Crews to Ignore Safety Alerts

White supremacists behind over 80% of extremism-related U.S. murders in 2022

Fed can’t tame inflation without ‘significantly’ more hikes that will cause a recession, paper says

How the Capitalist Market Produces Fictitious Commodities

Why Karl Polanyi Still Matters

New study: Gulf of Mexico warming twice as fast as global oceans

3 men in 3 days die after falling through ice on Vermont's Lake Champlain

Why UK supermarkets are rationing fruit and vegetables

 

Other episodes with Mark Provost

Episode #96: Democrats and Grassroots Progressvism with Mark Provost

Episode #137: The Virus, Economics, and The Aftermath with Mark Provost