How exactly am I able to communicate with you? We're not in the same room - we're likely not even in the same state. And if my listener stats are accurate - 30% of you reading this right now live in a completely different country! So... how did we get here? What makes the world modern - technologically, socially, morally - is often under-appreciated, but the history of the modern world is a history of progress. The Roots of Progress founder Jason Crawford believes that understanding that history is key to empowering the next generation to progress ever further.The Roots of ProgressWe Need a New Science of Progress, by Patrick Collison and Tyler Cowen for The AtlanticWhy Did We Wait So Long for the Bicycle? - The Roots of ProgressScientists May Have Discovered How the Ancient Greeks’ ‘First Computer’ Tracked the Cosmos - Smithsonian MagazineA Dashboard for Progress - The Roots of ProgressProgress, Stagnation, and Flying Cars - The Roots of ProgressTechnological Stagnation - The Roots of ProgressThe Roots of Progress Is Now a Nonprofit Organization - The Roots of ProgressIndustrial Literacy - The Roots of ProgressProgress Isn't Natural, by Joel Mokyr for The Atlantic1984 World's Fair1982 World's FairThe Institute for ProgressAcademy of Thought and IndustryJason's Twitter: @jasoncrawford----------Email: wherewegopod@gmail.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

How do you process your pain? We all experience traumas - big and small - over the course of our lives. And we all deal with them differently. A painful event can often feel like a physical location - a topography stretching out ahead that needs to be traversed. Some may sprint across the landscape while others crawl - I've sometimes found myself believing I've covered real distance, only to realize I've been walking in circles. But the journey - however it is made - is a substantial one. Writer and documentary filmmaker Jay Shapiro opens up about how he has managed - and manages - his terrain.Don't Disappear, by Jay ShapiroTIRIS Film - Heirloom Documentary Service, from Jay ShapiroS03E01: Our Modern Disquiet - Benjamin Storey - Dilemma PodcastWhy We Are Restless: On The Modern Quest for Contentment, by Benjamin Story & Jenna Silber StoryOpposite Field, by Jay ShapiroThe House of Small Cubes, by Kunio KatōOn Directing Film, by David MametS03E03: Competing Against Everything - Alfie Kohn - Dilemma PodcastThe Sane Society, by Erich FrommEpisode 151 - The Frankfurt School - Erich Fromm on Freedom — Philosophize This!Death and the Present Moment, by Sam HarrisStories We Tell, by Sarah Polleywhatjaythinks.com----------Email: wherewegopod@gmail.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

When we think of news reporting, what may immediately come to mind is the highly produced, frequently editorialized content that we consume via our mainstream media. But the on-the-ground footage contained in those edited segments - of speeches, rallies, protests, riots, and more - is often captured in whole by independent journalists who see a fuller, more complicated picture than the one the general public is shown. Independent news videographer Ford Fischer goes in-depth on what he's witnessed and learned covering some of America's most tumultuous and historic events of the last several years.News2ShareNews2Share YouTube ChannelFord's Twitter: @FordFischer----------Email: wherewegopod@gmail.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

We all possess multiple identities. You are both a brother and a son. A daughter and a mother. Chinese, and American, and Asian. Gay, and Polyamorous. The combinations are nearly endless. And these identities are not always in parallel. They do not necessarily exist in harmony with one another. Sometimes - often - there is tension. Writer Tomiwa Owolade explores the conflicting and even discomforting intersections of identity, and the importance of embracing that tension.What Does It Mean to Be Black?, by Tomiwa OwoladePlease Stop Imposing American Views about Race on Us, by Tomiwa OwoladeQueen Mary Alumni Profile: Tomiwa OwoladeBoudicaIra AldridgeSeesaw, by Timothy OgeneBlack Paper: Writing in a Dark Time, by Teju ColeWindrush Generation: Who Are They and Why Are They Facing Problems? - BBCThe Chicken Connoisseur - YouTubeBeing John MalkovichRacecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life, by Karen and Barbara FieldsWe Are All Madame Bovary, by Tomiwa OwoladeIs That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything, by David BellosTomiwa's Twitter: @tomowolade----------Email: wherewegopod@gmail.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

Can you remember the first book that left a lasting impact on you? That widened how you saw the world, made you curious about a new frontier of knowledge, or expanded the very boundaries of your mind? The ability to read is a powerful tool, as much as it is a lifelong gift. Saddle Up and Read founder Caitlin Gooch has made it her mission to increase child literacy rates across her home state, with a little help from her horses.Saddle Up and ReadWays to Donate to Saddle Up and ReadMeet the Black Cowgirl Behind the Literacy Program That Combines Reading and Horseback Riding - VogueGOAT Goes Over the Rainbow BridgeBlack Equestrian Coloring Book: Volume One: The TrailblazersThe Lesser-Known History of African-American Cowboys - Smithsonian MagazineDetroit Horse PowerCowgirl Makes It Mission To Help Kids Learn To Read - The Kelly Clarkson ShowKelly Starling Lyons - Children's Book AuthorRobert Lemmons (1848 - 1947)Bass Reeves (1838 - 1910)Cherokee Bill (1876 - 1896)Freedom Reigns CounselingCaitlin's Twitter: @theblackcowgirl----------Email: wherewegopod@gmail.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

Much of what we perceive is subjective. When you and I look at a text, a film, a painting - we carry the weight of our experiences with us into that encounter. So what happens when we look at the same exact thing in radically different ways? Which interpretation takes precedent, and why? Lawyer turned writer David Lat explores how clashing perspectives are roiling one of our nation's most prestigious universities.The Latest (Ridiculous) Controversy at Yale Law School, by David LatThe Newest Insanity Out of Yale Law School, by David LatHow Yale Law School Pressured a Law Student to Apologize for a Constitution Day ‘Trap House’ Invitation, by Aaron TerrDavid's Twitter Thread on the Yale Law School ControversyOp-Ed: People Ask Me if I’ve Recovered From COVID-19. That’s Not an Easy Question to Answer, by David LatSCOTUS Watch, by Jeffrey Toobin (2006)Liberalism and Its Discontents, by Francis FukuyamaFoundation for Individual Rights in EducationThe Federalist Society: About UsWho Actually Gets to Create Black Pop Culture?, by Bertrand CooperMagic Eye: A New Way of Looking at the WorldLindsay Shepherd - WikipediaDavid's Twitter: @DavidLat----------Email: wherewegopod@gmail.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

Imagine you're in a courtroom. You've been charged with a crime and the verdict has now been decided by the jury: "Guilty." The judge offers you two choices: Go to prison for five years, or immediately receive ten lashes and walk free. Which option do you choose? If you chose the lashes, you're not alone. Criminology professor and former Baltimore police officer Peter Moskos has written a book arguing against the unconsidered cruelty of prison sentences, and uses this very hypothetical to make his case.Cop in the Hood: My Year Policing Baltimore's Eastern District, by Peter MoskosTwo Shades of Blue: Black and White in the Blue Brotherhood, by Peter MoskosIn Defense of Flogging, by Peter MoskosSir Robert Peel's "Nine Principles of Policing"Broken Windows, by George Kelling and James WilsonMurders Are Spiking. Police Should Be Part of the Solution, by German LopezNYPD Firearm Usage Statsfatalencounters.orgMass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2020 - Prison Policy InitiativeDelancey Street Foundationcopinthehood.comqualitypolicing.comPeter's Twitter: @PeterMoskos----------Email: wherewegopod@gmail.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

What does it mean to be vulnerable at scale? To go out on a limb and lay bare not just one's opinions, but the private details of a life? The most effective political writing often exists at the intersection of quantitative data and personal anecdote. A writer's argument - if it is to convince - must accurately speak to the external reality we all share while inviting us to understand the author's internal experience that provides the emotional anchor. Writer and political commentator Andrew Sullivan has gathered his essays from the last 31 years - a record of joys, sorrows, missteps and victories - all written down, in public.Out on a Limb: Selected Writing, 1989 - 2021, by Andrew SullivanThe Weekly Dish, by Andrew SullivanIntimations Pursued: The Voice of Practice in the Conversation of Michael Oakeshott, by Andrew SullivanWhat Andrew Sullivan Taught Me About Michael Oakeshott, by Giles FraserAlone Again, Naturally, by Andrew Sullivan (Originally appeared November 28, 1994, in The New Republic)Nighthawks (1942), by Edward HopperNew York Movie (1939),by Edward HopperAutomat (1927), by Edward HopperThe End of Gay Culture, by Andrew SullivanAndrew's Twitter: @sullydish----------Email: wherewegopod@gmail.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

“Black” is not a synonym for “poor.” But one could be forgiven for thinking that it were based on the way so many people talk about race in this country. The majority of Black Americans are in the middle class or above, yet the national imagination often seems to struggle to reflect this reality. And those who are living in poverty are often the last ones to tell their own stories. Bertrand Cooper writes about the importance of being accurate in our descriptions of our impoverished communities, and the need for representation that reflects the nuances of class that exist within this thing we call "race."Who Actually Gets to Create Black Pop Culture?, by Bertrand CooperIs it Possible for Black Creatives to Exploit the Poor? w/ Damon Young & Bertrand Cooper - Bad Faith podcastRacecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life, by Karen and Barbara FieldsBlacks See Growing Values Gap Between Poor and Middle Class (2007) - Pew Research CenterThe Devastating Effects of Concentrated Poverty, by Ta-Nehisi CoatesArchitecture of Segregation, by Paul JargowskyNeighborhood Income Composition by Household Race and Income, 1990 - 2009 - StanfordBlack Boy Fly, by Kendrick Lamar (YouTube)Identity Theft, by Zaid JilaniBlack Jeopardy with Tom Hanks - SNL (YouTube)Roger Ebert Speaks Out at a Better Luck Tomorrow Screening - YouTube1,000 True Fans, by Kevin KellyInequality Is High Within the Black Community, by Bertrand CooperBertrand's Twitter: @_BlackTrash----------Email: wherewegopod@gmail.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

When was the last time you were really, truly curious about something? Something new, different, foreign, uncomfortable, even? And not just a passing glance, or a quick perusal, but a deep, active interest that takes you places you never thought you'd go? Director of Digital & Storytelling at Braver Angels Mónica Guzmán believes that for us to better understand our world and each other we must be intentionally, proactively curious.Braver AngelsNorthwest Newsmakers - CrosscutThe Science Behind Road Rage, by Ryan FanSpeak or Be Spoken For - TEDx Talk by Mónica GuzmánHow to Make Seattle Your Own in 10 Easy Steps - Mónica GuzmánThe Evergrey - a newsletter all about SeattleHow The Evergrey Fosters Community in Ever-Growing Seattle - Seattle MetHow The Evergrey Bridged Political Divides in Washington and Oregon - Gathermoniguzman.comMonica's Twitter: @moniguzman----------Email: wherewegopod@gmail.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast