by Sarah Mende | 22 Nov 2019 | Environment, Podcasts, Thacher School, Youth Voices
Is the meat industry destroying Earth? Two committed vegetarians come to surprising conclusions in this episode of “The Kids Are Alright” podcast. Cattle graze among wind turbines near Castro Valley, California, 28 March 2018 (EPA-EFE/MIKE NELSON) A cattle...
by News Decoder | 11 Dec 2018 | Asia, China, Podcasts
Zhongguancun, the tech neighborhood of Beijing, China (Photo by Marco De Nobili) News-Decoder has teamed up with Britain’s Podium.me to produce an eight-episode podcast about the world’s toughest problems. Today: Globalization By Claire JiIn our last episode for...
by Claire Ji | 6 Dec 2018 | Human Rights, Middle East, Podcasts
Israel is the most gay-friendly nation in the Middle East. But it’s not perfect. Listen to two activists discuss their work to uphold gay rights in Israel. Interested in identity and gender, Giuliana Nicolucci-Altman spent a summer studying in Jerusalem trying...
by Claire Ji | 4 Dec 2018 | Human Rights, Podcasts
Venezuelan citizens scrounge for food and medicine while prices soar. Where is the formerly prosperous oil exporter, now in crisis, headed? In the grips of the worst economic recession in the Western hemisphere, Venezuela has spiraled into a full-blown...
by News Decoder | 28 Nov 2018 | Podcasts, Technology
Logos of social media apps on a smartphone, 6 June 2018 (Silas Stein/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images) News-Decoder has teamed up with Britain’s Podium.me to produce an eight-episode podcast about the world’s toughest problems. Today: Social Media By Bethan Ashmead...