The 7 Best Commonwealth Club of California Podcast Episodes
1) How to Be an Anti-Racist: Ibram X. Kendi
The struggle for racial justice is far from over. Inequality is built on many aspects ingrained in our society—history, law and culture. How do we confront this inequality embedded in American life? H...Show More
2) Michael Schur with Nick Offerman: How to Be Perfect
What do "Parks and Recreation" and "The Office" have in common with books that explore philosophical theories like deontology, ubuntu, utilitarianism and more? They’ve all been written by Michael Schu...Show More
3) The Immigrant Experience with Aarti Shahani
The American political discourse is constantly calibrating its interpretation of what it means to be American. Coming from an undocumented family herself, writer Aarti Shahani has spent her life navig...Show More
4) Rebecca Traister and Alicia Garza: Good and Mad Women
From #MeToo in Hollywood to the women's marches across the country, women’s anger and rage has been at the center of major cultural shifts and, more importantly, has brought to light how far society h...Show More
5) Exclusion as the American Experience: The Chinese Exclusion Act
Watch the video referenced in the first half of this podcast at: https://vimeo.com/263167752/c555110813 For the 60 years, from 1882–1943, long before Muslim travel bans and family separations at the U...Show More
6) John Lanchester and Michael Lewis in Conversation
This program is part of our Good Lit series, underwritten by the Bernard Osher Foundation. Even with just a two-word title, John Lanchester’s newest novel, The Wall, evokes the political divisiveness ...Show More
7) John Lanchester in Conversation with Michael Lewis
Lanchester is the author of three novels, including The Debt to Pleasure, Capital and IOU. He is a regular contributor to The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books. He has covered a wide range o...Show More
8) CLIMATE ONE: Reports from COP30: Climate Talks in the Amazon
The UN climate convention known as COP30 is now underway in Brazil. As the nations of the world gather to discuss their efforts to rein in climate disruption, the facts are clear: we’re not doing enou...Show More
9) Election 2024: The Voters Have Spoken—A Week to Week Special
The 2024 fall general election has just ended. Who won? Who lost? Why did anyone win or lose? Which party controls Congress, the White House, most state houses? And what happens next? Will there be a ...Show More
10) CLIMATE ONE: Heroic Lives of Climate Defenders
Climate advocacy is a dangerous business. According to Global Witness, every week, somewhere in the world, between three and four environmental activists are killed. And even when they don’t suffer bo...Show More