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third paradigm : 3P-041 Undermining Empire with Vivek Chibber, Segment 2

Quotes from Chibber's review "The Good Empire" on Niall Ferguson's book Colossus, which suggests that America should take lessons in empire-building from the British. Examines puppet governments that...

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third paradigm : 3P-041 Undermining Empire with Vivek Chibber, Segment 1

Quotes from Chibber's review "The Good Empire" on Niall Ferguson's book Colossus, which suggests that America should take lessons in empire-building from the British. Examines puppet governments that...

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third paradigm : 3P-042 You've Been Framed!, Segment 1

Examines, ala the media watchgroup FAIR, three examples of how reporters frame the question in order to shift our perspective on the facts. One is a quote from Mark Hosenball, Special Correspondent for...

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third paradigm : 3P-043 Joy, Luck and the Religion of Prosperity, Segment 1

Examines prosperity consciousness and magical thinking from nineteenth century mind-cure healers to New Age spiritual hucksters and the megachurches of consumer christianity. Responds to "The Secret"...

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third paradigm : 3P-044 Resistance Lite & Waves of Loving Kindness, Segment 1

Compares the Congressional response to scandals at two organizations with public funding - ACORN and the war contractor, KBR. On Honduras, contrasts the solidarity of the resistance movement in Latin...

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third paradigm : 3P-045 Radio is Community-Forming, Segment 1

Discusses the future of radio as the medium of the revolution: cheap, slow-tech and mobile. It liberates from the ubiquitous screen, and provides the best of both worlds - local community and access to...

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third paradigm : 3P-046 Trees, Bees and Fireflies, Segment 1

Compares the ethical code of Joss Whedon's TV series "Firefly" with the benevolent empire of Star Trek, the gun totin' Wild Wild West, and the Free Radio Santa Cruz pirates.

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third paradigm : 3P-047 Cassandra's Dilemma, Segment 1

Discusses a 1999 book, Believing Cassandra, by Alan AtKisson, a 2000 book called Bowling Alone by Robert D. Putnam, and last month's updated version of Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia by Rob Brezsny.

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third paradigm : 3P-048 Apropos of Everything: Amy Goodman, Segment 1

Reviews the "coming of age" of Democracy Now from their book, The Exceptions to the Rulers. Examines how one person's journalist- with-integrity is another person's hostile crank. Discusses Christian...

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third paradigm : 3P-049 The Student Loan Mafia, Segment 1

Explains how hard-working, responsible graduates become mired in impossible debt. Reviews the history of a predatory industry that has bribed universities, financial aid officers, and Congress to strip...

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third paradigm : 3P-050 A is for Anarchist: the New Indie Student, Segment 1

Recaps the book The New Global Student: Skip the SAT, Save Thousands on Tuition, and Get a Truly International Education by Maya Frost. Reports research on study abroad, and her tips for getting around...

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third paradigm : 3P-051 CHIMPS: Cruzans Hosting Indie Media, Press and...

Proposes a partnership between Cabrillo College and the Santa Cruz community to start a new radio station focusing on independent news and analysis. Celebrates independent publishers like Anarchist...

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third paradigm : 3P-052 Writing the Wrongs and Other Tails, Segment 1

Closes out the first year of Third Paradigm by adding a retrospective of (mostly) unpublished writings by Tereza Coraggio to the website. A collection of sixteen poems is called Becoming Yeast: Poems...

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third paradigm : 3P-053 Biblical Blackwater: Sodom vs. the Mercenaries,...

Responds to an interview of Max Blumenthal, author of Republican Gomorrah, with an analysis of the Bible story of Sodom and Gomorrah. If taken literally, God disapproves of homosexuality, but approves...

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third paradigm : 3P-053 Biblical Blackwater: Sodom vs. the Mercenaries,...

Responds to an interview of Max Blumenthal, author of Republican Gomorrah, with an analysis of the Bible story of Sodom and Gomorrah. If taken literally, God disapproves of homosexuality, but approves...

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third paradigm : 3P-054 Climate Debt and Interview with Barbara Ehrenreich,...

Relates statistics about per capita carbon emissions to national debt burdens. Suggests that instead of charging "rich" countries a climate debt, we absolve all national debts - saving the global South...

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third paradigm : 3P-054 Climate Debt and Interview with Barbara Ehrenreich,...

Relates statistics about per capita carbon emissions to national debt burdens. Suggests that instead of charging "rich" countries a climate debt, we absolve all national debts - saving the global South...

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third paradigm : 3P-055 AIDS and Bioterrorism, Segment 1

Presents a book called "Face to Face: Children of the AIDS Crisis in Africa" and interviews the author, Ruthann Richter. Comments on the documentary "Angels in the Dust" about a South African AIDS...

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third paradigm : Ruthann Richter Interview: Children of the AIDS Crisis in...

Interview with Ruthann Richter about her book with photographer Karen Ande called Face to Face: Children of the AIDS Crisis in Africa.

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third paradigm : 3P-056 Faith & Quakes, or Don't Blame God for Haiti, Segment 1

Examines the question of theodicy that has puzzled philosophers from Plato to Barbara Ehrenreich: if God is all-good and all-powerful, how can evil exist? Gives a brief history, including St. Iranaeus,...

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