Can We Talk about Race?
Celeste Headlee’s new book, the Google trade secret that’s also the source of all life, why we run marathons, and more
November 11, 2021
Change Is Possible
“Stop. Breathe. Don’t react yet. Give yourself a moment, and in that moment, you can say, ‘I didn’t hear you correctly. Could you repeat that?’ That just gives you a little bit more time to unclench your muscles, to relax, to slow your heart rate down a little bit so that you do not react in a defensive way or try to change the subject and run away.” Author Celeste Headlee chats with Public Seminar’s Greg Coleman about navigating the tough conversations we need to have about race. (November 10, 2021)
Read an excerpt from Celeste Headlee’s new book, Speaking of Race:
Why Everybody Needs to Talk About Racism—and How to Do It, in which Headlee interviews the godson of former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke and finds out how two determined friends helped him leave a tradition of hate. (November 10, 2021)
Is the Left Doomed to Fail?
“It’s not that traditional socioeconomic issues are disappearing; it is rather that amid the battle between liberals and conservatives, they tend to pop up somewhat blurry, or in an unexpected form.” Ondřej Slačálek unpacks seven rules of cultural warfare. (November 9, 2021)
Road Runners
Five boroughs, 30,000 athletes, 26.2 miles of pavement—the New York City marathon is back! The latest episode of Past Present celebrates event’s return and the history of long-distance racing. (November 9, 2021)
What Google Doesn’t Want You to Know
“Google alone is responsible for billions of gallons of water usage across the U.S. each year—2.3 billion gallons, to be specific, and that’s only what’s been disclosed.” The rest, Pat Garofalo explains, is being concealed as a “trade secret.” (November 5, 2021)
The Problem with Journalism
What does it mean to “hold power to account”? John Stoehr examines the Washington press corps under the Biden administration. (November 9, 2021)
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