Contemporary Issues Audio & Video

With this podcast, Harris hosts discussions with a range of experts in fields that reflect his varied interests, including the current conflict with ISIS, the shifting American religious landscape, ethical philosophy in the wake of globalization, scientific progress and his lifelong interest in mindfulness meditation.

To a degree both engrossing and alarming, the story of fast food is the story of postwar America. Though created by a handful of mavericks, the fast food industry has...

The Talks at Google podcast - where great minds meet. Talks at Google brings the world’s most influential thinkers, creators, makers, and doers all to one place.

The most important book yet from the author of the international bestseller The Shock Doctrine, a brilliant explanation of why the climate crisis challenges us to abandon the core “free market” ideology of our time, restructure the global economy, and remake our political systems.

With the unique fusion of entertainment and politics that he uses on his popular syndicated radio show, Beck delivers a humorous and eye-opening account of the problems that America faces today.

In this new video symposium from Yale University, former Fox News anchor Greta Van Susteren hosts a few panels of journalists in this lively discussion of "Truth in the Internet Age".

One of the best things to listen to on audio is a debate. The full rhetoric comes through in the speakers, making it very exciting to listen to.

The BBC Global News Podcast is a daily news podcast that covers many top stories from around the world in about 30 minutes. The episodes are twice a day on weekdays and once a day on weekends.

I Am Malala is the memoir of a remarkable teenage girl who risked her life for the right to go to school.

Listen to an outstanding podcast series from New York Times tech columnist Kevin Roose on what is the internet doing to us. He tackles this expansive topic through the lens of YouTube.