Thinking Things Through
What the Media Don’t Want You to Know. The host for this show is Michael Sukhov. The guest is Steve Macek. In the context of the current COP 27 Climate Change Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, we discuss the ongoing global disparity in carbon emissions between the nations of the so-called global North and global […]
War, Peace, and Demilitarization (Thinking Things Through)
Finding a Way Forward in a Time of Danger. The host for this show is Michael Sukhov. The guest is Pete Doktor. Our guest describes a) his journey from combat medic in the U.S. military to becoming a a peace advocate and proponent of demilitarization; b) his family background and upbringing and how they how […]
Herbert Marcuse and his Relevance for Today (Thinking Things Through)
War, Climate and Democracy: a Way Forward. The host for this show is Michael Sukhov. The guest is Doug Kellner. We discuss the work of Herbert Marcuse, pre-eminent German-American political philosopher, theorist, and scholar/activist of the 20th century, whose work made important contributions to our understanding of advanced capitalist societies. His work continues to contribute […]
Is the US Electorate Ready for November (Thinking Things Through)
All Indications Are that They Are Not. The host for this show is Michael Sukhov. The guest is Jay Fidell. We discuss the political apathy and lack of civic education and engagement among a significant portion of youth in the U.S. today: why this is, what its causes are, and the reasons for its lack […]
Big Tech, Corporate Media and the ‘News’ (Thinking Things Through)
Critical Thinking, Critical Media Literacy. The host for this show is Michael Sukhov. The guest is Mickey Huff. In the third installment of our series on ‘Project Censored,’ we discuss what ‘news’ is, what distinguishes it from opinion and junk food news; how junk food news operates, and what its effects are on the viewing/listening […]
Bias, Censorship, and the Mass Media (Thinking Things Through)
Critical Thinking for Critical Times. The host for this show is Michael Sukhov. The guest is Andy Lee Roth. We discuss popular notions of news bias; how ‘bias’ is different from news ‘slant’; which kinds of people are treated as newsworthy (and which kinds are not), and why; what the view or ‘framing’ of an […]
Radical Sociology, Democracy, and Power (Thinking Things Through)
Thinking Critically in Critical Times. The host for this show is Michael Sukhov. The guest is Peter Phillips. We discuss radical sociology, democracy, and what’s at the root of the many global problems we face today. We talk about power, the concentration of global capital and issues like the Russia-Ukraine War, the January 6, 2021 […]
Gun Violence, Race, and the Big Picture (Thinking Things Through)
Critical Thinking for Critical Times. The host for this show is Michael Sukhov. The guest is Alphonso Braggs. We discuss gun violence, racism, and mass shootings in the United States in the context of the long history of violence against Blacks and other peoples of color. We discuss the connections among issues of race, racism, […]
What is Critical Theory, Part 2 (Thinking Things Through)
Thinking Critically in Critical Times. The host for this show is Michael Sukhov. The guest is Michael J. Thompson. We continue our discussion of Critical Theory with Michael J. Thompson, Professor of Political Science at William Paterson University. We revisit the main dimensions of this kind of thinking, and discuss examples of how it can […]
How to Think Critically (Thinking Things Through)
Critical Thinking in Critical Times. The host for this show is Michael Sukhov. We discuss what critical thinking is, and why it is a vital skill for American citizens if we are to have a truly democratic society. We discuss the concept of “democracy”: what it means; how the term is defined and used by […]