Tag: Show-On Contact
McMindfulness with Ron Purser
Chris Hedges talks to Ron Purser, professor of management at San Francisco State University, about the growth of mindfulness meditation in the mainstream. As meditation makes its way into schools, prisons and government agencies, Purser argues the booming cottage industry with its promises of “Buddhist-inspired” techniques tries to offer a universal panacea for resolving almost every area of daily concern. …
On Contact: Afghanistan Papers with Spenser Rapone
Chris Hedges talks to Spenser Rapone, former combat veteran and US Army officer, about the Washington Post’s series the ‘Afghanistan Papers’. Drawing on thousands of pages of international government documents about the war in Afghanistan, the series exposes the lies, deceit, mismanagement, waste, corruption, fraud, and failed schemes that both Democratic and Republican administrations pursed in Afghanistan, the longest conflict in US history …
On Contact: Violence in Central America with Oscar Martinez
Chris Hedges discusses with journalist Oscar Martinez the culture of violence in Central America. Martinez’s most recent book is ‘A History of Violence: Living and Dying in Central America’. His first book ‘The Beast’ followed the harsh journey of Central American immigrants on the ‘Death Train’ (El tren de la muerte) to the United States. …
