Listen to people who are shaking up politics, economics, society and ideas around the world, in conversation with Dr. Kirk Meighoo, author, academic, TV host, and former Independent Senator.
Broadcasting from the Caribbean, Meighoo provides a uniquely global spin and perspective on current issues and controversies.
We don't only hear about our guests' ideas and movements. Meighoo also seeks to understand what gives each of these people their freedom to think and express themselves independently, with a view to inspiring listeners as well as stimulating them.
read moreIs the world facing a climate crisis?There is an insistence that we are, and a determined effort to shut down debate. The science is settled, we are told, by non-scientists.But ...
read moreHow do we overcome the cynicism and corruption of practical politics, which Aristotle described as the highest form of ethics?It is an election year in the United States, and the ...
read moreThe global shift in politics is happening in key places around the world. Italy is a major node.Mainstream analysis places this in terms of a movement from left to right, ...
read moreIssues surrounding race, immigration, nationalism and identity have been at the forefront around the globe for the past few years. These have fed into radical political earthquakes that are re-shaping ...
read moreAre small states doomed in a world of huge powers?With war being threatened between the US and Iran, the tiny island of Diego Garcia plays a crucial role.Yet this island ...
read moreThis week, I am replaying a panel discussion in which I participated, speaking about the assassination of Iranian General Qasem Solaimani, along with Preity Upala (geopolitical analyst with the Jersalem ...
read moreWe live in a world of mass surveillance and big data that in some ways not even George Orwell could think up in his nightmares.It doesn't seem like we live ...
read moreIndia is being rocked by protest, and the world's media and elites appear to be condemning the Government for causing it.Why?India's parliament has passed a bill which offers amnesty to ...
read moreFrance has been experiencing protest action for over a year, continuously, with thousands of injuries of protesters and police.It is a populist, grassroots political movement for economic justice that began ...
read moreWelcome to the First Episode of Year 2 of Independent Thought and FreedomIndia is the world's 3rd largest economy today, after the US and China, but it doesn't wield political ...
read moreAfter over a decade of real progress being made in Latin America, a serious period of crisis appears to be upon us.US-backed counter-coups appear to be installing neoliberal regimes, similar ...
read moreThis week I am rebroadcasting The Evolution Revolution Podcast's interview with me, where I am the guest. Hosts are William Pounds and Green Party presidential candidate contender, Chad Wilson We ...
read moreThe Indian subcontinent, or South Asia, includes Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives.It contains one quarter of the world's population, a centre of global GDP, 2 ...
read moreThe hysteria in the West over Russia, and its leader, Vladimir Putin, is difficult to understand rationally.Russia -- and by extensions Russians -- have re-emerged in the US and the ...
read moreWhat do you do when you invent email at the age of 14 in 1978, but the US military, academic and media establishment wants to deny you your achievement?What do ...
read moreIs it possible that we are seeing the end of Endless War?One of the most important aspects of Donald Trump's candidacy was his promise to end the endless wars in ...
read moreThis week, I am the guest as I am interviewed by Williams Pounds and Chad Wilson of the Green Party in the US.The topic is about moving past the divisions ...
read moreThe internet has changed. When it started, it explicitly had the values of libertarianism and free thinking. It was dedicated to the free flow of information.Then something happened. The internet ...
read moreRolling Stone magazine has written: "The invasion [of Iraq] is no longer just one of the great crimes of this or any age – it’s become a crossroads event in ...
read moreListen to the FULL INTERVIEW #43 on Contempt for Hinduism and Political Misinformation about India in the USA with Renee LynnRenee's story of extreme harassment at her place of work ...
