Polaris: On the front lines of fighting human trafficking

04/14/17 • -1 min

For today’s Humanosphere podcast, we're talking with a leader in the battle to end human trafficking. Bradley Myles and his colleagues at Polaris has for the past 15 years concentrated his efforts on reducing, and ideally eliminating, a practice that unfortunately may be as old as human history: slavery and trade in human beings.

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On the push for equity, direct democracy and a basic universal income by Iceland’s Pirate Party

For today’s Humanosphere podcast, we are talking with Halldóra Mogensen, an MP with Iceland’s Pirate Party. For those who may not be aware of the Pirate Party as a serious political movement - it’s not about dressing up with an eye patch - let's just say at the outset that this political party exists by name in some 40 countries worldwide and was started more than a decade ago largely to protect personal freedom and promote institutional transparency in this new digital age.

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Inequality and philanthropy: Author of ‘The Givers’ explains how they can fuel each other

American philanthropy has been undergoing a major resurgence in the last few decades, leading some to dub this a 'golden age' for giving. At the same time, wealth concentration and inequality, the gap between rich and poor, has been on the increase. Author of a new book called The Givers, David Callahan, explains why these two trends are fueling each other and what needs to change to avoid oligarchy.