Frann Michel hosts this episode in the lead up to Earth Day, with these segments:
AI Boom: Massive investment in artificial intelligence is driving the US economy right now. But is it a good thing? Patricia Kullberg speaks with economist Marty Hart-Landsberg about the AI boom, how generative AI distorts our economy, threatens our well-being with useless and dangerous products, and how we should organize to keep it out of our schools, hospitals and clinics, and government institutions.
Left & the Law: Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker discuss the current wave of the global energy crisis and the prospects for a transition from gas and oil and hopes for green energy.
Reading Green: Joe Clement shares a reading on the environmental dangers of insisting on economic growth.