Upstream is a quarterly documentary and bi-weekly conversation series that invites you to unlearn everything you thought you knew about economics. Blurring the line between economic analysis and storytelling, we look beyond the numbers to explore a wide variety of themes pertaining to our tumultuous 21st century economy.
236 episodes transcribedThere are many ways women across the world have been disproportionately impacted by COVID. The pandemic has simultaneously increased the demand for un...
Many of us around the world live on colonized land. In recent years, the conversation around “decolonization” has been seamed through many different c...
COVID has in many ways monopolized the public imagination in the last year or so, and at times it’s seemed like many other conversations were put on h...
In this conversation, we spoke with Niki Franco, AKA, Venus Roots. Niki is a Caribbean abolitionist community organizer, multidisciplinary cultural wo...
Throughout history, crises and disasters have always catalyzed new strategies to make the world cheap and safe for capitalism. We are seeing this duri...
In this Conversation, we spoke with Eric Holt-Gimenez, author of the book, “A Foodie’s Guide to Capitalism: Understanding the Political Economy of Wha...
It’s been a year since Covid hit the United States and radically altered our lives. It won’t be news to most that the Trump administration completely...
Over the last few decades, mindfulness has gone viral. These days, the practice has found its way into corporations, prisons, schools, police departme...
What do you see when you peek behind the curtains of neoliberal capitalism? What happens when you lift the veil off? Well, you see a mythological char...
In this episode, we’re bringing you a special solstice // New Year's conversation. Upstream host Della Duncan comes out from interviewer's chair to be...
It won’t come as a surprise to most to hear that the Trump administration has completely dropped the ball on their response to the covid pandemic. The...
The idea of Silicon Valley means many things to many people. The most prominent associations with this region and culture probably have to do with the...
What if you got your neighbors together and occupied the public spaces on your book, transforming them into whatever you would all want it to be? What...
Dr. Nafeez Ahmed is a journalist and researcher who uses systems thinking to support the just transition to a more equitable and sustainable future. W...
Continuing our focus on the COVID pandemic and its intersection with capitalism, in this Conversation, we spoke with London-based economic anthropolog...
Continuing our focus on the coronavirus pandemic and its intersection with capitalism, in this conversation we speak with Doug Henwood, an economist a...
Continuing our focus on the coronavirus pandemic and its intersection with capitalism, in this conversation we speak with New York State Senator, Juli...
It’s unfortunate that it’s taking a global pandemic to reveal it, but the unprecedented crisis catalyzed by the coronavirus has exposed our capitalist...
In recent months, thousands of people from coast to coast have confronted politicians and asked them to take action on climate change. Few of these po...
What do an indigenous ceremony in Canada, Burning Man, and an occupied salami factory in Rome have in common? They are all expressions of the gift eco...
