Open Source with Christopher Lydon

Recent Episodes

JFK in the American Century

Posted October 22, 2020 • 00:50:16

A bold new life of JFK cues Emerson’s line: “there is no history, only biography,” particularly when the life of a man and the American Century...

The Upswing

Posted October 15, 2020 • 00:50:17

Here’s the good news about the awful condition we’re in, from one of the great American people-watchers, Robert Putnam of Bowling Alone fame: it’s...

Green New Generation

Posted October 8, 2020 • 00:50:15

The other historic 2020 political contest began in a hallway outside Speaker Pelosi’s office just two years ago. Not along party lines, oddly enough....

The Confidence Man

Posted October 1, 2020 • 00:50:07

From that food-fight of an un-presidential debate, the last month of the 2020 campaign is about democracy itself, in danger: reduced now to slanging...

Warped Speed

Posted September 24, 2020 • 00:50:11

The “warp speed” race for a COVID vaccine is a sort of lesson in bio-capitalism under pressure, as well as in pandemic politics. The vaccine tracker...