Behind the News: Nuclear Options w/ Leigh Phillips
Volodymyr Ishchenko also joins to discuss Ukraine.
August 16, 2022
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August 16, 2022
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<p>Doug interviews <a href="https://www.leighphillips.work" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Leigh Phillips</a> on why nuclear power has to be part of any serious decarbonization program. <a href="https://twitter.com/Volod_Ishchenko" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Volodymyr Ishchenko</a> discusses Putin’s invasion of Ukraine as part of a bid to consolidate power—and how the ruling classes of both countries are political capitalists of a sort unknown in the West.</p><br /><p><em>Behind the News</em>, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive here: <a href="https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html</a></p>
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