Archive - The Way We Live Now

Standing up to bullies & finding common ground

What I learned at the Principles First Summit

Mar 4

February 2025

The resistance: Washington DC and London

We need love and solidarity in the face of violence and chaos

Feb 25 •

Karen Christensen

Civic Life, a history - Part II

How the early media helped develop a democratic public life

Feb 19 •

Karen Christensen

It’s the phones: loneliness, conspiracy theories, less empathy, and - argh! - less sex

College students who can’t read, plummeting test scores, and - double argh! - less sex

Feb 19 •

Karen Christensen

Civic Life, a history in 2 parts

How the early media helped develop a democratic public life

Feb 16 •

Karen Christensen

Green Party 1990 to Principles First 2025

My political journey hasn't gone quite the way I imagined

Feb 10 •

Karen Christensen

19:39

A conversation about "schoolishness"

Anthropologist Susan Blum explains how education can be joyful and authentic

Feb 4 •

Karen Christensen

and

39:23

Join me in Washington DC, or on Teams

Time to step up and resist, together

Feb 3 •

Karen Christensen

January 2025

Desi pubs - a conversation about race, exclusion, and resilience

Originally third places for marginalized people, surviving and thriving today

Jan 30 •

Karen Christensen

and

David Jesudason

38:48

Simon Winchester talks about The Man Who Loved China

Recorded in 2009 in conjunction with publication of the Encyclopedia of China

Jan 30

59:08

La Ecología de Papá corre en Silicon Valley

¿De qué trata realmente el Día de la Tierra?

Published on Ecología • Jan 30

Notes, Chats, & a new meetup date

Ways to connect using Substack

Jan 29 •

Karen Christensen

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