Episode 12: Gareth Gore - Opus: The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking and Right-Wing Conspiracy inside the Catholic Church

Episode 13: Dana Fisher - Saving Ourselves

“Shift will involve sections of the world becoming uninhabitable, leading to mass migration as well as pain, suffering, and death around the world.”              Dana Fisher Saving Ourselves: From Climate shocks to Climate Action How bad will it get before meaningful action is taken on climate change? Join The Progressive Page Turner for a discussion with Dana Fisher on the current state of climate politics, civic engagement and activism.

Episode 12: Gareth Gore - Opus: The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking and Right-Wing Conspiracy inside the Catholic Church

Gareth Gore has been investigating the secretive Catholic sect, Opus Dei, for years. His interest in the organization started when a Spanish bank collapsed in the early 2000’s. As a financial reporter he followed the money and realized that something besides poor judgement had caused the failure. His book was condemned by the leadership of Opus Dei but Pope Leo XIV asked him to the Vatican for a private meeting in March 2026.  In this interview we talk about his book Opus: The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking and Right-Wing Conspiracy inside the Catholic Church.

Episode 11: Paul Johnson - Challenging Inequalities

Paul Johnson takes a look at the impact of economic inequalities in the US and the UK in his book Challenging Inequalities.

Episode 10: Ryan Griffiths - The Disunited States

In September of 2025 Marjorie Taylor Greene called for a national divorce arguing that Red and Blue states had so little in common it was time for them to part company.  She isn’t alone. There are secession movements on both the right and the left as polarization in the country is on the rise. But what would that entail? In his book The Disunited States Ryan D. Griffiths looks at how secession has played out in other countries and what it might look like in the United States.

Episode 9: Dean Spade - Love in a F*cked up World

There is an epidemic of loneliness in the United States. Alone, we watch the country slide away from democracy and toward dictatorship. We need to band together to fight for what had already been won.  Staying in it for the long run means learning how to get along with others. In his book Love in an F*ed- up World Dean Spade looks at how to build enduring private and public relationships for the work ahead.