December 25, 2024

Part One: David Dayen on his piece in the New Republic, “The Ultimate Cash Crop – How a Pot Crisis Restarted a Conversation About Public Banking in America.” California is looking at chartering a state bank to take marijuana deposits. Public banks could do more good for communities than the big Wall St. banks do.

Part Two: Mark Serreze joins us to talk about his piece at theconversation.com, “Melting Arctic Sends a Message, Climate Change is Here in a Big Way.”

Mark Serreze is a research professor of geography and Director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado, and author of the new book, “Brave New Arctic.”