Revolution Now! is a 30-minute monthly podcast hosted by author and filmmaker Peter Joseph.

The purpose of the show is to highlight the urgency of what civilization faces today, from the perspective of sociology. In what could also be called a “structuralist” approach, Joseph’s 2017 book The New Human Rights Movement serves as a kind of framework.

In this book, which is the inspiration for the podcast, the subjects of bigotry, ecological decline, and the systemic public health crisis of socioeconomic inequality are addressed. However, in contrast to other programs dealing with social issues, the goal is to realize a bigger picture, seeking to uncover the deepest roots of our social woes.

A cursory glance at the activist and political climate today shows great confusion and frustration. Ideological polarization has, in turn, generated a kind of “post-truth” era where society’s lack of scientific understanding and credulousness has created a web of unproductive noise. As each year goes on, so do the problems, despite enormous amounts of time, energy, and resources spent trying to turn the tide.

The world today is seeing a decrease in lifespan in many regions, rising racism, inequality and authoritarianism, along with the ongoing destruction of our habitat through pollution and biodiversity loss.

We exist today in a global existential crisis, and it is no doubt time for new understandings and approaches. Revolution Now! hopes to assist in finding such resolutions, realizing that the time for change is now.