What We Leave

The United States spends more on defense than the next ten countries combined. What if even a fraction of that went toward clean energy, infrastructure, or debt reduction instead?"What We Leave" is a micro podcast exploring the peace economy. The idea is that we can convert defense-dependent industries and communities toward civilian, sustainable purposes. Drawing on the work of economist Seymour Melman and contemporary movements like the Peace Economy Project, each 3-5 minute episode examines one piece of this puzzle: the policy levers, the economic logic, and the human stakes.This isn't about being anti-military. It's about asking a harder question: what kind of economy do we want to leave behind?