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#115. Women and War
Season 1 Episode 115
David Jacobson, Professor of Sociology at the University of South Florida. Today's interview, focuses on his book, Of Virgins and Martyrs: Women and Sexuality in Global Conflict. Published in 2013, …
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
#114. Real World Harms Created by Advances in Artificial Intelligence
Season 1 Episode 114
Madhumita Murgia is a writer specializing in artificial intelligence and its impact on society. She was the artificial intelligence editor for Wired magazine and in February 2023 was appointed as the…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
#113. A Renaissance Man Reflects on the Creative Process and the Honing of Artistic Skills
Season 1 Episode 113
Las Cruces’s very own renaissance man, Bob Diven -- an accomplished painter, sculptor, set designer, actor, playwright, composer, actor, satirist, cartoonist, singer-songwriter, folk guitarist; colum…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
#112. Reclaiming the Vietnamese Heritage Her Refugee Father Never Shared
Season 1 Episode 112
Vietnamese-American Christina Vo is the author of two memoirs. The first, entitled The Veil Between Two Worlds: A Memoir of Silence, Loss, and Finding Home, was published in 2023. Our interview will …
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
#111. The National Park Service, Its Mission, and How it was Co-opted by the South to Celebrate the Confederacy
Season 1 Episode 111
Dwight Pitcaithley, the former Chief Historian of the National Park Service, discusses NPS's history and its three-fold mission of preservation, research, and education, with the last segment focusin…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
#110. Research that Proved the Toxic Effects of Lead in Our Gasoline and in Our Drinking Water
Season 1 Episode 110
Joel Schwartz won a MacArthur Award for work that made a major contribution to the phase-out of lead in gasoline. Ronnie Levin worked at the Environmental Protection Agency to help establish federal …
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
#109. Finding Meaning After Catastrophic Illness or Injury
Season 1 Episode 109
Dr. Keith Rafal, medical director of the Rehabilitation Hospital of Rhode Island and creator of the non-profit organization and website, Our Heart Speaks, through which people from around the world s…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
#108. The Amazing Auditory World of Sea Creatures
Season 1 Episode 108
Amorina Kingdon is an award-winning science writer, at Hakai Magazine until 2021 and as a contributor to publications at the University of Victoria and the Science Media Center, both in Canada. She i…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
#107. Teaching Social Justice Issues to White Students in a Wealthy Suburb of Boston
Season 1 Episode 107
David Nurenberg is a professor, educational consultant, and writer in the Boston area who teaches courses at both the high school and graduate level, in suburban, urban, and international teaching a…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
#106. The Incredible Potential and Daunting Risks of Stem Cell Therapy
Season 1 Episode 106
Sheldon Krimsky was a professor of humanities and social sciences at Tufts University and a fellow of the Hastings Center, an independent bioethics research institution. His long and distinguished ca…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago