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'All-American Nativism' with Dan Denvir, Part I
On this episode guest-host Dan Richards talks with Dan Denvir, a journalist, host of the hit podcast ‘The Dig,’ and Visiting Fellow at the Watson's …
5 years, 8 months ago
How to Cover China, with CNBC’s Beijing Bureau Chief
What’s it like working for an American news outlet in China? The short answer: more complicated than you or I can imagine.
On this episode Watson’s d…
5 years, 8 months ago
Less to Lean On: Housing Insecurity in Rhode Island, Part 1
This is the first part in a special series from Trending Globally exploring the housing crisis in the United States, and in Rhode Island in particula…
5 years, 9 months ago
Confused About How to Stay Safe in a Pandemic? Emily Oster is Here to Help
In the last 5 months we have learned a lot about coronavirus and Covid-19. But sometimes it feels like we’re just as confused as we were back in Febr…
5 years, 9 months ago
Medical Equipment and Global Supply Chains During Coronavirus
The supply chain that brings medical equipment to your local hospital, health clinic, or pharmacy is one of the world’s most important -- and most co…
5 years, 9 months ago
How Racism, Economic Inequality, and Coronavirus Intersect with Dr. Ashish Jha
On this episode Sarah talks with Dr. Ashish Jha, professor of global health at Harvard University and director of the Harvard Global Health Institute…
5 years, 10 months ago
'The 1619 Project' and the Power of Narrative
It's not every day that a fiction writer joins the Watson Institute as a Senior Fellow. But ZZ Packer isn’t your typical novelist. In addition to her…
5 years, 10 months ago
Reimagining Cities with the Mayor of Cambridge, MA
Sumbul Siddiqui is the mayor of Cambridge, MA. Her family moved to Cambridge from Karachi, Pakistan when she was two years old. She studied public po…
5 years, 10 months ago
The Fight Against Covid-19 in RI’s Latinx Communities
Coronavirus has been called an ‘equal opportunity' virus. But of course... it's not. Communities of color are being disproportionately affected; ins…
5 years, 10 months ago
Community Resilience, International Aid, and National Security
The spread of the coronavirus has highlighted how international development affects the well-being of us all. On this episode Sarah talks with someon…
5 years, 10 months ago