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REWIND: Staycation: All I Ever Wanted
Summer is coming soon, and for many that means vacation. While traveling far and wide can be an amazing experience, the carbon cost of traveling is s…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Beyond Race: Richard Kahlenberg on Building Real Diversity at Our Colleges
Can a new class-based approach to college admissions produce economic and racial diversity alike—and greater fairness?
For decades America’s colleges …
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Secretary of State Shirley Weber: From Educator to Politician
Secretary of State Shirley Weber had been a lifelong educator. For 40 years she had been a professor at San Diego State University, having been named…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
A Scholastic State of Emergency: Pandemic Lessons on Education, Economy and Democracy
The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the essential role of educators in sustaining our society and economy. As families navigated the challenges of work…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Catherine Bracy: How Venture Capital is Cannibalizing the Economy
In researching her new book World Eaters, Catherine Bracy interviewed founders, fund managers, contract and temp workers in the gig economy, and limi…
11 months ago
Gina McCarthy on Cutting Everything but Emissions
Since its creation under President Richard Nixon in 1970, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has worked to reduce pollution and toxic exposures…
11 months ago
Songkran Southeast Asian New Year Celebration
Songkran is a festival from Southeast Asia marking the new year and celebrating making a fresh start.
This special program includes a program discussi…
11 months ago
Red Hen Press Poets with Michelle Meow (EXPLICIT)
Join us to celebrate National Poetry Month with Red Hen Press’s poetic publisher, Kate Gale, and Red Hen Press poets Kim Dower, Francisco Aragón and …
11 months ago
Jeremy Affeldt: Pitching in the Big Leagues—Physical, Psychological and Strategic Aspects
While opening day fever is still in the air, join us at noon to hear the inside story of pitching in the big leagues from Jeremy Affeldt, who pitched…
11 months ago
Vicky Nguyen: Boat Baby
NBC News anchor and correspondent Vicky Nguyen has a story to tell of her family’s daring escape from communist Vietnam and her unlikely journey from…
11 months ago