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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…
1 year, 3 months 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…
1 year, 3 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…
1 year, 3 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…
1 year, 3 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 …
1 year, 3 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…
1 year, 3 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…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Myth of the Homeless-Industrial Complex: How an Anti-Institution Boogeyman Distracts from the True Problems in the Homeless System of Care
Despite spending billions of dollars to combat homelessness, California has the largest and fastest-growing homeless population in the United States.…
1 year, 3 months ago
Net Gains: Saving Seafood Before It’s Too Late
More than 3 billion people rely on seafood as a primary source of animal protein. But waters are warming, and fish are moving. Are those fish, and th…
1 year, 3 months ago
Sarah Kendzior: The Last American Roadtrip (EXPLICIT)
It is one thing to study the fall of democracy, another to have it hit your homeland—and yet another to raise children as it happens. Join Sarah Kend…
1 year, 3 months ago