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Perks S. 8 Ep. 167 | Lygia Day Peñaflor | Creep Out | 3-8-23

March 08, 2023 05:00 - 59 minutes - 81.5 MB

This week we’re chatting with Lygia Day Peñaflor, the author of several YA novels, her most recent being Creep: A Love Story. If you’ve listened to the radio or any kind of streaming service, you’ve almost certainly heard Radiohead’s song Creep, and it was this song that partly inspired Lygia’s story. We chat with Lygia about obsession among the young adult crowd and how her work as a teacher of child stars on television and movie sets such as Gossip Girl and Boardwalk Empire helped her see...

CCN | Yanilda Gonzalez | Authoritarian Police in Democracy: Contested Security in Latin America

March 07, 2023 19:02 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MB

Dr. Yanilda Gonzalez, Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, talked with the Community Control Now crew about her book "Authoritarian Police in Democracy: Contested Security in Latin America" which studies the persistence of police forces as authoritarian enclaves (defined as systems that use violence as a main tactic, that are not beholden to the rule of law). Topics discussed: - Dr. Gonzalez's research studying policing in Brazil, Colombia, Argentina - The lim...

The Climate Report | Bright Green Lies, with Max Wilbert | 3-7-23

March 07, 2023 14:31 - 58 minutes - 55 MB

BRIGHT GREEN LIES, WITH MAX WILBERT | HOW THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT LOST ITS WAY AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT HART HAGAN: My guest is Max Wilbert who, along with co-authors Lierre Keith and Derrick Jensen, wrote the book “Bright Green Lies, How the Environmental Movement Lost Its Way and What We Can Do About It.” Max, how are you today? MAX WILBERT: I'm doing good, Hart. Nice to be with you. HART HAGAN: It's great to be with you. I'm a big fan of your effort to Protect Thacker Pass (Neva...

The Climate Report #367 | China's Peace Plan for Ukraine

March 06, 2023 22:53 - 28 minutes - 34.7 MB

On February 24, China offered a 12-point peace plan, in an attempt to end the war in Ukraine. President Biden said the plan was "not rational." Here are the first four points of the plan. 1. Respecting the sovereignty of all countries. Universally recognized international law, including the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, must be strictly observed. The sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of all countries must be effectively upheld. All countries, big o...

Sustainability Now! | Doug Scott & Kristin Faurest | Origin Park | March 6, 2023

March 05, 2023 23:54 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MB

This week on Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, takes you on a hike through our region’s newest park with Doug Scott, and Kristin Faurest who are part of the team working to develop Origin Park, a unique urban park set in over 400 acres on the north shore of the Ohio River, located on the Indiana side. This new park will celebrate and embrace the unpredictable Ohio River and the floods that come from it. It’s a forgotten landscape that will be restored so the over 1.2 million people...

Community Control Now | Dr. Jared Ball | The Myth of 'Black Buying Power'

March 03, 2023 16:27 - 30 minutes - 69.7 MB

Community Control Now- Louisville spoke with Dr. Jared Ball -Communications Professor at Morgan State University Co Contributor with Black Power Media and imixwhatilike and author of " The Myth and Propaganda of the Black Buying Power". The CCN crew talked to Dr. Ball about a few topics: - The strength of the myth of 'black buying power' throughout the diaspora. - The state of today's Black radical tradition - A brief discussion on the PBS hip hop documentary

Truth to Power | Bailey Thomas | A More Perfect Union: Race, Failure & Social Progress | 3-3-23

March 03, 2023 09:18 - 57 minutes - 38.2 MB

This public class, entitled "Towards a 'More Perfect Union': Race, Failure & Social Progress," was hosted by the Louisville Free Public Library in 2022, and features Dr. K. Bailey Thomas, assistant professor of Philosophy at the University of Louisville. Dr. Thomas discusses how our fear of failure ultimately impedes collective efforts in working towards establishing a racially equitable society. Many people find discussions about race to be extremely fraught and divisive, which is usually ex...

VFP Radio Hour 49 | Carol Rawert Trainer interviews Roberto Schiraldi | Feb 2023

March 02, 2023 16:49 - 54 minutes - 101 MB

Veterans For Peace Chapter 168 (Louisville) member Carol Rawert Trainer interviews veteran Roberto Schiraldi for Black History Month (Feb 2023).

Perks S. 8 Ep. 166 | And The Winner is.... | 3-1-23

March 01, 2023 05:00 - 59 minutes - 81.2 MB

With the Academy Awards just around the corner, this week we take a look at some of our favorite book-to-movie adaptations. For show notes for any episode, go to our website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. We are also on Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod and on FB Perks of Being a BookLover Books mentioned in this episode: 1- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl 2- The Witches by Roald Dahl 3- A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman 4- The Martian by Andy Weir 5- Project ...

The Climate Report | Water, Climate & Land Management | 2-28-23

February 28, 2023 14:43 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MB

My first guest is Ricardo Aguirre, an innovative civil engineer based in Arizona. Whereas, most civil engineers treat water as a nuisance and focus on drainage, Ricardo sees water as a resource and seeks to reduce runoff by sinking water into the ground. He does this by studying nature and also by using livestock to enhance the quality of the soil. My second guest is Rodger Savory, an ecologist and land management consultant with a focus on something called Holistic Management. Rodger expla...

The Climate Report #366 | The Nord Stream Pipeline | 2-27-23

February 27, 2023 23:39 - 29 minutes - 34.8 MB

Executive Summary: According to a Feb. 8 article by legendary reporter Seymour Hersh, President Biden ordered the destruction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which was destroyed by a series of explosions that occurred on Sept. 22. If these allegations are true, then it represents an unconstitutional act, a war crime and an act of war against another nuclear armed power, and as such endangers all human life. The Nord Stream 2 was to transport natural gas from Russia to Germany via the Balti...

Sustainaiblity Now! | Tom Fitzgerald | KY Legislative Update | 2-27-23

February 27, 2023 22:23 - 58 minutes - 59.3 MB

This week on Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, brings you a Kentucky Legislative Update featuring Tom “Fitz” Fitzgerald. On the evening of Tuesday, Feb. 21st, at United Crescent Hill Ministries, Forward Radio’s proud community partner, the Greater Louisville Sierra Club welcomed Tom “Fitz” Fitzgerald, senior staff attorney for Kentucky Resources Council (https://www.kyrc.org/), for the annual Kentucky General Assembly update. He shared what is happening in Frankfort this legislative...

Election Connection | Dr. Ted Smith on Monitoring Covid-2 in Louisville Wastewater | 2-20-23

February 27, 2023 17:43 - 1 hour - 85.1 MB

Dr. Ted Smith, Director of the Center for Healthy Air, Water and Soil at the Univ. of Louisville's Envirome Institute, spoke at the Louisville League of Women Voters Democracy in Action meeting on February 20, 2023. He presented the Institute's findings from monitoring Louisville's wastewater for the Covid-2 virus (with its many variants), as well as other pathogens, at various neighborhood sites throughout Louisville.

Solutions To Violence | Hannah Drake | Feb. 27, 2023

February 26, 2023 17:12 - 56 minutes - 40.9 MB

February 27th, 28st and 29nd Solutions to Violence features writer, historian and Louisvillian Hannah Drake. Hannah Drake is known for her penetrating social analyses and commanding presence at the microphone. Hannah is recognized for her (Un)Known Project, a multimedia installation, “On the Banks of Freedom”.

On The Edge With K.A. Owens | Tony Watson, Former Chair, KY Alliance | 2-24-23

February 24, 2023 21:11 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MB

K.A. Owens interviews Tony Watson-former Chair of the Kentucky Alliance Against Racist And Political Repression. Tony shares his experiences within the Alliance. Recorded Friday February 24, 2023, 3PM

Bench Talk | Bills in KY Legislature - Self-Healing Roman Concrete - March Sky | Feb. 27, 2023

February 24, 2023 17:29 - 29 minutes - 30.6 MB

What are some of the bills relating to science and education being voted upon in the Kentucky House and Senate this year? The legislative session ends on March 30, so there is still time to let your representatives know your opinions. Then, learn the secret behind the 'self-healing' concrete made by ancient Romans. How can Roman concrete last for 2000 years? Finally, hear about the planets and constellations we can see in the night sky in March. Here's how to spot Jupiter and Venus! Tha...

Truth to Power | Ritu Bharadwaj | Climate Change = Human Trafficking | 2-24-23

February 24, 2023 10:01 - 58 minutes - 30.7 MB

On this week's Truth to Power, we bring you a major highlight from the University of Louisville's 13th Annual Human Trafficking Awareness Conference: Climate Change & Migration. We hear today from Ritu Bharadwaj, Principal Researcher and Team Leader, Governance of Risk, Climate Change Group, at the International Institute of Environment and Development (IIED). On February 20, 2023, Ritu spoke on "Climate Change, Migration and Vulnerability to Trafficking." This session covered how the impact...

Single Payer Radio | Where's all the money going in the U.S. health system?

February 22, 2023 18:30 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MB

Doctors Mike Flynn and Gene Shively continue their discussion - where's all the money going in our $4+ trillion healthcare industry that costs twice as much as other developed countries and delivers worse outcomes?

Perks REPLAY S. 5 Ep. 104 | St. Clair Detrick -Jules | The Black Hair Affair |2-22-23

February 22, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 83.3 MB

Our guest this week is St. Clair Detrick-Jules, a Brown University graduate who is a filmmaker and a new author. Her book 'My Beautiful Black Hair: 101 Natural Hair Stories from the Sisterhood' debuts on September 28 and features essays by and photographs of Black women who have come to some deeper understandings about what their hair and how they wear it means to them. We talk to St. Clair about chemical treatments for Black hair and how they differ from the treatments white women know, how...

The Climate Report | Simon Michaux | Energy Blindness

February 21, 2023 14:08 - 58 minutes - 52.6 MB

ENERGY IS LIMITED. OUR WORLD WILL CHANGE. TRUSTED INSTITUTIONS ARE BLIND. THE REST IS DETAILS. My guest is Simon Michaux. Simon’s message is vital for understanding a future that is fast approaching, a future with limited energy, such that neither fossil fuels nor so-called renewable energy will be cheap or abundant as they are now. It’s not that we won’t have any energy, but at some point it’s going to be a great deal more expensive. When it becomes more expensive, that expense is goin...

The Climate Report #365 | Clean Vehicles, Dirty Extraction | 2-20-23

February 21, 2023 00:17 - 28 minutes - 33 MB

CLEAN VEHICLES, DIRTY EXTRACTION North America could be a serious producer of lithium for electric vehicles. But at what cost? Thacker Pass in Nevada is being asked to help produce minerals for “clean” vehicles, owing to the site’s rich deposits of lithium, a.k.a., “white gold.” According to Wikipedia: “The Thacker Pass Lithium Mine is a proposed lithium … mining development project in Humboldt County, Nevada which is the largest known lithium deposit in the US, and one of the largest in ...

Sustainability Now! | Brent Fryrear | Partnership for a Green City | Feb. 20, 2023

February 20, 2023 05:48 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MB

This week on Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, sits down for a chat with Brent Fryrear, a long-time champion of sustainability who wears many hats in Louisville. He has served as the Director of the Partnership for a Green City (http://partnershipforagreencity.org) since its founding in 2004. The Partnership is a sustainability collaboration between the four largest public institutions in Louisville: Metro Government, University of Louisville, Jefferson County Public Schools, and Je...

Perks S. 8 Ep. 165 | Rachel Harper | Peeling Back The Layers | 2-15-23

February 15, 2023 05:00 - 58 minutes - 79.9 MB

This week we welcome special guest Rachel Harper to Perks. Rachel is on the faculty at Spalding University’s Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Writing in Lousiville, KY and is the author of three novels. Her most recent, The Other Mother, was published in 2022 and has racked up the accolades. It was named one of Amazon’s best books of 2022, was a Good Morning America buzz pick, and has been awarded the American Library Association’s Stonewall Book Award for Excellence in LGBTQIA fiction. ...

Defending Beef With Nicolette Hahn Niman | The Climate Report | 2-14-23

February 14, 2023 13:27 - 58 minutes - 50.3 MB

DEFENDING BEEF, WITH NICOLETTE HAHN NIMAN For time immemorial, we have been taught that beef is bad for you and that cattle are bad for the land, the water and the climate. Nicolette Hahn Niman bought into that thinking and became a vegetarian as a college biology major active in environmental issues. As an environmental lawyer working for Waterkeeper Alliance, she explored the impact of concentrated animal feeding operations on water quality, while also getting to know “good” ranchers, one o...

The Climate Report | Defending Beef With Nicolette Hahn Niman | 2-14-23

February 14, 2023 13:27 - 58 minutes - 50.3 MB

DEFENDING BEEF, WITH NICOLETTE HAHN NIMAN For time immemorial, we have been taught that beef is bad for you and that cattle are bad for the land, the water and the climate. Nicolette Hahn Niman bought into that thinking and became a vegetarian as a college biology major active in environmental issues. As an environmental lawyer working for Waterkeeper Alliance, she explored the impact of concentrated animal feeding operations on water quality, while also getting to know “good” ranchers, one o...

Greenwashing the Exploitation Of Africa | The Climate Report #364 | 2-13-23

February 14, 2023 00:11 - 28 minutes - 33.4 MB

GREENWASHING THE EXPLOITATION OF AFRICA On December 13, 2022, US corporate leaders and representatives of the State Department met for three days with African leaders at the “US Africa Leaders Summit.” All of the rhetoric about clean energy, inclusion, equality, economic growth and meeting the challenges of the 21st century conceals a disturbing underlying reality … that the people of Africa will not benefit ecologically or economically from this massive exercise in “green” exploitation. On...

The Climate Report #364 | Greenwashing the Exploitation of Africa | 2-13-23

February 14, 2023 00:11 - 28 minutes - 33.4 MB

GREENWASHING THE EXPLOITATION OF AFRICA On December 13, 2022, US corporate leaders and representatives of the State Department met for three days with African leaders at the “US Africa Leaders Summit.” All of the rhetoric about clean energy, inclusion, equality, economic growth and meeting the challenges of the 21st century conceals a disturbing underlying reality … that the people of Africa will not benefit ecologically or economically from this massive exercise in “green” exploitation. On...

Single Payer Radio | Don Henderson | Perspective of administrative costs

February 13, 2023 17:54 - 57 minutes - 81.8 MB

Don Henderson is a former healthcare administrative officer. He shares his perspective from an administrator's chair with Mike Flynn and Gene Shively

Single Payer Radio Don Henderson - perspective of administrative costs

February 13, 2023 17:54 - 57 minutes - 81.8 MB

Don Henderson is a former healthcare administrative officer. He shares his perspective from an administrator's chair with Mike Flynn and Gene Shively

Sustainability Now! | Betsy Ruhe | New District 21 Metro Councilwoman | Feb. 13, 2023

February 13, 2023 06:46 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MB

This week on Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, catches up with Betsy Ruhe, the new District 21 (South End) Metro Councilwoman. Betsy was elected to Metro Council in 2022. She currently serves as a member of the Parks & Sustainability Committee, the Planning & Zoning Committee, and the Equity, Community Affairs, Housing, Health & Education Committee. Betsy Ruhe was born and raised in Louisville. She moved to the South End when she married her husband in 1991. She taught special need...

Bench Talk | The Top Science Stories of 2022 (Part-3) | Feb. 13, 2023

February 13, 2023 06:40 - 29 minutes - 30.7 MB

We discuss the largest labor strike in academia in US history. Then hear about the discovery of a Neanderthal family, Ice Age human footprints found in North America, the lost cities of the Amazon, drugs given to ancient Incan children prior to sacrifice, and a discussion of whether ancient Americans were mammoth hunters, or just mammoth scavengers. We talk about a surgery taking place in Borneo some 31,000 years ago, and the discovery of a long-lost wooden ship that sank in the Antartica b...

Bench Talk | Academic Labor Strike - Neanderthals - Ancient Native America | Feb. 13, 2023

February 13, 2023 06:40 - 29 minutes - 30.7 MB

We discuss the largest labor strike in academia in US history. Then hear about the discovery of a Neanderthal family, Ice Age human footprints found in North America, the lost cities of the Amazon, drugs given to ancient Incan children prior to sacrifice, and a discussion of whether ancient Americans were mammoth hunters, or just mammoth scavengers. We talk about a surgery taking place in Borneo some 31,000 years ago, and the discovery of a long-lost wooden ship that sank in the Antartica b...

Election Connection | The Simultaneous Policy (Simpol) Global Campaign | 2-7-23

February 10, 2023 20:55 - 58 minutes - 45.2 MB

Listen to John Bunzl, founder of Simpol (Simultaneous Policy) and John Stewart, an evolutionary theorist and author of The Evolutionary Manifesto, as they explain how the Simpol method can work to solve the world's seemingly intractable problems such as Climate Change, nuclear war, Pandemics and other global issues.

On The Edge With K.A. Owens, Guest: Michael T.,Topic: Death of Tyree Nichols, Memphis, TN

February 09, 2023 20:51 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MB

K.A. Owens interviews Community Activist, Playwright, Scholar Michael Tee. Topic: Death of Tyree Nichols at the hands and feet of the Memphis, Tennessee Police Department. Recorded Thursday February 9, 2023, 2PM.

On The Edge With K.A. Owens | Michael Tee | Death of Tyree Nichols, Memphis, TN | 2-10-23

February 09, 2023 20:51 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MB

K.A. Owens interviews Community Activist, Playwright, Scholar Michael Tee. Topic: Death of Tyree Nichols at the hands and feet of the Memphis, Tennessee Police Department. Recorded Thursday February 9, 2023, 2PM.

Solutions To Violence Features April Lawson 1 - 2-23 0~

February 08, 2023 17:20 - 59 minutes - 81 MB

Alarmed by the growing mistrust between Republicans and Democrats in the aftermath of the 2016 election, a bipartisan group of Americans came together to create Braver Angels. The idea resonated with April Lawson. Lawson now leads Braver Angels’ Debate and Public Discourse Program. She designed Braver Angels Debates and has grown the program from its first debate to serving over 1,000 participants per month. She oversees a team of 50 volunteers and staff to administer all Braver Angels’ debat...

Solutions To Violence | April Lawson, Part 1 | Braver Angels Debates | 1-2-23

February 08, 2023 17:20 - 59 minutes - 81 MB

Alarmed by the growing mistrust between Republicans and Democrats in the aftermath of the 2016 election, a bipartisan group of Americans came together to create Braver Angels. The idea resonated with April Lawson. Lawson now leads Braver Angels’ Debate and Public Discourse Program. She designed Braver Angels Debates and has grown the program from its first debate to serving over 1,000 participants per month. She oversees a team of 50 volunteers and staff to administer all Braver Angels’ debat...

Perks S. 8 Ep. 164 | Galentine and Palentine Reads | 2-8-23

February 08, 2023 05:00 - 58 minutes - 79.9 MB

For show notes for any episode, go to our website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. We are also on Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod and on FB Perks of Being a Book Lover Books Mentioned in this Episode-- 1- Dirtbag, Massachusetts by Isaac Fitzgerald 2- Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone 3- Truth and Other Lies by Maggie Smith 4- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 5- A Separate Peace by John Knowles 6- Mystic River by Dennis Lehane 7- Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hession 8...

Climate Change is a Symptom, with Dr. Thomas Murphy (The Climate Report)

February 07, 2023 00:15 - 58 minutes - 51 MB

Dr. Thomas Murphy joins me. He is an astrophysicist who hails from UC San Diego. He has spent his career pointing lasers at the moon to test Einstein's Theory of General Relativity. Now he worries that we have climate change all wrong. We misunderstand the causes. We misunderstand the solutions. And it's a symptom of much deeper ecological and societal problems.

The Climate Report | Dr. Thomas Murphy | Climate Change is a Symptom

February 07, 2023 00:15 - 58 minutes - 51 MB

Dr. Thomas Murphy joins host Hart Hagan. He is an astrophysicist who hails from UC San Diego. He has spent his career pointing lasers at the moon to test Einstein's Theory of General Relativity. Now he worries that we have climate change all wrong. We misunderstand the causes. We misunderstand the solutions. And it's a symptom of much deeper ecological and societal problems.

Migration From Central America (The Climate Report #363)

February 06, 2023 22:49 - 28 minutes - 33.6 MB

Few Americans (North Americans) understand that the economic pressures pushing people northward from Latin America are caused by the United States itself and our oppressive policies relating to business, trade, agriculture, the military and policing. In this episode we look at the Biden White House's lame and arguably hypocritical attempt to address the root causes of migration from Central America.

The Climate Report #363 | Migration From Central America

February 06, 2023 22:49 - 28 minutes - 33.6 MB

Few Americans (North Americans) understand that the economic pressures pushing people northward from Latin America are caused by the United States itself and our oppressive policies relating to business, trade, agriculture, the military and policing. In this episode we look at the Biden White House's lame and arguably hypocritical attempt to address the root causes of migration from Central America.

Solutions To Violence | Dr. Tom Lambert | Inflation Myths | 2-6-23

February 06, 2023 20:11 - 55 minutes - 31.7 MB

Tom Lambert has PhD in public policy, urban and public affairs. His graduate courses include courses in economics as well as courses in statistics. Dr. Lambert has published mostly in economics and public policy journals and is currently with both the economics and equine administration programs at University of Louisville. He is involved in the University of Louisville equine program as an economist who mostly analyzes the equine industries. Dr. Lambert has taught for Jefferson Community...

Solutions To Violence Features Dr. Tom Lambert 2 - 6-23.mp3~0

February 06, 2023 20:11 - 55 minutes - 31.7 MB

Tom Lambert has PhD in public policy, urban and public affairs. His graduate courses include courses in economics as well as courses in statistics. Dr. Lambert has published mostly in economics and public policy journals and is currently with both the economics and equine administration programs at University of Louisville. He is involved in the University of Louisville equine program as an economist who mostly analyzes the equine industries. Dr. Lambert has taught for Jefferson Community...

Sustainability Now! | Eloisa Lewis | New Climate Culture | Feb. 6, 2023

February 06, 2023 02:25 - 58 minutes - 53.1 MB

This week on Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, discusses the need for culture change with Eloisa Lewis, a climate scientist and founder of the think tank New Climate Culture (https://www.newclimateculture.com/). Eloisa has spent the past decade living in urban centers, on farms, homesteads, artist residencies, eco-villages, communes, schools, tiny houses, squats, and tents to help communities become more resilient and resistant to disasters through education. She travels the world...

Election Connection | Carla Wallace - Building Coalitions | 2-1-23

February 04, 2023 20:21 - 58 minutes - 30.4 MB

Carla Wallace, local activist and organizer, has devoted much of her life to advancing civil and human rights in Kentucky. She is co-founder of the Fairness Campaign and of LSURJ (Louisville Showing Up for Racial Justice). Here, she focuses on building coalitions by finding areas of commonality among diverse populations and by meeting people where they're at in their lives.

On The Edge With K.A. Owens, Guest: Denita Wright, Topic: Community Redevelopment

February 03, 2023 19:31 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MB

K.A. Owens interviews Community Activist Denita Wright about Community Redevelopment and Neighborhood Associations. Recorded Friday February 3, 2023, 1PM.

On The Edge With K.A. Owens | Denita Wright | Community Redevelopment | 2-3-23

February 03, 2023 19:31 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MB

K.A. Owens interviews Community Activist Denita Wright about Community Redevelopment and Neighborhood Associations. Recorded Friday February 3, 2023, 1PM.

Bench Talk |Top Science Stories of 2022 (Part-2); February Night Sky | Jan. 30, 2023

February 03, 2023 06:20 - 29 minutes - 30.7 MB

Do you know what a Black Hole sounds like? Have you heard about the salamander that can fly or the goldfish that can drive? We also discuss the effect of social media and screen time on emotional health, and how the COVID pandemic is different than the Bubonic Plague and Cholera pandemics in terms of their effect on the income gap between rich and poor. How does increased school spending affect student achievement? Are pre-Kindergarten programs really worth it? All in Part-2 of our 'Year...

Bench Talk | Sound of a Black Hole - Inequality in Three Pandemics - February Sky | Jan. 30, 2023

February 03, 2023 06:20 - 29 minutes - 30.7 MB

Do you know what a Black Hole sounds like? Have you heard about the salamander that can fly or the goldfish that can drive? We also discuss the effect of social media and screen time on emotional health, and how the COVID pandemic is different than the Bubonic Plague and Cholera pandemics in terms of their effect on the income gap between rich and poor. How does increased school spending affect student achievement? Are pre-Kindergarten programs really worth it? All in Part-2 of our 'Year...

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