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The biases embedded in technology are more than mere glitches, argues Meredith Broussard in her new book, "More than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Ge...
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- Added: Apr 04, 2024
- Length: 59:01
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"Tech companies have abused their power and it is time to resist them." Oxford professor Carissa Véliz describes why privacy is so important, and h...
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- Added: Apr 04, 2024
- Length: 59:00
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The Flat Earth conspiracy got a huge boost from Facebook and YouTube, as Kelly Weill explains in her book "Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy ...
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- Added: Apr 04, 2024
- Length: 59:00
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Many tech employees in Silicon Valley are pressured into joining a new religion, worshiping work and taking spiritual direction from their companie...
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- Added: Apr 04, 2024
- Length: 59:00
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Amazon took over books, Spotify and Google took over music, and musicians and authors are struggling as a result. Cory Doctorow talks about what we...
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- Added: Apr 04, 2024
- Length: 59:01
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A few years ago, Douglas Rushkoff was invited to speak to a group of billionaires. Rather than asking about current tech trends, the billionaires w...
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- Added: Apr 04, 2024
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Alec MacGillis discusses his book "Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America" – about how Amazon has had drastic effects on the economy,...
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- Added: Apr 04, 2024
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The tech industry is launching new brain-surveillance devices intended to monitor your mental state and, yes, even read your thoughts. Nita Farahan...
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- Added: Apr 04, 2024
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Internet addiction is a growing problem, thanks to the intentional design of Silicon Valley platforms to "hook" users. The ITAA can help: Internet ...
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- Added: Apr 04, 2024
- Length: 59:00
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Welcome to News in Context. I’m Gina Baleria.
In this episode, we explore how bridging by building relationships and being curious can connect peo...
- Added: Feb 26, 2024
- Length: 29:30
We talk about Christmas horror movies, and how this gleefully perverse genre represents the darker side of the holiday season.
- Added: Dec 15, 2023
- Length: 37:12
We look at urban fears about the country, and rural fears about the city. Which is scarier, and should we take more issue with the tropes, or the i...
- Added: Nov 14, 2023
- Length: 36:38
In this episode, we discuss press freedom in the U.S. in the wake of a police raid of the local paper in Marion, Kansas. In that raid, officers con...
- Added: Aug 17, 2023
- Length: 29:30
On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we looked at the new book "Music for Prime Time," which documents the rich history of music writt...
- Added: Jun 21, 2023
- Length: 28:30
Many Americans feel anger at fellow Americans right now. How can we bridge our differences?
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- Added: May 11, 2023
- Length: 52:50
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These days, the bird’s the word. Since shelling out $44 billion for Twitter, critics say Elon Musk is knocking the social media giant off its perch...
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- Added: May 01, 2023
- Length: 54:00
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In this episode, we explore how othering has led to increased marginalization and vilification of people who are un-housed, and how civity can help...
- Added: Apr 14, 2023
- Length: 29:30
In this episode, we explore how engaging across our racial and class divides can help bring us together to care for and nurture our democracy.
My ...
- Added: Mar 02, 2023
- Length: 29:32
In this episode, we explore the strategic use of racism in electoral politics to divide citizens across racial and other differences in an effort t...
- Added: Feb 23, 2023
- Length: 29:32
From paintings to prints, from wood work to writing, there is no limit to what you can find at the Winona Art Walk. Hosted across the city of Winon...
- Added: Feb 13, 2023
- Length: 24:33
It’s no secret that polarization is deepening divides across the US. Over the past few years, many people have started or joined what are called br...
- Added: Jul 21, 2022
- Length: 29:30
Climate change science isn’t taught accurately — or equally — across the country. Investigative reporter Katie Worth dug into textbooks and talked ...
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- Added: Jun 16, 2022
- Length: 58:58
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Climate change science isn’t taught accurately — or equally — across the country. Investigative reporter Katie Worth dug into textbooks and talked ...
- Added: Jun 16, 2022
- Length: 58:58
In his astute and timeless book, "How to Lie with Statistics," Darrell Huff writes, “The secret language of statistics, so appealing in a fact-mind...
- Added: Apr 22, 2022
- Length: 29:00
For years, fossil fuel companies have claimed to support climate science and policy. Many have recently pledged to hit net zero emissions by midcen...
- Added: Feb 10, 2022
- Length: 58:56
