The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics, and the Immigration Act of 1924 with Daniel Okrent
Rebroadcast Dates: March 29-April 4, 2021 Air Dates: October 28-November 3, 2019 This episode of “Story in the Public Square”
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“Story in the Public Square” is a year-round initiative to study and celebrate public storytelling. It features an annual conference, lectures, awards and student contests, as well as original scholarship about public storytelling and how those stories can affect the public debate.
Story in the Public Square is directed by Ocean State Stories Director G. Wayne Miller with Pell Center Executive Director Jim Ludes.
Untangling News-Media Bias with Vanessa Otero
Air Dates: March 21-29, 2021 Anybody on social media has seen it: dueling posts, arguing over a hot political issue.
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The Intersection of Incarceration and Mental Health with Christine Montross
Air Dates: March 15-21, 2021 The intersection of America’s criminal justice system and mental health is long and, often, misunderstood.
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A Fresh Take on a New Day in American Politics with S.E. Cupp
Air Dates: March 8-14, 2021 In the first months of the Biden administration, we’ve seen an intentional effort by the
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The Pandemic Behind the Headlines with Dan Barry
Air Dates: March 1-7, 2021 It’s been one year since the coronavirus pandemic upended life across the globe. Dan Barry
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‘MLK/FBI’ with Sam Pollard and Benjamin Hedin
Air Dates: February 22-28, 2021 This episode was made possible with the gracious collaboration of Newport Film and the Rhode
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Life with the Afterlife with Amy Bruni
Air Dates: February 15-21, 2021 Everyone has a ghost story—a personal family experience, something that happened to a friend, an
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First Principles with Tom Ricks
Air Dates: February 8-14, 2021 Political divisions are as old as the republic, itself. But Tom Ricks says that if
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Rhode Island PBS Revisits Four Hard-Hitting Selections from “Story in the Public Square”
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND – Now in its ninth season, the three-time Telly Award-winning “Story in the Public Square” will be
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