Examining the Implications of International Scarcity and Plenty with Francis Gavin
Air dates: September 30–October 6, 2024 It may be a scarcity mindset that views plenty as better than a world
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Story in the Public Square
“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.
Daniel Schulman on the German-Jewish Immigrants who Built the United States’ Modern Financial Systems
Rebroadcast: September 23-29, 2024 Air Dates: April 1-7, 2024 We take for granted that the “immigrant experience” is part of
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Eric Deggans on The Stories We Tell and the Truths They Reflect About Our World Today
Air Dates: September 16-22, 2024 The shear amount of media generated and consumed in the United States every day is
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Climate Change as a National Security Issue with Sherri Goodman
Air Dates: September 9-15, 2024 The impact of climate change on the world around us is there for everyone to
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Francesca Mari on the Power of Story to Explore Personal and Public Issues Alike
Air Dates: September 2-8, 2024 The stories journalists tell can stretch from the personal to the public. Francesca Mari is
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Annalee Newitz on the Power of Story in Disinformation
Air Dates: August 26-September 1, 2024 Disinformation has a long history in the United States—often taking the form of storytelling.
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Dr. Dean-David Schillinger on Public Health Lessons from an American Public Hospital
Air Dates: August 19-25, 2024 We know healthcare means hospitals and stethoscopes, and x-rays, and bloodwork, and prescriptions. But Dr.
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Exploring the Importance of Coexistence in Wildlife Conservation with Ruth Ganesh
Air Dates: August 12-18, 2024 It’s easy to think that people and animals are incapable of coexistence. But Ruth Ganesh
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Exploring Tyranny through Poetry with Leah Umansky
Air Dates: August 5- August 11, 2024 Tyranny comes in many forms. But Leah Umansky uses her art—poetry—to remind us
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