Climate Change and the Decision to Have Children with Dr. Jade Sasser
Air Dates: May 13-19, 2024 Over the years, young families have often struggled with the ethics of bringing a child
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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.
Parental Activism and the Politicization of Public Schools with Laura Pappano
Air Dates: May 6-12, 2024 Public education has a long and varied history in the United States. But Laura Pappano
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Vanessa Lillie on the Historical Erasure of Indigenous People and their Current Representation
Air Dates: April 29-May 5, 2024 The novelist has a way of exploring issues—putting flesh on bones—to tell stories about
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Exploring Love and Loss as a Muse with Brian Turner
Air Dates: April 22-28, 2024 The poet’s ability to capture meaning with words has long been one of humanity’s great
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News Deserts to Media Startups: Ellen Clegg and Dan Kennedy on America’s News Landscape Today
Air Dates: April 8-14, 2024 Thomas Jefferson famously said he’d prefer newspapers without government over government without newspapers. In large
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What We’ve Learned and What We’ve forgotten since the start of the Pandemic with Dr. Cornellia Griggs
Air Dates: March 18-24, 2024 It’s been four years since the pandemic swept the planet. The cost, we know too
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Secretary Margaret Spellings on a Path to Bipartisanship in America
Air Dates: March 11-17, 2024 Working together across party lines is anathema to much of political Washington, but Margaret Spellings
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Pete Hammond on This Year’s Best Picture Nominees and Trends at the Oscars
Air Dates: March 4-10, 2024 Hollywood’s annual night-of-nights is upon us with the Academy Awards around the corner. Pete Hammond
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Kliph Nesteroff on Culture Wars, and Why the Problem Isn’t a New One
Air Dates: February 26-March 3, 2024 It’s easy to listen to the news and conclude that we have never been
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