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Financial transparency isn't always the answer Sep 24, 2021

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Guest Alexander Platt says that in some cases transparency regarding who invests in which companies can stifle economic competition, help defeat corporate reform and ultimately hurt the consumer.

Is the drug lord the new Robin Hood? Aug 19, 2021

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Rafael Acosta Morales, author and University of Kansas associate professor of Spanish language and literature, argues traditional American media stereotypes of cowboys, desperadoes and drug lords don't jibe with actual perceptions of people living on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.

Video games are history teachers Jul 01, 2021

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Increasingly, people are learning about historical events via video games. Guest Andrew Denning looks at just what versions of history are depicted in video games and considers how historians should react.

Talk to students about anti-Asian bias and violence May 11, 2021

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People might think it's inappropriate to discuss recent anti-Asian and anti-Asian American discrimination and violence in the classroom. In this episode, researcher Hyesun Cho explains why school is one of the best places to talk about the topic.

Your politics might help you get the job — or not Feb 22, 2021

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The next time you go for a job interview, you might want to ditch the Che Guevara shirt or the MAGA hat — because what you reveal about your political leanings could determine if you land the gig.

The US just elected the first woman vice president. But media coverage is still sexist. Jan 15, 2021

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Teri Finneman, associate professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Kansas, recounts the problematic history of media covering women in U.S. politics, from Victoria Woodhull, a.k.a "Mrs. Satan," in 1872 to recent coverage of Kamala Harris' shoes.

The COVID-19 vaccines are revolutionary Dec 19, 2020

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Molecular biologist and coronavirus researcher Anthony Fehr discuss the rollout of the new vaccines and what's understood about COVID transmission at this point. He also says the coronavirus variant that's prevalent in the U.S. might be more easily spread, accounting for at least some of our higher rates of infection and death than has been seen in other countries.

Antarctica was lush Dec 15, 2020

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We might think of it today as a wasteland of ice and penguins, but Antarctica once was covered in greenery. Paleobotanist Brian Atkinson explains how to look for ancient plant fossils in Antarctica — and how those fossils could forecast the fate of plants on our rapidly warming planet.

Are 'essential workers' treated like performers in the porn industry? Dec 10, 2020

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Could the social and economic pressures faced by essential workers during the current pandemic be similar to those faced by women in the porn industry? Akiko Takeyama, author and associate professor of women, gender and sexuality studies, says in both the pandemic and porn, economic and structural issues make it hard for workers to say no.

Libraries are better than search engines Nov 17, 2020

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The pandemic has changed how we use libraries. So has the internet. So what? Libraries have been evolving for 4,000 years in how they store and create knowledge. And libraries aren't just the place where you find information — they lead the drive for creating and sharing knowledge with people all over the world.

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