We spoke with Deirdre Enright director of investigation at the Innocence Project at the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Law; and Emily Blout, professor in the Department of Media Studies at UVA, about Iran protests and cyberwarfare. … Read More
Empowering Refugee Entrepreneurs; An Affable Writer’s Tale — 12.23.17
Ellen Daniels and Nancy Laurence cap the end of 2017 with a live re-broadcast of their show with Christine Mahoney PhD, Prof. of Public Policy and Politics & Founder of the Alight Fund, on investing in refugees to affect positive change; and Phil Jason, a grad student in UVA’s Creative Writing Program and winner of the prestigious Henfield Prize, whose unique personal story empowered him to publish not perish.… Read More
12/16 – Liberty & Slavery; City Power is People Power
Price Thomas, Communications for James Madison’s Montpelier, “The Mere Distinction of Colour” and Race;
Richard Schragger, Professor of Law at UVA on the limitations on local governments, why it’s set up that way, what’s at stake, and what we can do about it.… Read More
Dec 9 – Our Brains on Friendship & Division; “TrumpTrump” the Illustrations
Guests:
Jim Coan, is a Professor of Psychology and Director of the Virginia Affective Neuroscience Laboratory at the University of Virginia. Coan studies the brain & emotions. His work and findings embodies one fascinating topics after another: The brain on love & friendship, why we hold hands, How does the brain change when we get to know someone?… Read More
Dec 2 – The Rebirth of a White Christian Nation; How Film Imitates Life
Guests:
Larycia Hawkins, is a lecturer in Politics and a Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia. She was a guest of the show earlier this year – at that time we discussed events surrounding her expulsion from the evangelical school, Wheaton College, because she wore a hijab in support of Muslims, and said that Christians and Muslims worshiped the same God.… Read More
Nov 18 – Precedential Foreign Policy is Foreign to Trump; Learning from Dictatorships
Guests:
Melvyn Leffler, is Edward Stettinius Professor of History at the University of Virginia and the Compton Visiting Professor at UVA’s Miller Center. He served in the office of the secretary of defense during the Carter Administration, where he worked on arms control and contingency planning.… Read More
Nov 11 – Charlottesville: Our Streets; Design for Social Equity
Guests:
Jackson Landers, is the co-creator of “Charlottesville: Our Streets,” a film about the tragic events that occurred in Charlottesville on Aug 11 & 12. Jackson Landers is here, he is a science writer, who used to spend most of his time writing about things like coral reefs and harlequin frogs for Smithsonian Magazine, but at least since this summer, has trained his pen on and the alt right riots, rallies and hearings… and he’s made a film, “Charlottesville: Our Streets.” Co-creators, Brian Wimer, Natalie Anna Jacobsen.… Read More
Oct. 28 – Our Opioid Crisis(!) can be Curbed; Cybersecurity—Nature vs Nurture
Guests:
Richard J. Bonnie, the Harrison Foundation Professor of Law and Medicine, Professor of Public Policy, Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, and Director of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy at the University of Virginia.… Read More
Oct. 21 – Topics: Lessons from the Weimar Republic; Insider Cybersecurity
Guests:
Manuela Achilles, professor and Director of the Center for German Studies at the University of Virginia. Her expertise includes the Weimar Republic, Nazi and Modern Germany, and the History and Theory of Democracy.… Read More
Oct. 14 — A Look at Campus Gender-Based Violence, Youth Extremism; Calculated Voter Suppression
Guests:
Nancy Deutsch, Ph.D., Professor at the Curry School of Education and Director of Youth-Nex, The University of Virginia Center to Promote Effective Youth Development. We discussed campus gender-based violence, Title IX and the current administration’s roll-back of Obama’s guidance to address campus sexual violence; the role of afterschool programs in helping youth engage productively in their lives and in society; and more as noted below.… Read More