
Episode 262: America's Student Attendance Problem
During the COVID-19 pandemic, students and parents faced a lot of disruptions in their education experience, but student attendance has been a longstanding issue, especially in some urban areas. Facto...
6 Aug 202434min

Episode 261: Disaster Management in the Era of Climate Change
The first major storm of the 2024 season, Hurricane Beryl, made history by breaking multiple records and causing widespread devastation along its path. Many of these records were previously set in 200...
10 Jul 202428min

Episode 260: Exposing America's Mental Health Care Inequities
The dual challenges of mental illness and lack of affordable housing are pressing issues in this election year. In March, California voters narrowly approved Proposition 1, which allocates $6.4 billio...
10 Jun 202436min

Episode 259: Countering the Spread of Misinformation
Misinformation seems to be everywhere. From falsehoods about the coronavirus to lies being spread by political leaders and their followers, in recent years it feels like it's getting harder and harder...
7 Mai 202428min

Episode 258: The Past and Future of Big Tech
In March, the Justice Department filed a major antitrust complaint against Apple accusing the tech giant of maintaining a monopoly over the smartphone market. This is just the latest action the govern...
3 Apr 202442min

Episode 257: Supporting the Needs of Refugees
Border crossings coming into the United States are at some of their highest levels in recent history. Cities like Chicago and New York are struggling to provide services while the immigration system i...
5 Mar 202429min

Episode 256: MLK's Contested legacy
Martin Luther King Jr. holds a special place in the American consciousness and is one of the few people to have a federal holiday celebrating his legacy. But what exactly is MLK's legacy? From immigra...
6 Feb 202425min

Episode 255: The Year of Strikes
From healthcare strikes to auto workers strikes to the Writers Guild and Hollywood actors strikes, 2023 was an eventful year for union activity. Professor Nathan Wilmers examined the implications of t...
9 Jan 202430min


















