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1. Celebrating Women's Equality Day with Maurer School of Law's Deborah Widiss (21:37)

Date:
2021-08-23
Main contributors:
Smith, Kenny, Widiss, Deborah
Summary:
Women's Equality Day, marks the anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment, which guarantees all American women the right to vote is marked this month. As we celebrate the 101 anniversary of its certification, we talked with Deborah Widiss, a professor and associate dean for research in the Maurer School of Law, about the issues we face today. Professor Widiss' bio: https://www.law.indiana.edu/about/people/bio.php?name=widiss-deborah Professor Widiss has written several essays and op-eds regarding parental paid leave for single parents, which we touched on in this podcast. You can find two of them here: "Parental leave laws don’t do enough for single moms – but there’s a way to fix that" https://theconversation.com/parental-leave-laws-dont-do-enough-for-single-moms-but-theres-a-way-to-fix-that-137360 "Parental leave laws are failing single parents" https://theconversation.com/parental-leave-laws-are-failing-single-parents-129668

2. Clean Energy with Dr. Jerome Dumortier (27:30)

Date:
2021-09-21
Main contributors:
Dumortier, Jerome, Smith, Kenny
Summary:
Dr. Jerome Dumortier, an economist and associate professor in the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI joins us to talk about National Clean Energy Week, the growing clean energy sector, his research in bioenergy, land use, carbon emissions policies and much, much more. Dr. Dumortier's biography: https://oneill.iupui.edu/contact/people-directory/dumortier-jerome.html More on National Clean Energy Week: nationalcleanenergyweek.org

3. Cognitive Function in Later Life with Dr. Adam Roth (26:36)

Date:
2022-04-14
Main contributors:
Roth, Adam, Smith, Kenny
Summary:
Dr. Adam Roth is part of a research team studying the links between cognitive function and social networks. While there is a lot of research in this area, Roth is looking at the relationships between cognitive decline and the personal, face-to-face networks they enjoy. There remain many uncertainties to explore in this growing area of research, but Roth says the data suggests greater diversity of our social networks serve us well as we age. Listen to this conversation to get more insights from the department of sociology research fellow and member of the Indiana University Network Science Institute. Read his study here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/19485565.2022.2052711?needAccess=true More on Dr. Roth: www.adamroth.org/

4. College Recruitment and Admissions Amid Covid Concerns (16:20)

Date:
2021-03-24
Main contributors:
Thieme, Sacha, Smith, Kenny, Miles, Emily
Summary:
University and college admissions officials across the country have been scrambling this past year in telling their story and helping prospective students during these most unusual days. We talked with Sacha Thieme, the executive director of Admissions at Indiana University - Bloomington to find out what the process has been like over the last year, and what new, incoming students can look forward to next year.

5. Computer and Network Security with Andrew Korty, Indiana University's CISO (15:24)

Date:
2020-04-29
Main contributors:
Korty, Andrew, Smith, Kenny, Miles, Emily
Summary:
Chief information security officer Andrew Korty talks with us about how you can keep yourself, and your work-from-home data safe at a time when phishing and ransomware attacks are on the rise as we work through the Covid-19 pandemic. He talks about managing your data, backing it all up and the security of video chats. What to do, what to look for and where to turn are just some of the topics we discuss here.

6. Covid-19 Testing at Indiana University, with Dr. Aaron Carroll (29:58)

Date:
2020-08-21
Main contributors:
Carroll, Aaron, Miles, Emily, Smith, Kenny
Summary:
Indiana University's Covid-19 testing labs are now online at Bloomington and the IUPUI campuses. Dr. Aaron Carroll, of the IU Medical School and director of Surveillance and Mitigation at IU, says it's another step toward the university's ultimate plan of ubiquitous testing.

7. Dating in the Time of Coronavirus, with Social Psychologist Amanda Gesselman (14:42)

Date:
2020-05-27
Main contributors:
Gesselman, Amanda, Miles, Emily, Smith, Kenny
Summary:
How has your dating life or relationship changed in the past few months? In this episode, social psychologist Amanda Gesselman explores how your experiences might align with participants in ongoing research from the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction. Gesselman also provides some tips for keeping your relationship strong under pandemic conditions.

8. Discussing Anxiety and Depression -- Brandon Muncy: Counseling and Psychological Services (09:52)

Date:
2020-04-09
Main contributors:
Muncy, Brandy, Miles, Emily, Smith, Kenny
Summary:
Emily Miles speaks with Brandy Muncy about coping with anxiety and depression in a social isolation context we're encountering during the Covid-19 pandemic. Brandon Muncy is a counselor at Counseling and Psychological Services, serving the mental health needs of students at Indiana University's Health Center.

9. Discussing Indiana's Economy with Economist Kyle Anderson (15:36)

Date:
2020-06-09
Main contributors:
Anderson, Kyle, Smith, Kenny, Miles, Emily
Summary:
Kyle Anderson, an economist at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business at IUPUI, joins us to discuss the end of May's jobless claims, the recession, general recovery prospects and more.

10. Discussing Not-for-Profits with Jamie Levine Daniel (23:32)

Date:
2020-07-17
Main contributors:
Levine Daniel, Jamie, Smith, Kenny, Miles, Emily
Summary:
Often times, when the economy struggles not-for-profits hit rough patches of their own. We talked with Dr. Jamie Levine Daniel, a professor in the O’Neill School of Public And Environmental Affairs at IUPUI to see how not-for-profits are doing right now. She tells us how some agencies are trying innovative approaches, the resources available to them and more.

11. Discussing Protests in a Pandemic (25:42)

Date:
2020-06-11
Main contributors:
Kilgo, Danielle, Smith, Kenny, Miles, Emily
Summary:
Dr. Danielle Kilgo studies the intersections of race, gender and ability issues in visual, digital and social media communication and has written extensively about protest movements, both historic and contemporary. She says Covid-19 helps make the protests we're seeing nationally and around the world a big reason why the movement in this moment is a different one.

12. Discussing Remote Learning and Instruction with Ben Motz (21:36)

Date:
2020-07-16
Main contributors:
Motz, Ben, Smith, Kenny, Miles, Emily
Summary:
When campuses went virtual in the spring it was a scramble for students and faculty. Ben Motz, director of the eLearning Research and Practice Lab at Indiana University's Pervasive Technology Institute began studying that transition. He discusses some of the findings of that work here for those preparing for another unique semester this fall. “Mega-Study of COVID-19 Impact in Higher Education” involves multiple campuses and faculty and students. In our conversation he is sharing some of the early findings, including the four key recommendations for instructors based on the mixed-methods research. It is important, Motz notes, that faculty remain aware of the potential burdens students may face while designing their fall courses.

13. Discussing Remote Teaching with the Director of CITL (20:09)

Date:
2020-11-30
Main contributors:
Siering, Greg, Miles, Emily, Smith, Kenny
Summary:
Dr. Greg Siering is the director for the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning at Indiana University - Bloomington and he joins us to talk about emerging best practices in teaching remote and hybrid classes, building community with students in a virtual setting and the services that CITL provides to faculty.

14. Discussing Substance Use Disorder and Accidental Deaths with Dr. Melissa Cyders (29:55)

Date:
2021-05-19
Main contributors:
Cyders, Melissa, Miles, Emily, Smith, Kenny
Summary:
Accidental drug deaths had been on the rise, and then the pandemic hit. IUPUI clinical psychologist Dr. Melissa Cyders joins us to discuss the challenges of the year and some of the early findings related to substance use disorder during the pandemic. There is help available to you, and others. Here's more from the Substance Abuse and Metal Health Services Administration www.samhsa.gov/find-help/recovery And here is a Google Doc that can help you find and join online support meetings: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10A2Nd6194FLadIn3XtysqOmWLzLTGYxVcFCYxpf7HIw/htmlview Cyders referenced this work in our talk: https://theconversation.com/people-with-substance-use-disorders-face-greater-challenges-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-137476 The Indiana State Department of Health's Drug Overdose Dashboard: www.in.gov/isdh/27393.htm NY Times: Overdose Deaths Have Surged During the Pandemic, C.D.C. Data Shows https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/14/health/overdose-deaths-fentanyl-opiods-coronaviurs-pandemic.html?referringSource=articleShare NewsNation: After record ‘deaths of despair’ in 2019, early pandemic data is grim https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/after-record-deaths-of-despair-in-2019-early-pandemic-data-is-grim/ Cyders also discussed the IU Grand Challenge: https://science.iupui.edu/psychology/research/long-term-recovery.html More from Cyders: https://science.iupui.edu/people-directory/people/cyders-melissa.html

15. Discussing the Many Elements of the Food Supply Chain (19:51)

Date:
2020-04-22
Main contributors:
Ellett, Jodee, Smith, Kenny, Miles, Emily
Summary:
Sustainable Food Systems Science's Jodee Ellett works with the Indiana Food Council Network and local food councils throughout the state. She explains what's going on in the food supply chain, how farmers may fare this year, and the growing trend toward community gardening and more.

16. Discussing the Performing Arts with Linda Pisano (24:17)

Date:
2020-05-13
Main contributors:
Pisano, Linda, Smith, Kenny, Miles, Emily
Summary:
Linda Pisano is the Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance department's chairperson, and a professor of costume design. She talked with us about how the shutdown is impacting the performing arts, classroom instruction and the people that create all of those wonderful shows. She gives us tips on where you can find some great productions online, and how we can all support the arts going forward.

17. Discussing the Presidential Debates with Dr. Gerald Wright (16:03)

Date:
2020-09-23
Main contributors:
Wright, Gerald, Miles, Emily, Smith, Kenny
Summary:
Before Election Day the American public will have four opportunities to hear the top of the Republican and Democrat tickets meet in debates. President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are scheduled for three debates. Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala Harris will meet in one vice presidential event. We talked with Dr. Gerald Wright, a professor in the Indiana University political science department, about the upcoming debates, how they might be different, and what homestretch campaigning during coronavirus-public health conditions might look like.

18. Domestic Violence in the Pandemic, with Psychologist and Professor Zoë Peterson (16:43)

Date:
2020-05-21
Main contributors:
Peterson, Zoë, Miles, Emily, Smith, Kenny
Summary:
Zoë Peterson is a professor in the Counseling Psychology Program and the director of the Sexual Assault Research Initiative at the Kinsey Institute. Emily Miles talks with Peterson about the reports of increasing domestic violence, and much more. She talks about the subtle early signs, steps a victim can take and much more. If you need help, you can contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1−800−799−7233 or visit www.thehotline.org.

19. Economics with IU Northwest Economist, Dr. Micah Pollak (18:09)

Date:
2021-07-13
Main contributors:
Pollak, Micah, Miles, Emily, Smith, Kenny
Summary:
Dr. Micah Pollak, an economist at IU Northwest and director of the Center for Economic Education &amp; Research</a> is the coauthor of a study titled "The effect of in-person primary and secondary school instruction on county-level SARS-CoV-2 spread in Indiana." He and his colleagues -- including two physicians, Dr. Gabriel Bosslet and Dr. Babar Khan, biostatistician Dr. Jeong Hoon Jang, medical student Rebekah Roll and IU Northwest education dean, Dr. Mark Sperling -- examined the 2020-2021 school year using data from across Indiana to ascertain the risk in-person teaching has had on local communities. We talked with Pollak about this study, how they conducted their research and what it might mean for next school year. https://soundcloud.com/on-topic-with-iu/on-topic-with-iu-analyzing-classroom-risks-of-community-spread-of-covid-19-with-dr-micah-pollak Study: The effect of in-person primary and secondary school instruction on county-level SARS-CoV-2 spread in Indiana https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33846706

20. Economy Discussion with Kelley School of Business Economist, Kyle Anderson (19:00)

Date:
2021-06-14
Main contributors:
Anderson, Kyle, Smith, Kenny, Miles, Emily
Summary:
Prices are going up on a lot of products, but that's proof of a growing economy, says Kelley School of Business economist Kyle Anderson. We talk about the housing market, difficulties in getting things like microchips, fluctuating prices in lumber, the evolving labor force and much, much more. Overall, Dr. Anderson is optimistic about where the Indiana and national economies are heading.