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151. Lost birds and how to bring them back (40:04)

Date:
October 4, 2019
Main contributors:
Fallon, Katie; McCabe, Janet; Ketterson, Ellen
Summary:
In fewer than 50 years, North America has lost 2.9 billion birds, nearly a third of the 1970 population. In this episode, the team explores the significance of birds, the story of one unloved varie...

152. Lotus World Music & Arts Festival with Sunni Fass & Rob Simonds (20:29)

Date:
September 26, 2018
Main contributors:
Fass, Sunni; Simonds, Rob; Shanahan, James
Summary:
This week, Dean Shanahan discusses the Lotus World Music and Arts Festival with Executive Director Sunni Fass and Interim Artistic Director Rob Simonds. Listen to learn about the history of the fes...

153. MacDonald, Scott, University Philanthropist (17:36)

Date:
May 17, 2017
Main contributors:
MacDonald, Scott D.; Shanahan, James
Summary:
In May 2016, the Indiana University Bloomington Office of Student Life and Learning announced a substantial gift from alumnus Scott D. MacDonald to establish the MacDonald Scholars Program within t...

154. Maintaining Agile and Flexible Infrastructure With Mikhail Chester (1:00:00)

Date:
September 20, 2021
Main contributors:
Chester, Mikhail; Shanahan, James; Miles, Emily
Summary:
In this episode, we dive deep into the history of infrastructure to uncover elements of both hardware and knowledge systems that hold us back from resilience to climate change. Guest Mikhail Chest...

155. Major League Travel and Energy Use, With Seth Wynes (25:17)

Date:
December 8, 2021
Main contributors:
Wynes, Seth; Shanahan, James; Miles, Emily
Summary:
We talk with researcher Seth Wynes about how major league sport travel, affected by COVID, affects energy use. Also, does academic travel affect academic success?

156. Making, Innovating, and Learning in IU's Makerspace (27:32)

Date:
April 25, 2017
Main contributors:
Maltese, Adam; Huang, Joey; Shanahan, James
Summary:
Episode 54 features a discussion with Adam Maltese and grad student Joey Huang about "the MILL," a creative space at IU Bloomington for tinkering, crafting, prototyping, and exploring creative solu...

157. Martins, Nicole, on the effects of mass media on children (27:26)

Date:
October 12, 2016
Main contributors:
Martins, Nicole; Shanahan, James
Summary:
Through the Gates host and Dean of the Media School Jim Shanahan speaks with Associate Professor Nicole Martins about her work on the effects of media on children. The conversation reveals some of ...

158. Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission (24:47)

Date:
January 31, 2018
Main contributors:
Sanders, Steve; Shanahan, James
Summary:
In episode 78, Dean James Shanahan speaks to Professor of Law Steve Sanders about Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission—a case in which the Supreme Court will determine whether t...

160. McGibbon, Murray, IU Theatre Professor (31:32)

Date:
May 1, 2016
Main contributors:
McGibbon, Murray; Shanahan, James
Summary:
This week on Through the Gates, IU associate professor Murray McGibbon joins host Jim Shanahan to discuss his upcoming "original pronunciation" production of Shakespeare's "King Lear". McGibbon ut...