Start Over Date 2020

201. COVID-19 Stories: Davis, Hope (48:45)

Date:
August 7, 2020
Main contributors:
Davis, Hope
Summary:
Scott Shoger interviews Hope Smith Davis, the Dean of the School of Education and Associate Professor of Secondary Education/Reading & Literacy at Indiana University South Bend. The following inf...

202. Interview with DDm, Baltimore, Maryland (05:57)

Date:
October 6, 2020
Main contributors:
DDm
Summary:
DDm (Baltimore, Maryland) DDm (Dapper Dan Midas) is a singer, raptivist and social media personality based in Baltimore, Maryland. DDm was born and raised in Baltimore, and participated in the lo...

203. Family Travel During the Covid Holidays (19:38)

Date:
November 9, 2020
Main contributors:
Dearth, Shandy; Miles, Emily; Smith, Kenny
Summary:
Planning the traditional holiday trip to see family? Give this a listen. We talked with Fairbanks School of Public Health at IUPUI's Shandy Dearth about what might be safe, and what might dangerous...

204. On Topic with IU, with IUPUI Epidemiologist Shandy Dearth (12:29)

Date:
April 18, 2020
Main contributors:
Dearth, Shandy; Miles, Emily; Smith, Kenny
Summary:
Shandy Dearth is the director of undergraduate epidemiology education at the Fairbanks School of Public Health at IUPUI. She explains pandemic surveillance, key indicators health experts will be lo...

205. Interview with Deborah Strauss, Princeton, New Jersey (05:58)

Date:
September 30, 2020
Main contributors:
Deborah Strauss
Summary:
Deborah Strauss (Princeton, New Jersey) Deborah Strauss is a multi-instrumentalist, educator, and dancer of klezmer and Yiddish music. She is a member of the intercontinental group Voices of Ashk...

206. Interview with DeCarlo Tatum, Jr., Atlanta, Georgia (05:42)

Date:
September 25, 2020
Main contributors:
DeCarlo Tatum, Jr.
Summary:
DeCarlo Tatum, Jr. (Atlanta, Georgia) Atlanta-based rapper DeCarlo Tatum, Jr. emerged in 2014 as a member of the Atlanta rap trio, Rebel Forest. The group flourished creatively under the tutelage ...

207. Interview with Del Rey, Seattle, Washington (06:36)

Date:
September 22, 2020
Main contributors:
Del Rey
Summary:
Del Rey (Seattle, Washington) Del Rey started playing guitar when she was four years old. At thirteen, she was immersed in the world of folk music via the San Diego Folk Festival. She has tried to...

208. Interview with Dena El Saffar, Bloomington, Indiana (05:37)

Date:
September 23, 2020
Main contributors:
Dena El Saffar
Summary:
Dena El Saffar (Bloomington, Indiana) Dena El Saffar is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, teacher, and recording artist who has performed throughout the U.S. as well as in the Middle East and Lat...

210. Interview with Dewa Ayu Dewi Larassanti, Bay Area, California (06:15)

Date:
October 31, 2020
Main contributors:
Dewa Ayu Dewi Larassanti
Summary:
Dewa Ayu Dewi Larassanti (Bay Area, California) Dewa Ayu Larassanti is a Balinese dancer, musician, and vocalist who regularly teaches at Sanggar Çudamani, a Balinese performing arts school founde...

211. Interview with Dewa Berata, Los Angeles, California (05:57)

Date:
October 23, 2020
Main contributors:
Dewa Berata
Summary:
Dewa Berata (Los Angeles, California) Bapak I Dewa Putu Berata is an internationally acclaimed Balinese musician, teacher, and composer based out of the San Francisco Bay Area and Pengosekan, Bali...

212. Researching Visual Social Media Platforms (1:39:17)

Date:
January 24, 2020
Main contributors:
Dhiraj Murthy
Summary:
With the meteoric rise of Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube, it is clear that image- and video- based platforms have become tremendously important to our social, political, and economic lives. Howeve...

213. Alan Di Sciullo Self-Recorded Video (13:44)

Date:
2021
Main contributors:
Di Sciullo, Alan
Summary:
Alan Di Sciullo's account of the beginning of his involvement with the Youth Franchise Coalition, his testimony before Congress, and the legacy of the 18-year-old vote today.

215. Interview with DJ Mahf, St. Louis, Missouri (05:55)

Date:
September 9, 2020
Main contributors:
DJ Mahf
Summary:
DJ Mahf (St. Louis, Missouri) St. Louis-based DJ and producer Dan Mahfood, better known as DJ Mahf, is the younger brother of famed LA comic-book artist Jim Mahfood, and is the DJ for the local St...

216. Interview with DJ Supreme, Birmingham, Alabama (05:55)

Date:
September 26, 2020
Main contributors:
DJ Supreme
Summary:
DJ Supreme (Birmingham, Alabama) Birmingham, Alabama-based DJ/producer and local radio personality DJ Supreme has held many roles in the entertainment industry over the years. While he works in ma...

217. Interview with Doris "Lady D" Fields, Beckley, West Virginia (06:16)

Date:
October 22, 2020
Main contributors:
Doris "Lady D" Fields
Summary:
Doris "Lady D" Fields (Beckley, West Virginia) Doris Fields, aka “Lady D,” is a singer, bandleader, actress and visual artist based in Beckley, West Virginia. Known as West Virginia’s First Lady ...

219. Interview with Dot Levine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (05:50)

Date:
September 18, 2020
Main contributors:
Dot Levine
Summary:
Dot Levine (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Dot Levine is a Philadelphia-based entertainer, bandleader and producer. As a singer and guitar player, they specialize in many genres, most prominently 19...

220. The fire season is far from over (45:05)

Date:
January 24, 2020
Main contributors:
Douglas, Arabella; Miles, Emily; Shanahan, James
Summary:
Part 1 In our first episode covering this season's Australian bushfires, we speak with Arabella Douglas. She is a traditional owner who belongs to the Currie family of the Yugambeh and Bundjalung ...

221. Doing Qualitative Research in Times of Physical Distancing (1:17:00)

Date:
June 10, 2020
Main contributors:
Dr. Jessica Nina Lester
Summary:
The COVID-19 pandemic has raised a range of concerns and questions for social science researchers. For many qualitative researchers, research sites are no longer accessible, and many data collectio...

222. WIM | Technical Forecasting of Political Conflict (1:19:00)

Date:
November 13, 2020
Main contributors:
Dr. Philip Schrodt
Summary:
Over the past couple of decades, technical models, both statistical, machine learning and combinations of these methods, for forecasting various forms of political conflict, including protest, viol...

223. AMPPD Project Update (55:34)

Date:
October 7, 2020
Main contributors:
Dunn, Jon; Hardesty, Juliet L.; Whitaker, Maria
Summary:
Academic libraries and archives are dealing with increasing numbers of digital audio and video (AV) files, acquired through both digitization of analog collections and acquisition of born-digital A...

224. Reopening Updates with IUPUI Epidemiologist Tom Duszynski (14:09)

Date:
May 7, 2020
Main contributors:
Duszynski, Tom; Smith, Kenny; Miles, Emily
Summary:
Tom Duszynski is an epidemiologist, and the epidemiology education director of the Fairbanks School of Public Health at IUPUI in Indianapolis. He tells us about what scientists have learned about C...

225. Tom Duszynski, Epidemiologist at IUPUI, Talks Covid-19 (16:14)

Date:
April 14, 2020
Main contributors:
Duzynski, Tom; Smith, Kenny; Miles, Emily
Summary:
We talked with Tom Duzynski who is the Epidemiology Education Director at the Fairbanks School of Public Health at IUPUI in Indianapolis, Indiana. He discussed hints that our stay at home practices...

226. Interview with Dwynell Roland, Minneapolis, Minnesota (05:35)

Date:
October 7, 2020
Main contributors:
Dwynell Roland
Summary:
Dwynell Roland (Minneapolis, Minnesota) Dwynell was born and raised in North Minneapolis and has been rapping since the age of 13. During that time when he first started writing, he was part of a ...

227. Interview with Eddie Moore, Kansas City, Missouri (05:39)

Date:
October 6, 2020
Main contributors:
Eddie Moore
Summary:
Eddie Moore (Kansas City, Missouri) Jazz pianist and bandleader Eddie Moore was raised in Houston, Texas, and began his musical journey at Texas Southern University where he earned a Bachelor of A...

228. Interview with Eddie Parente, Portland, Oregon (05:07)

Date:
August 31, 2020
Main contributors:
Eddie Parente
Summary:
Eddie Parente (Portland, Oregon) Originally from Jersey City, NJ, Eddie Parente studied violin and four-part harmony at Jersey City State College and played in string orchestra while studying jazz...

229. Interview with Edem K. Garro, Lincoln, Nebraska (05:46)

Date:
October 1, 2020
Main contributors:
Edem K. Garro
Summary:
Edem K. Garro (Lincoln, Nebraska) Edem K. Garro is a Ghanaian-American composer, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist from Omaha, Nebraska. In 2017, she won the Omaha Entertainment and Arts Award f...

230. On Air with IER: Episode 50 (17:58)

Date:
January 27, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: The Trump administration has finalized a rule that limits which waterways are under federal Clean Water Act protections, and we look into whether Indiana's 2019 agricultural fortunes are...

231. On Air with IER: Episode 51 (19:48)

Date:
February 3, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: Indiana's youth climate leaders call for change in state's first Youth Climate Action Day, and we hear from opponents and proponents of a bill making its way through the Indiana legislat...

232. On Air with IER: Episode 52 (20:11)

Date:
February 10, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: A coalition of groups from the Great Lakes region say its members need more time to see how a change to one of the nation's first major federal environmental laws will affect them, and a...

233. On Air with IER: Episode 53 (19:37)

Date:
February 24, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: A U.S. company decides to stop selling an Indiana-made pesticide linked to "brain abnormalities" in children; we look at who won the first stage of a legal battle to prevent the construc...

234. On Air with IER: Episode 54 (19:57)

Date:
March 2, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: A bipartisan bill making its way through the Indiana legislature seeks to limit the amount of PFAS firefighting foam used during training, and Congress grills the EPA administrator about...

235. On Air with IER: Episode 55 (18:45)

Date:
March 9, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: Two Indiana-based companies are in charge of destroying the DoD's PFAS firefighting foam, and Congress takes a crack at the nation's plastic waste crisis.

236. On Air with IER: Episode 56 (16:20)

Date:
March 30, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: The NOAA predicts above-average levels of rainfall and flood risk this spring, the Department of Defense it has identified many more military installations in the U.S. that may be contam...

237. On Air with IER: Episode 57 (18:13)

Date:
April 6, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: Farmers face off against precipitation and pestilence to feed the country, and climate and medical professionals say there's a direct link between human health and the health of the envi...

238. On Air with IER: Episode 58 (15:50)

Date:
April 13, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: Both the U.S. EPA and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management have adopted "enforcement discretion" policies that will allow some forms of environmental regulation noncomplian...

239. On Air with IER: Episode 59 (24:19)

Date:
April 20, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: Fallout from the COVID-19 crisis has dealt a serious economic blow to the clean energy industry. Plus, the combination of EPA's full-speed-ahead deregulation and COVID-19 "enforcement di...

240. On Air with IER: Episode 60 (24:21)

Date:
April 27, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: An Indiana University survey finds that only 1 in 5 Hoosiers thought a pandemic was possible, and northwestern Indiana residents are concerned a plan to close several coal ash ponds may ...

241. On Air with IER: Episode 61 (17:02)

Date:
May 4, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: We get a first look at which companies are asking IDEM for leniency during the COVID-19 crisis, and people living near the Michigan City Generating Station prepare their response to a co...

242. On Air with IER: Episode 63 (15:19)

Date:
May 25, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: Monroe County officials and two environmental groups sue to stop the U.S. Forest Service from implementing a plan they say could pollute Lake Monroe, and changes to a chemical reporting ...

243. On Air with IER: Episode 64 (23:06)

Date:
June 8, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: Researchers from Midwestern universities say the region needs to transform its current agricultural system to survive in the current century, and new survey results find a majority of Ho...

244. On Air with IER: Episode 65 (20:48)

Date:
June 15, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: A federal court ordered the EPA to ban the sale of three dicamba herbicides after understating the products risks and understating their damage, plus Congress hears how environmental inj...

245. On Air with IER: Episode 66 (18:06)

Date:
June 22, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: A coalition of groups from across the nation threaten to sue the EPA unless it reviews flare standards for the first time in three decades, and a Goshen man faces multiple charges for an...

246. On Air with IER: Episode 67 (21:07)

Date:
July 6, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: A legal battle between IDEM and the EPA over the air quality designation for a small part of Huntington County could get even more complicated after three groups threaten to sue over sup...

247. On Air with IER: Episode 68 (18:55)

Date:
July 13, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: A group of scientists say a family of thousands of persistent and potentially toxic chemicals known as PFAS should be treated as a single chemical class to improve the efficiency and eff...

248. On Air with IER: Episode 69 (25:54)

Date:
July 20, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: Once known for the healing power of its spring-fed spas, the city of Martinsville, Indiana now faces the specter of health threats caused by the contamination of its water supply.

249. On Air with IER: Episode 70 (17:51)

Date:
July 27, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: East Chicago residents are concerned the EPA will delist 671 properties from the Superfund National Priorities List before all health threats are removed, and a court has ordered the EPA...

250. On Air with IER: Episode 71 (16:07)

Date:
August 3, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: The EPA finalized a rule that could delay the closure of toxic coal ash ponds in Indiana and elsewhere, and new survey results find that race plays a role in how Hoosiers experience and ...

251. On Air with IER: Episode 72 (18:32)

Date:
August 10, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: The EPA wants to know what you think about a plan to clean up a toxic Superfund site in Martinsville, a coalition in northwestern Indiana gives out awards for clean air contributions, an...

252. On Air with IER: Episode 73 (21:09)

Date:
August 17, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: Youth activists from West Lafayette want Purdue University to commit to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions, and the IDEM commissioner speaks about the agency's actions during the earl...

253. On Air with IER: Episode 74 (26:00)

Date:
August 25, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: IER's Beth takes a look at complicated legacy of large scale farming in Indiana. It helps farmers stay in business and gets food to stores, but at what cost?

254. On Air with IER: Episode 75 (19:38)

Date:
August 31, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: We take at the ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor, LLC steel mill. The facility recently had a big win in air quality, but is also under investigation for how it and its contracted laboratory te...

255. On Air with IER: Episode 76 (15:58)

Date:
September 7, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: EPA's Region 5 is refuting a new report by the EPA's Office of the Inspector General that may have found major record keeping issues, Indianapolis Power & Light has settled a lawsuit all...

256. On Air with IER: Episode 77 (15:57)

Date:
September 14, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: IDEM closes the door on ephemeral streams protection in Indiana, and COVID-19 slows the military's transition to a PFAS-free firefighting foam.

257. On Air with IER: Episode 78 (14:43)

Date:
October 5, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: The new owners of several steel mills in Indiana promise a "greener and more socially responsible" future for the facilities, Gov. Eric Holcomb awards six environmental excellence awards...

258. On Air with IER: Episode 79 (16:24)

Date:
October 12, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: The COVID-19 crisis is making more Hoosiers energy insecure, and Indiana lawmakers discuss a draft bill that could set the foundation for carbon offset trading in the state.

259. On Air with IER: Episode 80 (24:13)

Date:
October 26, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: The EPA has removed all or parts of 27 Superfund sites, including three Indiana sites, from the National Priorities List. Is the contamination threat at those sites really gone? Plus, an...

260. On Air with IER: Episode 81 (17:43)

Date:
November 9, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: The EPA approved the registration of three dicamba products, despite previous federal court decisions invalidating earlier registrations and a growing number of complaints about the prod...

261. On Air with IER: Episode 82 (15:29)

Date:
November 23, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: A new EPA proposal seeks to stop air pollution from upwind states like Indiana from crossing into downwind states and contributing to their pollution, and a federal judge ordered the FDA...

262. On Air with IER: Episode 83 (15:56)

Date:
December 7, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Saenz, Enrique
Summary:
This week: The Office of the Indiana State Chemist is considering some state-specific restrictions on dicamba, and climate activists discuss what steps President-elect Biden should take to combat c...

263. On Air with IER: Episode 48 (18:05)

Date:
January 6, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Schwibs, Susanne
Summary:
This week: A group of researchers is reaching out to towns and cities across Indiana to create the first state-wide urban forest database, and we take a look at some bills introduced during the 202...

264. On Air with IER: Episode 49 (22:25)

Date:
January 20, 2020
Main contributors:
Edwards, Beth; Schwibs, Susanne
Summary:
This week: IDEM investigates whether a company responsible for a chemical release in Lake Michigan and the Little Calumet River is accurately reporting water samples; we take a look at the environm...

265. Interview with Eimear Arkins, St. Louis, Missouri (05:57)

Date:
September 4, 2020
Main contributors:
Eimear Arkins
Summary:
Eimear Arkins (St. Louis, Missouri) Originally from a small village in Ireland’s County Clare, St. Louis-based fiddler Eimear Arkins is also a singer and dancer with eleven Irish music world champ...

266. Interview with Elexa Dawson, the Flint Hills, Kansas (06:19)

Date:
October 2, 2020
Main contributors:
Elexa Dawson
Summary:
Elexa Dawson (The Flint Hills, Kansas) First Nation singer-songwriter Elexa Dawson lives in the Flint Hills region of Kansas. As a musical storyteller, Elexa Dawson presents her original music wit...

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

Date:
April 22, 2020
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 ...

268. Interview with Ellie Grace, Kansas City, Missouri (05:54)

Date:
September 24, 2020
Main contributors:
Ellie Grace
Summary:
Ellie Grace (Kansas City, Missouri) Ellie Grace grew up performing in a family band. She is now a singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and dancer who specializes in roots-based Americana and...

269. Interview with Emi Grate, New York City, New York (05:58)

Date:
September 22, 2020
Main contributors:
Emi Grate
Summary:
Emi Grate (New York City, New York) Emi Grate is a drag artist, event producer, and illustrator based in Brooklyn, New York. Emi Grate was born and raised in Mandalay, Burma, and came to the Unit...

270. The Effects of Shift Work on Depression and Anxiety (09:04)

Date:
April 24, 2020
Main contributors:
Endris-Burns, Amberly
Summary:
This project intended to study the relationship between shift work (specifically third shift), and its effects on depression and anxiety symptoms. Working nights has shown to have serious negative ...

271. Ware (01:59)

Date:
January 17, 2020
Main contributors:
Eric Ware; Institute for Digital Arts & Humanities

272. Interview with Erica Snowden-Rodríguez, Akron, Ohio (05:54)

Date:
September 14, 2020
Main contributors:
Erica Snowden-Rodríguez
Summary:
Erica Snowden-Rodríguez (Akron, Ohio) Since moving to Ohio in 2005, Erica has led an active career as a performer and teaching artist in the region of Northeast Ohio. In addition to the Akron Sym...

273. Placing Environmental Lead Exposure on Notice (46:19)

Date:
November 16, 2020
Main contributors:
Erik Nelson
Summary:
Lead is a ubiquitous environmental contaminant that causes numerous adverse health effects in children, particularly neurological and neurobehavioral deficits, lower IQ, slowed growth, and anemia. ...

274. Interview with Erin Heist, Juneau, Alaska (05:57)

Date:
September 23, 2020
Main contributors:
Erin Heist
Summary:
Erin Heist (Juneau, Alaska) Born and raised in Juneau, Alaska, Erin Heist plays guitar and sings bluegrass, old-time, Cajun, and country music. She performs in a duo with her husband and in a honk...

276. Interview with Fawziyya Heart, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (05:58)

Date:
September 26, 2020
Main contributors:
Fawziyya Heart
Summary:
Fawziyya Heart (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)  Fawziyya Heart is a singer/songwriter based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Born and raised in the city, she has been influenced by the Philly music sce...

277. Interview with Fay Victor, New York City, New York (05:58)

Date:
September 14, 2020
Main contributors:
Fay Victor
Summary:
Fay Victor (New York City, New York) Brooklyn based Fay Victor is an improvising vocalist, composer, lyricist, and educator working with musics that are improvisational and conversational in natu...

279. On the Ballot: environmental health advocate Catherine Flowers (23:51)

Date:
October 29, 2020
Main contributors:
Flowers, Catherine Coleman ; McCabe, Janet; Miles, Emily
Summary:
Where strong Alabama activist roots meet inadequate wastewater infrastructure, you find the work of Catherine Coleman Flowers. What began as a fight for improved environmental health in Lowndes Cou...

280. Bob Forbes' Hall of Fame Video Bio (02:41)

Date:
2020
Main contributors:
Forbes, Bob
Summary:
Video bio of Bob Forbes, inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2020; Bob Forbes started broadcasting WBOW-AM in in 1947 in Terre Haute, Indiana, while still in college at Indiana ...

282. Interview with Fred Mayorga, Miami, Florida (04:34)

Date:
October 15, 2020
Main contributors:
Fred Mayorga
Summary:
Fred Mayorga (Miami, Florida) Nicaraguan musician Fred Mayorga was born in Nicaragua in 1987. He is now based in Miami, Florida, where he emigrated in June of 2000. At the age of 12, he learned ho...

283. Interview with Fred Riedel, Gresham, Oregon (04:16)

Date:
October 6, 2020
Main contributors:
Fred Riedel
Summary:
Fred Riedel (Gresham, Oregon) A retired schoolteacher, Fred Riedel is the bandleader, guitar player, and singer for the blues band—swing style—Blues Battalion. The group plays cover tunes as well ...

284. Interview with Vanderford, Buffalo, South Carolina (06:39)

Date:
October 14, 2020
Main contributors:
Freddie Vanderford
Summary:
Vanderford (Buffalo, South Carolina) Growing up in Buffalo, South Carolina, Vanderford first learned to play the mouth harp, or harmonica, from his grandfather, who played “old mountain songs” on ...

285. Understanding corporate climate denial (24:37)

Date:
May 22, 2020
Main contributors:
Freese, Barbara; Shanahan, James; Miles, Emily
Summary:
In the finale of our first season, we talk with environmental attorney Barbara Freese about her new book Industrial Strength Denial and learn about the mechanisms behind corporate climate change de...

286. WIM | Statistical models for forecasting American elections (1:01:00)

Date:
October 9, 2020
Main contributors:
G. Elliott Morris
Summary:
G. Elliott Morris is a data journalist at The Economist and writes mostly about American politics and elections, usually by engaging in a close study of political science, political polling and dem...

287. Interview with Gaelynn Lea, Duluth, Minnesota (06:45)

Date:
October 19, 2020
Main contributors:
Gaelynn Lea
Summary:
Gaelynn Lea (Duluth, Minnesota) Musician Gaelynn Lea won NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Contest in 2016, and not long after she hit the road with her husband Paul. So far she has toured in forty-five state...

288. Interview with Gao Hong, Northfield, Minnesota (06:08)

Date:
October 21, 2020
Main contributors:
Gao Hong
Summary:
Gao Hong (Northfield, Minnesota) Gao Hong, a Chinese pipa player and composer, began her career as a professional musician at age twelve. She graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music in Be...

289. Interview with Gerardo Meza, Lincoln, Nebraska (05:59)

Date:
September 29, 2020
Main contributors:
Gerardo Meza
Summary:
Gerardo Meza (Lincoln, Nebraska) Gerardo Meza is a first-generation Mexican American, the son of immigrants who settled in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1960. He has been creating art since childhood and ...

290. Interview with Germán Marcano, Miami, Florida (06:01)

Date:
October 7, 2020
Main contributors:
Germán Marcano
Summary:
Germán Marcano (Miami, Florida) Venezuelan cellist Germán Marcano lives in Miami, Florida, with his wife. Marcano has had many roles over the years, including as principal cello with the Simón Bol...

292. Interview with Giani Martinez, Tampa, Florida (06:06)

Date:
October 3, 2020
Main contributors:
Giani Martinez
Summary:
Giani Martinez (Tampa, Florida) Metal/heavy metal musician Gianfranco Martinez De La Torre lives in Tampa, Florida, where he was born and raised. He does promotions and booking for a DIY venue loc...

294. Center for Human Growth with Lynn Gilman and Lauren Adams, The (24:57)

Date:
October 15, 2020
Main contributors:
Gilman, Lynn; Adams, Lauren; Monaghan, Elaine
Summary:
With the world changing by the minute, mental health support is more important than ever... but the way counseling happens is changing too. Elaine Monaghan and Violet Baron talk to the Center for H...

297. How we solved acid rain (44:27)

Date:
March 31, 2020
Main contributors:
Goffman, Joe; Josephson, Dan; Miles, Emily
Summary:
As early as the 1930s, lakes in the Adirondacks began registering fish loss. By the 1980s, visible forest dieback turned the attention of the United States to the acid rain crisis. Today, scientist...

298. Charles Gonzales Zoom Interview (58:15)

Date:
2020
Main contributors:
Gonzales, Charles
Summary:
Charles Gonzales, former president of the Student National Education Association, describes his role, his decision to move to Washington to work with the youth franchise movement. Included are anec...

299. Interview with Gopal Niroula, Burlington, Vermont (05:06)

Date:
September 16, 2020
Main contributors:
Gopal Niroula
Summary:
Gopal Niroula (Burlington, Vermont) Gopal Niroula is a multi-instrumentalist and singer based in Burlington, Vermont. Born in Bhutan, Niroula was raised in a refugee camp in Nepal before resettli...