Start Over Date 2020

401. COVID-19 Stories: Buck, Brenda (43:59)

Date:
August 11, 2020
Main contributors:
Buck, Brenda
Summary:
Tyler Davis interviews Brenda Buck, a custodian at Indiana University South Bend and officer in AFSCME (American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees) Council 962. This oral histo...

402. COVID-19 Stories: Cwidak, Claire (1:08:00)

Date:
August 11, 2020
Main contributors:
Cwidak, Claire
Summary:
Rachel and Zach Schrank interview Claire Cwidak, an undergraduate student in the School of Nursing at Indiana University South Bend and Patient Care Assistant at Memorial Hospital (South Bend) work...

403. COVID-19 Stories: Kennedy, Maureen (56:15)

Date:
August 11, 2020
Main contributors:
Kennedy, Maureen
Summary:
Catherine Behan interviews Maureen Kennedy, Interlibrary Loan Supervisor at the Schurz Library at Indiana University South Bend. This oral history was conducted through COVID-19 Stories, an oral h...

404. 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...

405. 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...

406. COVID-19 Stories: Haithcox, Susan (53:32)

Date:
August 7, 2020
Main contributors:
Haithcox, Susan
Summary:
Zach and Rachel Schrank interview Susan Haithcox, an Assistant Clinical Professor with the Vera Z. Dwyer College School of Nursing at Indiana University South Bend. The following information was ...

407. Land Defenders: Live with Nina Lakhani and Rebecca Thiele (52:05)

Date:
August 6, 2020
Main contributors:
Lakhani, Nina; Thiele, Rebecca; Shanahan, James
Summary:
According to UK-based Global Witness, 14 land and environment defenders were killed in Honduras over the course of 2019, three years after the murder of celebrated Indigenous land defender Berta Cá...

408. 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 ...

409. Talking Museums with Eskenazi Museum of Art's David Brenneman (17:41)

Date:
July 30, 2020
Main contributors:
Brenneman, David; Miles, Emily; Smith, Kenny
Summary:
Dr. David Brenneman joins the program to talk about the upcoming re-opening of Indiana University's famed Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, how the museum industry is fairing in the economic ...

411. Inequities in the Ecosystem (03:22)

Date:
July 27, 2020
Main contributors:
Sarah Hare; Julie Marie Frye; Beth Lewis Samuelson
Summary:
The sixth chalk talk in the series, this video describes inequities in journal publishing. The video also explains how disparities in information access impact both researchers and citizens.

412. Journals in Higher Education (04:00)

Date:
July 27, 2020
Main contributors:
Sarah Hare; Julie Marie Frye; Beth Lewis Samuelson
Summary:
The fifth chalk talk in the series, this video describes the benefits of publishing articles in journals. The video also explains how scholars assess journals and how the ownership of scholarly jou...

419. 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...

420. Transforming the Information Ecosystem (03:42)

Date:
July 27, 2020
Main contributors:
Sarah Hare; Julie Marie Frye; Beth Lewis Samuelson
Summary:
The seventh chalk talk in the series, this video describes new models that broaden information access. The video also explains how students can actively make the information ecosystem more equitab...

421. 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.

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

Date:
July 17, 2020
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...

423. Sending Children Back to School in the Fall (24:58)

Date:
July 17, 2020
Main contributors:
Shedd, Jill; Smith, Kenny; Miles, Emily
Summary:
Indiana's state Department of Education has begun announcing plans for what the start of the 2020-2021 school year will look like. And the state's many school corporations are making their individu...

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

Date:
July 16, 2020
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 Insti...

427. 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...

428. 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...

430. 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...

432. 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...

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

Date:
June 11, 2020
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 ...

434. 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...

435. Interview with Dan Ansotegui, Boise, Idaho (06:06)

Date:
June 10, 2020
Main contributors:
Dan Ansotegui
Summary:
Dan Ansotegui (Boise, Idaho) Dan Ansotegui was raised by the scents and tastes of his mother’s cooking and the sound of his father’s music. The music came from the accordion and the aromas that fi...

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

Date:
June 9, 2020
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.

437. 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...

438. Returning to School, with Sociologist Jessica Calarco (29:44)

Date:
June 3, 2020
Main contributors:
Calarco, Jessica; Smith, Kenny; Miles, Emily
Summary:
When stay-at-home orders were issued parents became teachers. And now that summer is here, parents are wondering what happens with their children's fall enrollment. We talked with Indiana Universit...

439. New College Grads Entering the Job Market (11:37)

Date:
June 1, 2020
Main contributors:
Lovejoy, Joe; Miles, Emily; Smith, Kenny
Summary:
The class of 2020 is entering a job market they likely didn't expect. In this episode, Emily Miles talks with Walter Center for Career Achievement director Joe Lovejoy about how recent graduates ca...

441. 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 ...

442. 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...

443. A future for Las Vegas, part 3 (28:49)

Date:
May 21, 2020
Main contributors:
Huber, Nicole; Stern, Ralph; Shanahan, James
Summary:
Positioned in the driest desert in the United States, Las Vegas is one of the nation's fastest-warming cities. In our third episode on its past and future, we focus on the time from 2000 to present...

445. On Air with IER: Episode 62 (20:46)

Date:
May 18, 2020
Summary:
This week: More than half a dozen Indiana communities will take the first steps in cleaning up potentially contaminated plots of land, and parts of two Indiana cities have met federal air quality s...

447. How AI can help fight climate change (26:51)

Date:
May 14, 2020
Main contributors:
Silverberg, David; Pilgrim, Brad; Shanahan, James
Summary:
Machine learning's potential to assist in climate change mitigation and adaptation is vast, but as with any developing technologies, so are the challenges. In this episode, we talk with journalist ...

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

Date:
May 13, 2020
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, c...

449. Ghosts and thunderstorms (16:36)

Date:
May 12, 2020
Main contributors:
Mwareya, Ray; Shanahan, James; Miles, Emily
Summary:
A year after Intense Tropical Cyclone Idai made landfall in southern Africa, communities in Zimbabwe continue to feel the storm's effects. For many, the trauma is physical, emotional, and spiritual...

450. Growing Things at Home, with Kaylie Scherer (11:57)

Date:
May 11, 2020
Main contributors:
Scherer, Kaylie; Miles, Emily; Smith, Kenny
Summary:
With more time at home and uncertainty in grocery stores, many of us are planning and planting gardens. In this episode, Hilltop Garden manager Kaylie Scherer talks with host Emily Miles about how ...

451. The psychology of (climate) change (45:33)

Date:
May 8, 2020
Main contributors:
Lertzman, Renée; Attari, Shahzeen; Frank, Robert
Summary:
Listeners, we have a question. How are you feeling about climate change, about the environment? You can let us know by emailing us at itcpod@indiana.edu. In this episode, we examine just that—the ...

452. 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...

453. 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...

454. IU NewsNet (12:51)

Date:
May 1, 2020
Main contributors:
Ryder, Anne
Summary:
IU NewsNet weekly newscasts

459. Engaging with climate through art (40:08)

Date:
April 29, 2020
Main contributors:
Chandler, Patrick; Pelto, Jill
Summary:
Observing art can help us relate to environmental issues and move us emotionally, but what happens when we take the next step and begin creating art? In this episode, we look at the multi-level pot...

460. IU NewsNet (10:04)

Date:
April 27, 2020
Main contributors:
Ryder, Anne
Summary:
IU NewsNet weekly newscasts

461. 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 ...

462. Talking COVID-19 Research Taking Place at Indiana University (16:09)

Date:
April 27, 2020
Main contributors:
Cate, Fred; Smith, Kenny; Miles, Emily
Summary:
We talked with Indiana University's vice president for research, Fred Cate, about a few of the ongoing and groundbreaking types of research going on around the COVID-19 pandemic. Cate says it would...

463. Arctic change through the eyes of mushers (28:36)

Date:
April 24, 2020
Main contributors:
Shoenberger, Elisa; Fresco, Nancy; Ivanov, Petr
Summary:
On the long list of lives changed by Arctic warming are sled dogs. This episode, we're featuring a story by Elisa Shoenberger that dives into how the sport of mushing is changing along with the cli...

466. Career Tracker (09:56)

Date:
April 24, 2020
Main contributors:
Ntumba, William; Shrout, Scott ; Freitas, Anthony

467. Disc Pong (10:04)

Date:
April 24, 2020
Main contributors:
Wilson, Chad; Mayfield, Conner

468. Earth Day Live (1:00:00)

Date:
April 24, 2020
Main contributors:
Capshew, James; Ketterson, Ellen; McCabe, Janet
Summary:
On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, we went live on Facebook to reflect on historical Earth Days and discuss present issues in environmental health and climate communications. 6:45 - James Capshe...

470. IU NewsNet (12:46)

Date:
April 24, 2020
Main contributors:
Ryder, Anne
Summary:
IU NewsNet weekly newscasts

471. KNOWLEDGEBASE (06:40)

Date:
April 24, 2020
Main contributors:
Reidinger, Jordan
Summary:
With this project I wanted to dive into the process of memory and how one recalls upon memory. I also wanted to explore the validity of memory and how we can fall into nostalgia and never really e...

475. Misrepresentation of Females in Animated Films (09:25)

Date:
April 24, 2020
Main contributors:
Clark, Gabrielle; Tulacz, Kailee
Summary:
This study takes a closer look at gender representation in the 150 top grossing animated films from 1990 to 2019. We examine the gap between representation, and male and female characters in lead c...

476. Navigating Gender Care (21:32)

Date:
April 24, 2020
Main contributors:
Thomas, Kel; Knudson, Laura; Miles, Emily
Summary:
Experts on the IU Health Center Gender Affirming Care Team want to hear from you. But before you reach out, you can listen to them describe tips and resources for gender diverse people and allies. ...

484. 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 ...

488. Visualizing Comic Book City Data (1:03:00)

Date:
April 24, 2020
Main contributors:
Julian Chambliss
Summary:
In this workshop, participants will examine a set of visualizations created by a team of faculty, librarians and academic specialists at Michigan State University. Using Michigan State University L...

490. Why Are Eye Exams So Important? (09:56)

Date:
April 24, 2020
Main contributors:
James, Jessica
Summary:
Why is it so important to get your eyes examined? What happens during an eye exam? When should someone see their doctor? Most people think the purpose of an eye exam is to update prescriptions and ...

495. 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 ...

496. IU NewsNet (12:31)

Date:
April 22, 2020
Main contributors:
Ryder, Anne
Summary:
IU NewsNet weekly newscasts

497. The Open Access Policy in Action: Automating Author’s Rights (49:11)

Date:
April 22, 2020
Main contributors:
Hoops, Jenny; McLaughlin, Margaret
Summary:
This February was the third year anniversary of the Open Access Policy, authored to ensure the accessibility and availability of university scholarship to the public for future generations. When th...

498. Human Resource Management Professor Elizabeth Malatestinic (14:55)

Date:
April 20, 2020
Main contributors:
Malatestinic, Elizabeth; Miles, Emily; Smith, Kenny
Summary:
We talked with Elizabeth Malatestinic, who teaches human resource management in the Kelley School of Business at IUPUI. She discusses best practices for managing employees in a stay-at-home and ess...

499. IU NewsNet (09:07)

Date:
April 20, 2020
Main contributors:
Ryder, Anne
Summary:
IU NewsNet weekly newscasts

500. 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...