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

Date:
2020-11-16
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. Childhood lead exposure has also been linked to impulsive behaviors, which, in turn, are associated with a host of negative health outcomes and behaviors. Those at highest risk for elevated blood lead levels are persons living in substandard housing, which are often inhabited by racial minorities and socioeconomically disadvantaged persons. This talk will discuss findings of the interplay of lead, concentrated disadvantage and public health outcomes such as sexually transmitted infections and instances of crime. In addition, we will address the power of geospatial modeling techniques to estimate lead exposure risk for communities.

653. Polyvagal Theory on Feeling Safe (04:24)

Date:
2020-04-06
Main contributors:
Porges, Stephen W.
Summary:
Dr. Stephen Porges, creator of the Polyvagal Theory, discusses how we need to learn skills to "trigger" feelings of safety in the body. This is an excerpt from an interview with Dr. Stephen Porges. It is a part of the "Embodied Brain" Lecture Series & Resource Package, which you can find here: https://www.embodiedphilosophy.org/eb-evergreen?_fs=21cbcd71-957e-41d0-8a56-5245cab41822&_ar_id_=05747541913dadf6e83a65c751b78ca3_532049c03fb304be24f81bcc4b9672be. Original text and video from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOZJn3XKw1s

656. POW Tap Code (01:57)

Date:
2020
Main contributors:
Ron Osgood
Summary:
U.S. Air Force veteran and Vietnam War POW David Gray talks about the system that American prisoners used communicate in the "Hanoi Hilton" prison.

658. Predicting the Future of the Economy, with Dr. Kyle Anderson (22:10)

Date:
2020-11-16
Main contributors:
Anderson, Kyle, Miles, Emily, Smith, Kenny
Summary:
Our economic recovery will likely be gradual, and spikes in coronavirus cases could directly impact those improvements going forward. That's part of the new economic forecast from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business scholars. Their new report suggests we still may experience some difficulties in the workforce, despite continued, if slower, improvements into 2021. Dr. Kyle Anderson, of the Kelley School of Business, said he feels optimistic about Indiana's position compared to many other states in that recovery. Listen to our conversation to find out why.

659. Prison Ecology: Live with David Pellow (1:00:00)

Date:
2020-09-03
Main contributors:
Pellow, David, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
This summer, people in United States and beyond took to the streets to demand racial justice. One of the loudest calls was to defund and abolish the police, but not just the police. Abolitionists have long worked to dismantle the broader U.S. carceral state, which imprisons more people than any other nation. "Abolition has to be 'green.'" Ruth Wilson Gilmore told Chenjerai Kumanyika for the Intercepted podcast. "It has to take seriously the problem of environmental harm, environmental racism, and environmental degradation." In the first episode of our prison ecology series, we go live with critical environmental justice researcher David Pellow to discuss the intersection of mass incarceration and environmental justice.

660. Prison Ecology: the law and beyond (44:23)

Date:
2020-09-18
Main contributors:
Bradshaw, Elizabeth, Bernd, Candice, Carpenter, Taylor, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
This episode, we're taking a deeper look at environmental injustices in an around prisons. How are they sited, what do they emit, and what does all of this mean for people locked inside? We start with the history of the St. Louis and Central Michigan correctional facilities with Dr. Elizabeth Bradshaw, move through trends with Candice Bernd and legal arguments with Taylor Carpenter, and start the discussion around what can be done to improve conditions. America's Toxic Prisons: https://earthisland.org/journal/americas-toxic-prisons/ Taylor's legal note: https://mckinneylaw.iu.edu/ihlr/pdf/vol17p229.pdf