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“The internet is increasingly making us less democratic, more isolated, and more beholden to corporations,” writes communications professor Jessa Lingel in her new book, The Gentrification of the Internet. Today on the show, she joins WORT producer Richelle Wilson for a discussion of how the internet is becoming gentrified, why it matters, and what we […]
“Climate change is water change, and the sooner we recognize that, the better off we’ll be.” For today’s show, we look at the impacts of climate change on water from two different angles. First up, Eric Kuhn, former General Manager of the Colorado River District, talks about this year’s unprecedented megadrought in the western U.S. […]
Today on the show, geographer Zoltán Grossman talks about the contemporary history of Afghanistan and provides context for the news cycle as U.S. troops withdraw. Zoltán Grossman is a professor of geography and Native American and World Indigenous Peoples studies at The Evergreen State College. He is the author of several books, most recently Unlikely […]
In honor of the one-year anniversary of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, we’re re-airing this interview with host Ali Muldrow in conversation with historians Christy Clark-Pujara and Anna-Lisa Cox about the history of racism in the Midwest. This episode originally aired on September 2, 2020. There are myths that persist about […]
According to a recent Global Sport Matters feature, just 11.5 percent of sports reporters in the United States and Canada are women, and women’s sports represent only 4 percent of total sports media coverage. These numbers are staggeringly low, especially given that women make up a big share of the viewers and fans. On top […]
Healthcare workers have joined Indigenous water protectors in speaking out against the expansion of Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline in northern Minnesota. For today’s show, we first hear from White Earth Nation water protector Alex Golden-Wolf, joining us on-site from Line 3 protests in Washington, DC. Then, we discuss the public and mental health ramifications of […]
