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DukeUniversity
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Home of the Blue Devils, Duke University has about 13,000 undergraduate and graduate students and a world-class faculty helping to expand the frontiers of knowledge. The university has a strong commitment to applying knowledge in service to society, both near its North Carolina campus and around the world.
Episodes
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Civil Discourse-Student Perspective-Sherman Criner
Duke University junior Sherman Criner talks about The Lemur, a student-run magazine he and a fellow student started. Read Duke University's civil discourse series: https://today.duke.edu/2024/10/dialogue-across-difference
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Civil Discourse-Student Perspective-Zachary Partnoy
Duke University junior Zachary Partnoy talks about The Lemur, a student-run magazine he and a fellow student started. Read Duke University's civil discourse series: https://today.duke.edu/2024/10/dialogue-across-difference
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Nasser Hussain commentary
Duke's Nasser Hussain explains how he creates an inviting, welcoming classroom environment so students can discuss controversial issues openly.
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Director Abdullah Antepli talks about Civil Discourse at Duke University
Information: https://sanford.duke.edu/blog-post/civil-discourse-project-moving-polis/
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The Heavy Toll of Unintended Consequences {Glad You Asked, Season 2, Episode 2}
Increased drilling for oil is meant to stimulate the economy. But what effect will greater use of oil and gas have on public health? David Boyd challenges our new president to consider this and other unintended consequences of public policy decisions in this episode of "Glad You Asked." Boyd is…
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How Healthy is the Job Market? {Episode 6, Zeroing In}
About 63 percent of Americans are working or looking for work, but what about the rest? And what measures might help boost job prospects for out-of-work Americans?Jared Bernstein and Michael Strain discuss the nation's labor participation rate and what it tells us about the health of the U.S....
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Turning Our Backs on Mental Illness {Glad You Asked, Episode 30}
Our society gives the mentally ill short shrift, so much so that "we'll look back on it in 100 years' time as absolutely appalling," says Jane Costello. Severe mental illness burdens families, taxes the criminal justice and shortens lives. And we'll continue to pay those heavy prices until we…
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Is Obamacare Working? {Episode 4, Zeroing In}
Health insurance premiums for individuals dropped by 10 percent during the first year of Obamacare. What does that number tell us about whether or not the Affordable Care Act is working? Don Taylor and Michael Cannon debate that question on this episode of Zeroing In, with host Aaron Chatterji....
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The Price of Defense {Episode 2, Zeroing In}
The U.S. defense budget for 2015 was $597 billion, more than the next 14 nations combined. Is our country spending too much on defense or not? And are our dollars going to the right priorities? Peter Feaver and Lawrence Korb discuss those questions on this episode of Zeroing In, hosted by Aaron...
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What's Driving the Gender Pay Gap? {Episode 1, Zeroing In}
Women earn 17 percent less per week than men, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Liz Ananat and Karin Agness debate the pay gap between men and women -- what it means, where it's worst, and what's driving it -- on this episode of Zeroing In: The Numbers Behind the 2016 Election,...
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Attacks on Education Hurt Democracy {Glad You Asked, Episode 28}
Education is more than job training, says Priscilla Wald. It's essential to forming citizens of a democracy. And the humanities are a critical part of that training. Wald is a professor of English at Duke University, where she directs the Program in Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies.
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Is High-Cost Healthcare Shutting Out Other Needs? {Glad You Asked, Episode 27}
As a nation, we spend millions on healthcare, especially at the end of life. What are we giving up in return? Dan Ariely, professor of psychology and behavioral economics at Duke University, says it's time to face up to those choices. Ariely is also featured on this month's episode of "Ways &...
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The Balancing Act of Holding Businesses Accountable {Glad You Asked, Episode 26}
Our next president must make sure corporations play by the rules, without stifling innovation, says Aaron Chatterji. How will a new president walk that important tightrope, protecting the public from events such as the recent Volkswagen scandal, while encouraging business innovation and…
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The Many Benefits of Protecting Our National Parks {Glad You Asked, Episode 24}
As the National Park Service prepares to turn 100 in August, our national parks represent a terrifically valuable asset in need of attention, says Stuart Pimm. Pimm is a professor of conservation ecology at Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment. He helped establish the new Park...
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Sidewalks Versus Surgery {Glad You Asked, Episode 23}
We could do a lot to improve public health and reduce runaway medical expenses if we focussed more on preventing disease and less on medical fixes, says Gary Bennett. Bennett is a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Duke University. Transcript: From Duke University, this is “Glad You...
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Disaffected Voters at Both Ends of the Spectrum {Glad You Asked, Episode 22}
Supporters of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders share a key trait in common, says Charles Dunlap: they feel excluded from the political process. Such large numbers of disaffected voters are a bad sign not just for the major parties, but for the state of our democracy, Dunlap says. Dunlap is a…
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The Power of Local Politics {Glad You Asked, Episode 21}
Police shootings around the country have helped put local politics in the spotlight, says Duke University's Mark Anthony Neal. Neal points to local prosecutors' critical role in deciding whether or not to pursue charges. Neal is a professor of English and African and African American Studies at...
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The Case for National Service {Glad You Asked, Episode 20}
National service programs such as the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps offer big rewards at a bargain price, says Eric Mlyn. Mlyn is assistant vice provost for civic engagement at Duke University and director of the DukeEngage program. Subscribe to the Glad You Asked podcast at:...
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A Perfect Storm (Glad You Asked, Episode 19}
Climate change, failing infrastructure and growing inequality add up to a perfect storm that is poised to hit the nation's poor, says Megan Mullin. Our weak infrastructure is ill-equipped for extreme weather events, which grow more likely with climate change. Meanwhile, storms and floods will hit...
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He's No Outlier {Glad You Asked, Episode 18}
Donald Trump is "saying things in public that often people say in private spaces," says Joseph Winters. Rather than writing him off, we'd be wise to pay attention to what Trump's candidacy says about America's unresolved conflicts. Winters is an assistant professor of religion and African and...
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Biosecurity At Risk {Glad You Asked, Episode 17}
Biological agents can make "fairly cheap weapons for those who want to do us harm," says Dr. Christopher Woods of the Duke Global Health Institute. But protecting ourselves against both manmade and natural biological threats will take more investment, Woods says. Transcript: From Duke University,...
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Voting Rights Under Fire {Glad You Asked, Episode 16}
New voter identification laws could sharply curb voter participation in N.C. and other states, says Gunther Peck. "These laws -- think of them as rotting the foundation of our democracy," Peck says. Peck is an associate professor of history and public policy at Duke University. Transcript: From...
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Reshaping the Coast {Glad You Asked, Episode 15}
Our piecemeal coastal policies are failing us, says Martin Smith. We're failing to consider a future of rising sea levels. Meanwhile, one beach town can make decisions that ripple down the coastline, affecting the shape of beaches miles away. "We're haphazardly geo-engineering a whole coast,"…
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Casualties of the Drug War {Glad You Asked, Episode 14}
The war on drugs is a collossal failure, wreaking havoc on Latin America and fueling a stream of illegal immigrants into this country, says Robin Kirk. Kirk is co-director of the Duke Human Rights Center at Duke University's Franklin Humanities Institute and a lecturer in anthropology at Duke...
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Rough Roads Ahead {Glad You Asked, Episode 13}
The word that best describes America's infrastructure is "crumbling," says Henry Petroski. Petroski is Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering at Duke University. His new book is "The Road Taken: The History and Future of America's Infrastructure." Transcript: From Duke University…
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The Great Divide {Glad You Asked, Episode 12}
"If American families with children were a country, that country would have higher levels of net worth inequality than any other country on earth," says Christina Gibson-Davis. Gibson-Davis is an associate professor at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy and a faculty fellow at the...
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The Cost of Convenience {Glad You Asked, Episode 9}
The 24-hour economy is wreaking havoc on workers' lives and families, says Anna Gassman-Pines. Gassman-Pines is an assistant professor of public policy, psychology and neuroscience at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy and a faculty fellow with the Duke Center for Child and Family...
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What Ebola Taught Us {Glad You Asked, Episode 8}
Presidential hopefuls have said little about global health, but preparing for pandemics should be high on the public agenda, says Gavin Yamey. Yamey is a professor of the practice of global health at the Duke Global Health Institute and at Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy. Transcript: From...
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The Least of These {Glad You Asked, Episode 7}
Norman Wirzba sees a moral vacuum at the heart of the presidential campaign: He says candidates are ignoring society's most vulnerable citizens. Wirzba is a professor of theology, ecology and agrarian studies at Duke Divinity School who also teaches environmental ethics at Duke's Nicholas School…
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Policing the Police {Glad You Asked, Episode 6}
Presidential candidates should address police brutality and the need to reform policing practices in the U.S., says Jasmine Cobb. Cobb is an assistant professor of African and African American Studies and Art, Art History & Visual Studies at Duke University. Transcript: From Duke University, this...
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An Urgent Need for Long-Term Care {Glad You Asked, Episode 5}
The lack of a coherent long-term care policy for seniors is one of our country's most pressing healthcare issues, says Don Taylor. Taylor is a professor of public policy at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy. Transcript: From Duke University, this is Glad You Asked, where we…
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Sea Change {Glad You Asked, Episode 4}
Rising sea levels are just one way climate change is reshaping the world's oceans, says Susan Lozier. Lozier, an oceanographer, teaches at Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment. She leads an international panel that is studying the effects of climate change in the North Atlantic....
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Home of the Blue Devils, Duke University has about 13,000 undergraduate and graduate students and a world-class faculty helping to expand the frontiers of knowledge. The university has a strong commitment to applying knowledge in service to society, both near its North Carolina campus and around the world.
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