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EASY Viewpoints
by Cox Media Group Miami
Each week on 'Viewpoints,' you'll hear from experts, authors and newsmakers in fields such as business, social sciences, sports, education, popular culture and the arts. 'Viewpoints' airs on EASY 93.1 each Sunday morning at 6:20 a.m. ET.
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From Businesswoman to Chef / Online sports Betting
Segment 1: Guest: Joanne Chang, pastry chef, owner, Flour Bakery, Myers and Chang. A young Joanne Chang envisioned a prominent career in business. She graduated from Harvard University with a degree in applied mathematics and economics and went into consulting in her twenties. Despite career...
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Early Women of the West / Disintegrating Framework
Segment 1: Guest: Winifred Gallagher, historian, author, New Women in the Old West. Contrary to the stereotype of cowboys and shootouts, for thousands of women, living out West meant greater independence, and an opportunity to start anew. Historian and author Winifred Gallagher joins us this week...
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How to Deal With Stress / Vulnerability to U.S. Power Grids
Segment 1: Guest: Guest: Dr. Elissa Epel, health psychologist, professor, vice chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California – San Francisco, author, The Stress Prescription: Seven Days to More Joy and Ease.A new year bring new stressors. We speak with…
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Falling Asleep in Space / A Pathway to Exoneration
Segment 1: Guests: . Guests: Dr. Fred Turek, professor, biology, Northwestern University, director, Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology, Northwestern University; Dr. Emmanuel Urquieta, chief medical officer, Translational Research Institute for Space Health, assistant professor, Center for…
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Fallout from Industry Monopolies / Who is Gen-Z?
Segment 1: Guests: Diana Moss, president, American Antitrust Institute; Krista Brown, senior policy analyst, American Economic Liberty Project. Discussing how Ticketmaster's platform failure with Taylor Swift concert on-sale has stirred a larger conversation about the consequences & long-term...
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How to Skip Sugar Without Giving up Dessert / Is the Internet a Right or a Privilege
Segment 1: Guests: Elif Yamangil, Blogger, Mini Batch Baker & Plenty Sweet; Jennifer Tyler Lee, Author, Half the Sugar All the Love. The guests talk about staying healthy while enjoying desserts by making substitutions for sugar. https://www.52newfoods.com/ Segment 2: Guest: Dr. Merten Reglitz,...
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Effects of Extreme Weather / Grieving Amidst the Holidays
Segment 1: Guest: Dr. Colin Phillips, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, Utah State University; Dr. Daniel Swain, climate scientist, University of California Los Angeles’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. The effects of extreme weather are being felt…
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The Rise & Fall of General Electric / Learning to Bake for the Holidays
Segment 1: Guest: William D. Cohan, financial journalist, author, Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon. General Electric was once valued at 650 billion dollars. For decades, it was globally recognized for its innovation in electric, aviation, healthcare, and financial services....
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The 2024 Presidential Election / Military's Recruiting Challenges
Segment 1: Guest: Ronald Gruner, presidential historian, author, We the Presidents: How American Presidents Shaped the Last Century. President Donald J. Trump announced his intentions earlier this month to run in the 2024 Presidential Election. With this news making headlines, we go back in...
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In Pursuit of Better Sleep / Celebrity Gossip: A Billion Dollar Industry
Segment 1: Guest: Aric Prather, sleep expert, psychologist, author, The Sleep Prescription: Seven Days to Unlocking Your Best Rest. About 70 million people in the U.S. struggle with sleep. We speak with sleep expert and psychologist Aric Prather about how to fix your sleep problems without…
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Higher Education Cost Crisis Part 2 / Questions That Have No Right Answer
Segment 1:Guests: Mark Kantrowitz, financial aid expert; Sandy Baum, higher education expert, nonresident senior fellow, Center on Education Data and Policy, Urban Institute. The average cost of attending a four-year, public college has ballooned to $27,800 per year. This equates to more than...
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Higher Education Cost Crisis / New York: A People's History
Segment 1 :Guest: Sandy Baum, higher education expert, nonresident senior fellow, Center on Education Data and Policy, Urban Institute.Student loan debt in the U.S. has burgeoned to 1.7 trillion dollars. And over the past two years, many borrowers have paused on paying these loans because the...
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African Americans in WWII / The Future of Remote Work
Segment 1: Guest: Matthew Delmont, professor, history, Dartmouth College, author, Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad. More than 1.3 million African Americans served as part of the U.S. military and helped with war efforts during WWII. Yet...
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Feeding More, Sustainably / Finding Time to Get Organized
Segment 1: Guests: Lenore Newman, food scientist, director, Food and Agriculture Institute, University of the Frasier Valley, British Columbia, Canada, co-author, Dinner on Mars. Scientists are thinking big to voyage to Mars and one day possibly inhabit the far away planet. One big challenge is...
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Electric Vehicles: Costs & Accessibility / Discovering Death
Segment 1: Guests: Alessandra Carreon, manager, Carbon-Free Mobility Team, Rocky Mountain Institute; Kristin Dziczek, automotive policy advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s Detroit Branch. While electric is seen as the future, for many Americans these newer cars are often out of reach…
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The State of Journalism / Phone Guidelines for Kids
Segment 1: Guest: Roy Schwartz, co-founder, president, Axios, author, Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More With Less. Americans are increasingly busy, and there’s more content than ever before vying for a piece of their time. In this new landscape, many media are outlets shifting their formats...
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Strikes & Unionizations in the U.S. / Power of Photography
Segment 1: Guests: Daisy Pitkin, Deputy Organizing Director, Workers United; Maxford Nelsen, Director of Labor Policy, The Freedom Foundation. Over the past year, headlines covering workers striking or pushing to unionize have become commonplace. What’s driving this labor revolt? Pitkin & Nelson...
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Increasing Weather Calamities / The Rise of YouTube
Segment 1: Guests: Daniel Swain, climate scientist, University of California – Los Angeles, California Climate Fellow, The Nature Conservancy; Jonathon Overpeck, climate scientist, Dean, School for Environment & Sustainability, University of Michigan. Around the world, countries are seeing…
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Gender Roles in the Household / Lost World of Shipwrecks
Segment 1: Guest: Kate Mangino, gender expert, author, Equal Partners: Improving Gender Equality at Home. We speak with gender expert Kate Mangino about this imbalance in cognitive labor and physical chores and how more of a balance can be carved out in current relationships and future…
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Conversations About Loss and Death / College Sports Mental Health
Segment 1: Guest: Dr. Elena Lister, psychiatrist, associate professor, Cornell University, Columbia University Medical Centers, author, Giving Hope Conversations with Children About Illness, Death and Loss. Death is a natural part of life, yet we avoid talking about it in American society. We…
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The Invisible Power of Privilege / Public Transportation
Segment 1: Guests: Guests: Baynard Woods, writer, author, Inheritance: An Autobiography of Whiteness; Dr. David Canton, professor, history & director, African American Studies, University of Florida. We highlight conversations about the role of white privilege in American society and how the...
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The Rise of BookTok / Understanding Conformity Bias
Segment 1 - Guests: Cait Jacobs, Tik Tok account owner, Cait’s Books; Claire Wallace, vice president, communications, Book Talk. More young people are reading these days thanks to one community on Tik Tok. We discuss the rise of BookTok and how publishers and authors are using this platform to...
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Elevating Solar Energy / The Worsening Teacher Shortage
Segment 1: Guest: Ned Ekens-Daukes, associate professor, School of Photovoltaic & Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. While current solar energy relies on the sun, scientists are now developing new technology that would allow for 24/7 energy absorption....
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Segment 1: The Early History of the NBA. / Timeless Styles & Fast Fashion Trends
Segment 1: Guest: Ray Scott, former NBA player & coach, author, The NBA in Black and White. We speak with basketball expert and former NBA player and coach Ray Scott about the league’s early years and its efforts to evolve in a time when segregation and discrimination ran rampant....
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Supporting Refugee Resettlement / Africa & the Modern World
Segment 1: Guests: Dr. Diya Abdo, author, American Refuge: The Stories of the Refugee Experience, founder, Every Campus a Refuge; Luma Mufleh, CEO & Founder, Fugees Family. There are more than 27 million refugees in the world. This population has lost their homes, their culture and their…
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Reimagining Beach Tourism Culture / Learning About Wine
Segment 1: Guests: Sarah Stodola, writer, author, The Last Resort: A Chronicle of Paradise, Profit, and Peril at the Beach; Maile Meyer, Hawaii native, business owner, Native Books. We cover the highly popular global beach tourism industry and the dark side of the foreign tourist-focused culture....
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Understanding the Military Experience / A Parent's Plight
Segment 1: Guests: Phil Klay, veteran, writer, author, Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War; Dr. Carl Castro, veteran, associate professor, School of Social Work, University of Southern California, director, Military and Veterans Programs, University of Southern...
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The Cost of Working in Childcare / Surviving as a Garment Worker
Segment 1: Guests: Dr. Kaitlin Moran, assistant professor, early childhood education, St. Joseph’s University; Dr. Elizabeth Cummins Munoz, lecturer, writing and communication, Rice University, author, Mothercoin: The Story of Our Immigrant Nannies. As of May 2021, the median hourly wage in the...
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Food, Fine Dining & More / The Art of Detecting a Lie
Segment 1: Guest: Iliana Regan, Michelin-starred chef, entrepreneur, author, Burn the Place. Regan talks about her fine dining career and her struggles with addiction. https://tinyurl.com/58j54rhs. Segment 2: Guest: Maryann Karinch, a human behavior expert and author of the book, Nothing But the...
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Finding Calm Through Coloring / Environmental Damage from Littered Cigarettes
Segment 1 : Guests: Johanna Basford, artist, author, Lost Ocean: An inky adventure and coloring book; Jenean Morrison, artist, designer, author, 2016 Coloring Calendar. Remember how much fun it was to crack open a new coloring book and crayons when you were a kid? These days, adults are reliving...
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Jumping Jobs in 2022 / Supporting U.S. Farmers
Segment 1: Guest: Jeremy Schifeling, career expert, director, consumer and product marketing, Khan Academy, author, Linked: Conquer LinkedIn. Get Your Dream Job. Own Your Future. In 2021, more than 40 million Americans left their jobs. Many of these people left their current roles for greener...
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Masking Up Past Covid / American's Cultural Ties with Fast Food
Segment 1: Guests: Doctor William Jankowiak, professor, anthropology, University of Nevada – Las Vegas; Dr. Linsey Marr, professor, civil and environmental engineering, Virginia Tech, Wondering what to do with all those face masks you’ve accumulated over the past two years? Well, these face...
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The Higher Education Conundrum / The Future of Ethanol
Segment 1: Guests: Dr. Deb Geller, higher education expert, former associate dean of students, University of California – Los Angeles; Dr. Anthony Carnevale, research professor, director, Center on Education and the Workforce, Georgetown University. Regretting that bachelor’s degree in…
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The Adolescent Mental Health Crisis / Russia's Diamonds
Segment 1: Guests: Dr. John MacDonald, middle school guidance counselor, Brockton Public Schools; Dr. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, professor, education, psychology, neuroscience, University of Southern California, director, USC Center for Affective Neuroscience, Development, Learning and Education....
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The Importance of Mentors / Post-Pandemic Push to Unionize
Segment 1: Guests: Minda Harts, CEO, The Memo LLC, author, You Are More Than Magic: The Black and Brown Girls’ Guide to Finding Your Voice; Abigail Ingram, executive director, The Polsky Exchange, University of Chicago. There’s truth in the saying that the people you surround yourself with…
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Saving Coral Reefs / New York City: A National Treasure
Segment 1: Guests: Dr. Helen Fox, conservation science director, Coral Reef Alliance; Dr. Juli Berwald, ocean expert, author, Life on the Rocks: Building a Future for Coral Reefs. Coral reefs are home to 25 percent of all marine life – approximately 800,000 species. But these vibrant, colorful...
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The Refugee Crisis / A History of Fabric
Segment 1: Guests: Joe English, spokesperson, UNICEF; Diane Padilla, executive director, Miles 4 Migrants. As of early April, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has displaced more than 4.2 million refugees, according to UNICEF. And the residents of Ukraine are not the only people who’ve become refugees...
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Innovations in Addiction Treatment / The Early History of the Kennedy's
Segment 1: Guest: Dr. Anna Rose Childress, research professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, director, brain behavioral vulnerabilities division, Center for Studies on Addiction, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Dr....
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Rethinking Work / The Communication Signals We Send
Segment 1:. Guest: Lynda Gratton, professor, management practice, London Business School; author, Redesigning Work: How to Transform Your Organization and Make Hybrid Work for Everyone.Dr. Gratton breaks down how work has been forever changed by Covid-19 and the new models and technology that…
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Caring for An Aging Population / When the Guilty are Marked as Innocent
Segment 1:Guests: Dr. Santo D. Marabella, author, Lessons of Caring: Inspiration and Support for Caregivers; Erik Stoll, co-director, film, America.We discuss the ups and downs of caregiving in a world that can feel isolating and hard to navigate. https://www.aarp.org/caregiving/ Segment 2:Guest:...
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Expanding Landfill in Space / New Future for Classical Music
Segment 1: Guests: Dr. Jonathon McDowell, astronomer, astrophysicist, Center for Astrophysics at Harvard and the Smithsonian; Dr. Moriba Jah, associate professor, aerospace engineering, engineering mechanics, University of Texas – Austin, co-founder, chief scientist, Privateer Space. We discuss…
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More Supportive Mental Health System / Inflation
Segment 1: Guests: Dr. Thomas Insel, psychiatrist, neuroscientist, former head, National Institute of Mental Health, author, Healing: Our Path From Mental Illness to Mental Health; Dr. Vaile Wright, psychologist, senior director, Health Care Innovation, American Psychological Association....
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An Influx of New Neighbors / The Pang of Regret
Segment 1: Guests: Dr. Peter Alagona, associate professor, environmental studies, University of California – Santa Barbara, author, The Accidental Ecosystem: People and Wildlife in American Cities; Dr. Stanley Gehrt, professor, wildlife ecology, The Ohio State University. Two wildlife experts…
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Coaches That Changed the Game / Appeal of 'Harry Potter'
Segment 1: Guest: Justin Spizman, sportswriter, author, Coach: The Greatest Teachers in Sports and Their Lessons for Us All. Millions have heard of 23-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer, Michael Phelps. But how about Bob Bowman? Most likely not. Bowman was Phelps’ longtime swimming coach who...
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Fostering a Passion for Learning in Children / Legacies of Past U.S. Presidents
Segment 1: Guests: Dr. Joe Galasso, clinical psychologist, Baker Street Behavioral Health; Julie Bogart, home educator, mother, author, Raising Critical Thinker’s: A Parent’s Guide to Growing Wise Kids in the Digital Age. To fully understand many topics, experiences and encounters help to fully...
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The Journey of Addiction / Many Modes of Transportation
Segment 1: Guest: Dr. Carl Erik Fisher, psychiatrist, assistant professor, Columbia University, author, The Urge: Our History of Addiction, joins us this week to share his own story with addiction and what can be done to improve treatment for people suffering from substance abuse issues....
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The Evolving Fitness Landscape / History of Timekeeping
Segment 1: Guests: Dr. David J. Miller, faculty member, School of Business, George Mason University; Dr. Glenn Gaesser, professor, exercise physiology, School of Health Solutions, Arizona State University. Between the rise of at-home fitness, traditional gyms and focused classes, consumers can…
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Living in a 24/7 Society / Guide to Fandom
Segment 1: Guest: Eve Rodsky, writer, author, Find Your Unicorn Space: Reclaim Your Creative Life in a Too Busy World talks about about the mental toll of our daily lives and how to get back to finding a balance. Segment 2: Guest: Amy Ratcliffe, managing editor, Nerdist, author, A Kids Guide to...
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Advancements in Anti-Aging / Cooking at Home
Segment 1: Guests: Dr. Douglas Vaughan, chair, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, inaugural director, Potocsnak Longevity Institute, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Dr. Frank Palella, associate director, Potocsnak Longevity Institute,...
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Getting Your $$$ in Order / An Illustrator's Art
Segment 1: Guests: Emily Guy Birken, financial expert, Stacked: Your Super Serious Guide to Money Management. Life happens. Circumstances change. And that’s why it so important to be financially secure with savings, an emergency fund, investments and more. We speak with financial expert, Emily…
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Each week on 'Viewpoints,' you'll hear from experts, authors and newsmakers in fields such as business, social sciences, sports, education, popular culture and the arts. 'Viewpoints' airs on EASY 93.1 each Sunday morning at 6:20 a.m. ET.
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Cox Media Group Miami
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