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Campus Confidential

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

In the 1970s, over half of America’s university professors were tenured or on the tenure track. Today that figure is around 25-percent and falling.

Bought by KCBX

Added: Jun 27, 2017
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

Democracy in Chains

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

When the term RINO is used in political circles today, it’s an acronym for Republican in Name Only. The basic translation is that the today’s GOP b...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Jun 21, 2017
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

Kill It to Save It

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

American voters have been convinced to vote against their best interests for decades, according to sociology professors Corey Dolgon.

Bought by KCBX

Added: Jun 12, 2017
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

The Broken Ladder

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Inequality in America today is staggering. It’s on a scale that none of us has seen in our lifetime. Yet, very few are even trying to address a pro...

Bought by KCBX

Added: May 25, 2017
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

Assassin of Youth

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

In 1930, the Federal Bureau of Narcotics appointed Harry J. Anslinger as the commissioner. He became the first drug czar with a flair for demonizin...

Bought by KCBX

Added: May 15, 2017
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

The Despot's Accomplice

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

By all appearances, the world is becoming less democratic.

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Added: May 11, 2017
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

The Death of Expertise

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Research is not plugging a question into a browser. Yet, we treat the Internet as though it has intelligence. And, in turn, that makes us intelligent.

Bought by KCBX

Added: Apr 26, 2017
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

The One Percent Solutiion

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Americans may vote for polar opposite candidates … liberal or conservative. Their vote may express ideological differences. But, on principles and ...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Apr 19, 2017
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

Science Under Attack part 3

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

The Trump Administration is calling for drastic cuts in scientific research and development.

Bought by KCBX

Added: Apr 09, 2017
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

Science Under Attack – part 1

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order. Its purpose is to reverse efforts to shrink America’s carbon footprint.

Bought by WCPN, KVSC, and KCBX

Added: Mar 30, 2017
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 3

Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality and the Struggle for Oral Health

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Twelve-year old Deamonte Driver died following brain surgery in February 2007. His original diagnosis was meningitis. After his death, the culprit...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Mar 23, 2017
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

The Big Stick: The Limits of Soft Power & the Necessity of Military Force

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

“Speak softly and carry a big stick” are the words of Vice President Theodore Roosevelt. When President Garfield was assassinated two weeks later, ...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Feb 14, 2017
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

Attending: Medicine, Mindfulness, and Humanity

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

As a third-year Harvard Medical student, Dr. Ronald Epstein witnessed two vastly different events during surgery.

Bought by KCBX and KCBX

Added: Feb 01, 2017
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 2

Language at the Speed of Sight

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

An international survey in 2011 found that students in Shanghai outperformed American students in every category. President Obama referred to the r...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Jan 19, 2017
Length: 29:01
Purchases: 1

Un-American: The Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

In 1942, the government rounded up more than one hundred thousand Japanese living in the U.S. They were incarcerated for the duration of the war.

Bought by KCBX

Added: Dec 26, 2016
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

An Extraordinary Time

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

The 25-years after World War II were a golden age for much of the world. The end of that era in 1973 brought financial crisis, high unemployment, e...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Dec 15, 2016
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

A Call to Postpone the Electoral College Vote

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

An unexpected turn has unfolded with the 2016 elections. The Washington Post broke the story on Friday, December 9 that Russia not only hacked Amer...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX

Added: Dec 13, 2016
Length: 29:01
Purchases: 2

Right to Work

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

The “right to work.” The phrase sounds fair and equitable. After all, who shouldn’t have a right to work if they wish to? Twenty-six states now hav...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Dec 06, 2016
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

Viking Economics

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

The Scandinavian countries … Sweden, Norway and Denmark … boasts the world’s happiest, most productive people. They have equality, low unemployment...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio and KCBX

Added: Nov 29, 2016
Length: 29:01
Purchases: 2

Saving Our Cities

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

There is deep concern for the health of American cities. Frustration with inequality is spreading. Public schools are lagging behind expectation. I...

Bought by KCBX and KVSC

Added: Nov 14, 2016
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 2

Biting the Hands that Feed Us

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Food Waste, hunger, inhumane livestock conditions, disappearing fish stocks … just a few of the serious issues we have with our food supply. We exp...

Bought by KCBX and KCBX

Added: Oct 11, 2016
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 2

Before I Do

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

The first time a US Supreme Court ruling came out in favor of the LGBT community was in 1958. That was the beginning of a slow and arduous process...

Bought by KUAC and KCBX

Added: Sep 06, 2016
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 2

Spatializing Blackness: Architectures of Confinement and Black Masculinity in Chicago

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Imagine a large population of Americans living in prison-like-conditions. That’s what it’s like in the so-called Black Belt of South Side Chicago.

Bought by KCBX

Added: Aug 09, 2016
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

The Fractured Republic

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Americans appear frustrated today. The economy that was supposed to bounce back following the recession nearly a decade ago, remains sluggish and s...

Bought by KCBX