Category: Podcasts
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August 7, 2020 Podcasts, Policy
Politics & Polls #196: Political Conventions, Polls, and “Moneyball 2020”
With the Covid-19 pandemic, the conventions will look vastly different from previous years. In this episode, Julian Zelizer and Sam Wang discuss how a virtual convention might affect election coverage, voter enthusiasm, and rising
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June 30, 2020 Health Care, Podcasts, Research, Technology
Switching Gears to Save Lives: Physicists Pause Their Research to Design an Affordable COVID-19 Ventilator
Dark matter physicist Cristian Galbiati describes how he conceived of a âvery simple, cheap and effective ventilatorâ for COVID-19 patients that uses off-the-shelf components â and how his team went from design to production in just six weeks.
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June 25, 2020 Arts/Cultural, Podcasts
Reinventing Museums: The Pandemic’s Challenges and Opportunities
The loss of visitors and revenue has presented museums with an existential crisis, says James Steward, the director of the Princeton University Art Museum. At the same time, the pivot to digital alternatives provides an opportunity to rethink many assumptions â including new ways to diversify content while improving access and inclusion.
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June 23, 2020 Health Care, Podcasts, Policy
Celebrating and Serving: The Supreme Court Provides Relief to a DACA Doctor Fighting Coronavirus
Marina Di Bartolo, M.D., â10, is one of the 27,000 DACA recipients âon the front lines of the front linesâ in the COVID crisis. She shares her gripping journey from Venezuela to Princeton to the June 2020 high court ruling that protects DACA â for now.
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June 18, 2020 Arts/Cultural, Podcasts
Dancing with Ourselves: Performing Arts and Movement in the COVID Era
Social distancing has devastated the performing arts and changed how we move through public spaces. Rebecca Lazier, a Princeton senior lecturer in dance, considers the impact on artists, theaters and venues, and how weâre all navigating a new concept of togetherness.
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June 16, 2020 Community, Health Care, Podcasts
Fortifying the Frontlines: A Pop-Up Nonprofit Pays Vulnerable Workers to Feed Hospital Staff
Natalie Guo â12 took two problems â hungry healthcare professionals and unemployed restaurant employees â and created one solution: Off Their Plate, a donation-funded program paying chefs and shift workers to provide meals to health care staff.
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June 16, 2020 Health Care, Podcasts, Policy
Leadership During Epidemics, Bioterror Attacks, and Other Public Health Crises with Dr. Laura Kahn
World leaders have been tested in their ability to protect their citizens against COVID-19, which has upended nearly every facet of society. Stable leadership is needed now more than ever. Dr. Laura Kahn shares her take on the skills necessary to lead during such uncertain times, which is the subject of her book, âWhoâs In Charge? Leadership during Epidemics, Bioterror Attacks, and Other Public Health Crises.â
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June 15, 2020 Health Care, Podcasts
Cutting Through the Noise: A Doctor Takes the Mic for Medicine
CĂ©line Gounder â97, an infectious diseases specialist and host of the âEPIDEMICâ podcast, knew COVID-19 was poised to cause a pandemic like the U.S. had never seen. Convincing others required her to use an unexpected tool in her medical arsenal: her voice.
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June 11, 2020 Community, Health Care, Podcasts
âWe Roarâ: CĂ©line Gounder, infectious diseases specialist, to answer COVID-19 questions live on Facebook
CĂ©line Gounder ’97, an infectious diseases specialist and host and producer of the âEPIDEMICâ podcast, will join Princeton Universityâs âWe Roarâ podcast at 11 a.m. on Friday, June 12, for a Facebook Live event.
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June 9, 2020 Health Care, Podcasts, Policy
Intersecting Vulnerabilities: What Lies Behind the Inequities of COVID-19
Historian Keith Wailoo discusses how race, class, urban congestion and a failed public health system have contributed to the extraordinary gulf in coronavirus fatality rates.
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June 5, 2020 Community, Podcasts
Empowering Ideas: A Philosopher Talks About Bad Hope, Good Hope and Despair
Professor Andrew Chignell of the University Center for Human Values teases out a pathway to hopeful engagement in pessimistic times.
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June 2, 2020 Arts/Cultural, Community, Podcasts
Innovating an Institution: TIME Editor-in-Chief Considers COVID-19âs Impact on Journalism
From legacy media to community newspapers, journalism faces pressure on several fronts as it reports on one of the most important stories of our lifetime â a global pandemic and economic crisis that also threaten the news business. Edward Felsenthal â88 offers his take on what news media must do to continue its essential work.