Bringing the Story of America’s Opioid Crisis to the Screen with Danny Strong
Air Dates: January 3-9, 2022 According to the CDC, more than 588,000 Americans have died from opioid overdose since 1999.
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Story in the Public Square
“Story in the Public Square” is a year-round initiative to study and celebrate public storytelling. It features an annual conference, lectures, awards and student contests, as well as original scholarship about public storytelling and how those stories can affect the public debate.
Story in the Public Square is directed by Ocean State Stories Director G. Wayne Miller with Pell Center Executive Director Jim Ludes.
Immigration and America’s Dairy Farms with Julie Keller
Air Dates: June 10-16, 2019 Rebroadcast Dates: December 27, 2021-January 2, 2022 The super-heated rhetoric over immigration and border security
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Adapting to a Warmer Planet: “Fighting Climate Change after COVID-19” with Alice Hill
Air Dates: December 20-26, 2021 The planet is warming. This isn’t conjecture and it isn’t political: it’s the overwhelming conclusion
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The 2021 Story of the Year with Evelyn Farkas
Air Dates: December 13-19, 2021 2021 is the second year of the pandemic, and it began, almost immediately, with a
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Examining the Expectations Placed on Women Through the Lens of Sport with Lindsay Crouse
Air Dates: December 6-12, 2021 The demands society places on women—the choices they make about their lives, their relationships, and
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America’s Search for National Identity with Colin Woodard
Air Dates: November 29-December 3, 2021 There are some who argue that the United States of America as a nation,
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The Winter of Peril with Robert Costa
Air Dates: November 22-28, 2021 Every president, every public servant in the United States, raises their hand and takes an
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Dr. Shekhar Saxena on the Pandemic’s Impact on Mental Health Across the World
Air Dates: November 15-21, 2021 Since early 2000, the world has become familiar with the impacts of COVID-19: isolation, mask-wearing,
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The Politics of Today’s Health Care Issues with Bob Hackey and Todd Olszewski
Air Dates: November 8-14, 2021 Democrats and Republicans don’t agree on much—and, generally speaking, they don’t agree on health care
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