Inside North Korea
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North Korea expert and author Jieun Baek discusses how information gets in and out of North Korea and addresses common myths about the secretive country.
Slavery and Its Legacies – Elena Shih
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In this episode Thomas Thurston speaks with Elena Shih, an Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies at Brown University and a visiting fellow at the Gilder Lehrman Center, about her work on human trafficking rescue efforts and the politics of labor, gender, and sexuality.
Slavery and Its Legacies – Bryan Stevenson
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In this episode David Blight speaks with Bryan Stevenson, the founding director of the Equal Justice Initiative and the author of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption. Mr. Stevenson was here at Yale University to give the annual Parks-King Lecture at the Yale Divinity School.
Thomas Balga interviewing Dr. Andrea Asnes
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Thomas Balga interviews Dr. Andrea Asnes about sentinel injuries in child abuse.
Slavery and Its Legacies – Mathias Rodorff
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In this episode Thomas Thurston spoke with Mathias Rodorff, a PhD candidate at the University of Munich and a visiting fellow at the Gilder Lehrman Center, about his current work, which investigates why Nova Scotian newspapers paid such close attention to the contest in the United States over issues of slavery, emancipation, and equality while never considering how these issues might have played out in their province.
Bright Lights, Green Sights: A Conversation with Erik Clemons
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Erik Clemons has devoted his career to empowering marginalized communities across the state of Connecticut and helping others see their own potential and power. Erik founded and is currently the CEO of ConnCAT, a nonprofit that provides job training programs designed to give unemployed and under-employed adults the skills needed to secure meaningful, well-paying jobs in health sciences and culinary professions, and the academic support required for success in those programs.
YaleGlobal Article; Waste Not, Want Not: Industries Innovate With Trash
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YaleGlobal article: Waste Not, Want Not. Researchers develop new technologies, working with entrepreneurs and designers to recycling all kinds of waste into new products which are then sold back to consumers or scattered into the environment.
YaleGlobal: Africa’s Population Growth Could Undermine Sustainability
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YaleGlobal: Africa’s Population Growth Could Undermine Sustainability – the world’s fastest growing region must aim for population stabilization to ensure peace
Wanted: Equal Opportunity Globalization
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YaleGlobal article “Wanted: Equal Opportunity Globalization” about income inequality, technology, trade and globalization: Working class in the developed world blames Asia’s high growth rates for economic woes rather than policies that reinforce inequality at home.
Interview with Francesco Dal Co about Paris’s Centre Pompidou
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An interview with Francesco Dal Co, author of the new book Centre Pompidou: Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers, and the Making of a Modern Monument, about the history of this famed museum on the occasion of its 40th anniversary.