In this Roots of Reality Experiences episode, historian Ben Baumann and Dr. Wendy K. Tam Cho discuss how technology has increased the ability to gerrymander, but also empowers us to combat it.

(Wendy K. Tam Cho is Professor in the Departments of Political Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Asian American Studies, and the College of Law, Senior Research Scientist at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Faculty in the Illinois Informatics Institute, and Affiliate of the Cline Center for Advanced Social Research, the CyberGIS Center for Advanced Digital and Spatial Studies, the Computational Science and Engineering Program, and the Program on Law, Behavior, and Social Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  She is also a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the Society for Political Methodology, the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavior Sciences at Stanford University, and a Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.)

For more on Dr. Wendy K Tam Cho check out the following links:

Website- http://cho.pol.illinois.edu/wendy/

(The memories, comments, and viewpoints shared by guests in the interviews do not represent the viewpoints of, or speak for Roots of Reality)

#45 Technology and Gerrymandering with Dr. Wendy K. Tam Cho

Historian Ben Baumann discusses various economic crises throughout history and why they happened.

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#46: The History of Economic Crises

Recently, former Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice said, "I would like Black kids to be completely empowered, to know that they are beautiful in their Blackness, but in order to do that I don’t have to make White kids feel bad for being White." 

So I asked, High school US History teacher Aaron to talk about Critical Race Theory.

We talk about what it is/isn't, should it be taught, and what age levels. We also discuss why conservatives are against it being taught while Republicans are running elections currently on keeping it "out of the classroom."

With the long racist history that the US has had, we talk about some of the things we've learned growing up, what was accurate, the truths that students should be learning at age appropriate levels, and the role of an educator teaching history in school.

Episode 103: Critical Race Theory with Aaron

We document a handful of stories that further illustrate the bad ideas that have seeped into our most cherished institutions. Woke thinking has interacted with academia, universities, colleges and the outgrowths are becoming visible. We begin with Prof. Patanjali Kambhampati being denied grant money for supporting a merit-based hiring system. Then, onto Dr. Lana Ray who received over a million dollars to study cancer symptoms as a product of colonialism. Finishing off with an Ontario school board who passed a motion to weight votes based on race.

EP 233: The Infection of Wokeness in Academia

Chat with Pulitzer Prize-winner Tom Ricks about his recent book "First Principles," written in order to consider the curricula and intellectual schemas on which the first four U.S. presidents based their views, and to better understand the quandary in which the U.S. finds itself today.

America's "First Principles," with Tom Ricks

China is one of the most hotly debated topics in American politics and the cause of much division. In both the Senate and Congress, representatives tussle over whether China should be regarded as a strategic competitor, a threat, or a malign influence. Think tanks in Washington offer their interpretations, too.
 
The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft stands out as being one of the few groups in favour of more cooperation between the US and China. It also challenges a lot of the popular rhetoric on China. In this podcast, Michael Swaine, Director, East Asia Program at the  Quincy Institute speaks to Duncan Bartlett, the Editor of Asian Affairs magazine.   

China In Context: Episode 50 
Broadcast date:  1st February, 2022

Ep50: Is Joe Biden recklessly risking conflict with China?

Bill McCarty served in the Indiana General Assembly from 1983 to 1997. In this interview, McCarty discusses how the Indiana General Assembly has changed over time, his views on both the good and bad things he witnessed while serving, and more.

(The memories, comments, and viewpoints shared by the narrators/interviewees in the interviews of the Indiana Legislative Oral History Initiative (ILOHI) and related documents do not represent the viewpoints of, or speak for the Indiana Historical Bureau, Indiana State Library, Indiana General Assembly, or Indiana State Government, nor any Indiana state employees.)

Interview with Bill McCarty

Unless it's for an executive function, did you know that the President of the United States has to buy his food? Aha! Lot's to learn in this little ditty.

Happy Presidents Day

We don't talk about so many subjects, mainly because the issue will become an argument. So I'm laying all the views on the table today. Enjoy.

Bruno, No,no,no

Adam goes over Part 5 of the 2nd Treatise. Lots of discussion about Locke and the origins of capitalism.

UNT PHIL 3330 Adam on Locke, Part 5 03 21 2022

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