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Public Safety

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Public Safety Sub-categories:

  • Emergency Response and Planning (6)
  • School Shootings (5)
  • Violence and Abuse (16)

The Growing Risk of Wildfires From Coast to Coast: Are You Prepared?

>> August 13, 2023

Dr. Adrienne Edwards, a botanist and wildfire expert, discusses how Americans can best prepare for wildfire season and help stop the spread.

topics covered: Climate Change, Emergency Response and Planning, Natural Disasters, Public Health and Policy, Public Safety, Wildfire and Forest Fire
ListenThe Growing Risk of Wildfires From Coast to Coast: Are You Prepared?

Viewpoints Explained: What Does the Oceangate Disaster Signal About Extreme Tourism?

>> July 6, 2023

We discuss the lack of regulations in this growing, private industry of extreme tourism.

topics covered: Government and Politics, Public Safety, Regulation, Tourism
ListenViewpoints Explained: What Does the Oceangate Disaster Signal About Extreme Tourism?

Progress in Policing Initiatives Since George Floyd’s Death

>> July 24, 2022

What’s changed in policing since May of 2020 when George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis police? Two experts in law and police policy join us to discuss the current state of police violence in America.

topics covered: Government and Politics, Law/Policy and Enforcement, Police Misconduct, Police Reform, Public Safety, Race and Identity, Racism and Discrimination
ListenProgress in Policing Initiatives Since George Floyd’s Death

The Mental Health Effects of Solitary Confinement & Imprisonment

>> November 28, 2021

The United States still has the highest number of inmates in the world, with more than 2 million people behind bars. For a segment of this population, spending weeks, months, or even years in solitary confinement is very much a reality. We speak with two criminal justice experts about the lasting effects of solitary confinement and the mental health crisis …

topics covered: Criminal Justice and Courts, Incarceration, Law/Policy and Enforcement, Mass Incarceration, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Public Policy, Public Safety
ListenThe Mental Health Effects of Solitary Confinement & Imprisonment

Working in Intensifying Heat

>> September 19, 2021

Imagine working for hours on end outside in temperatures exceeding 90 or 100 degrees. On top of this, there’s little shade, minimal breaks and often not enough water. This is the reality for millions of laborers who work in agriculture, construction and other industries. Why aren’t there more legal guidelines protecting these essential workers?

topics covered: Business and Entrepreneurship, Earth and Environmental Science and Climate Change, Employment and Workplace Issues, Environment, Farming and Agriculture, Infrastructure and Engineering, Labor Rights and Wages, Law/Policy and Enforcement, Public Safety, Science and Technology
ListenWorking in Intensifying Heat
The Endless Drought: Dwindling Water In The West

The Endless Drought: Dwindling Water in the West

>> June 20, 2021

Lake Mead, the reservoir created by the Hoover Dam, is at its lowest levels ever recorded. Drought is not a new problem in the West, but it is getting worse as the years go by. What’s being done to curb water consumption and increase supply so people’s taps don’t run dry?

topics covered: Business and Entrepreneurship, Conservation and Sustainability, Drought, Earth and Environmental Science and Climate Change, Environment, Infrastructure and Engineering, Law/Policy and Enforcement, Literature and Writing, Natural Disasters, Public Health and Policy, Public Policy, Public Safety, Science and Technology, Technology, Weather and Weather Forecasting
ListenThe Endless Drought: Dwindling Water in the West
The Deadly Texas Freeze: Does It Point To Larger Problems?

The Deadly Texas Freeze: Does It Point To Larger Problems?

>> March 21, 2021

The wintry storm that crippled the entire state of Texas last month is estimated to cost 195 billion dollars in damages and has already been linked to dozens of deaths due to prolonged exposure of extreme cold. For several days, millions of Texans were left without heat in their homes, no running or clean water and food shortages. What factors fed into this …

topics covered: Earth and Environmental Science and Climate Change, Emergency Response and Planning, Natural Disasters, Science, Weather and Weather Forecasting
ListenThe Deadly Texas Freeze: Does It Point To Larger Problems?
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How to Make Your Money Work For You

>> January 31, 2021

Between the internet, radio, podcasts and books, there’s a wide breadth of information out there on how to get your finances in order. But sometimes the mixed advice and confusing explanations can lead to complete inaction. This week, we speak to a personal finance expert about the starting key steps you can take to build your financial future and prepare …

topics covered: COVID-19 Pandemic, Economics and Finance, Emergency Response and Planning, Investment and Financial Planning, Personal Finance, Poverty and Wealth Inequality, Retirement, Stock Market
ListenHow to Make Your Money Work For You

Surviving Parkland: The Perspective of One Teacher

>> November 22, 2020

The 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, Florida was the deadliest high school shooting in U.S. history. Viewpoints speaks with high school teacher Jeff Foster who was there that day and is still an active voice in ending gun violence.

topics covered: Children and Parenting, Commentary and Criticism, Criminal Justice and Courts, Education, Gun Control, Law/Policy and Enforcement, Protest, Psychology and Psychiatry, Regulation, School Shootings, Sociology
ListenSurviving Parkland: The Perspective of One Teacher

Back To School 2020: Learning Through Tech

>> September 20, 2020

Navigating back to school this year has been challenging to say the least. With switching policies and protocols, everyone is just trying to get through the fall one day at a time. Viewpoints speaks with two education experts about the biggest barriers to learning and what online education technology can really offer students.

topics covered: COVID-19 Pandemic, Education, Health and Medicine, Public Health and Policy, Public Safety, Science and Technology, Social Media and Internet, Technology
ListenBack To School 2020: Learning Through Tech

The Murder of George Floyd: A Deepening Public Health Crisis

>> June 14, 2020

How can a simple police call lead to the killing of an unarmed and unresisting man? For weeks, protests and outrage have spread across the U.S. and internationally as the killing of Floyd brings racial inequality and police brutality into focus once again. Even in the midst of a pandemic, people are showing up to say they’re fed up with the lack of equal …

topics covered: African American Culture, American Culture and History, Commentary and Criticism, COVID-19 Pandemic, Criminal Justice and Courts, Economics and Finance, Law/Policy and Enforcement, Police Misconduct, Police Reform, Poverty and Wealth Inequality, Protest, Public Health and Policy, Public Safety, Race and Identity, Racism and Discrimination
ListenThe Murder of George Floyd: A Deepening Public Health Crisis

The Dire State of Affordable Housing in America

>> April 26, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the housing crisis as many millions of Americans can no longer afford to pay rent or their monthly mortgage. Viewpoints speaks with two housing experts about why so many people struggle to find affordable housing in the U.S. and one possible solution to the problem.

topics covered: COVID-19 Pandemic, Economics and Finance, Housing and Homelessness, Personal Finance, Poverty and Wealth Inequality, Public Safety
ListenThe Dire State of Affordable Housing in America

Deploying School Meals to Those Who Need Them Most Right Now

>> April 12, 2020

On a typical day, the National School Lunch Program serves 20.2 million free lunches to students in need, according to the USDA. With sweeping school closures across the U.S. in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of students are going hungry. Viewpoints discusses the new reality foodservice workers face and the balance between staying safe and …

topics covered: Children and Parenting, COVID-19 Pandemic, Education, Emergency Response and Planning, Food and Nutrition, Government and Politics, Poverty and Wealth Inequality
ListenDeploying School Meals to Those Who Need Them Most Right Now

The Implications of a Shifting Climate

>> December 15, 2019

Extreme forest fires in California; increased flooding throughout the Midwest; rising sea levels threatening much of the coastal United States. Viewpoints speaks with author Avanti Centrae and ecologist Alejandro Frid about some of these extreme weather patterns and how people across the world are changing the way they live in order to adapt to this new …

topics covered: Earth and Environmental Science and Climate Change, Floods, Government and Politics, Natural Disasters, Public Safety, Wildfire and Forest Fire
ListenThe Implications of a Shifting Climate

One Woman’s Account of Sexual Assault in the U.S. Army

>> September 15, 2019

Ryan Leigh Dostie, author of Formation: A Woman’s Memoir of Stepping Out of Line, enlisted in the Army after graduating from high school and was deployed to Iraq shortly after finishing her training. In 2002, while abroad, she was raped while sleeping in her Army barracks. What followed was a series of victim-blaming tactics and unfair bias directed towards …

topics covered: Gender, Law/Policy and Enforcement, Mental Health, Military and War, Sexual Assault, Trauma and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Women's History and Rights
ListenOne Woman’s Account of Sexual Assault in the U.S. Army

The California Norco Shootout

>> August 4, 2019

We cover the Norco shootout of 1980 – an extravagant bank robbery by five heavily armed criminals ending in multiple lives lost, several wounded and a police helicopter shot down from the sky. We speak with author, Peter Houlahan about that fateful day and how it forever changed police response to organized crime.

topics covered: Aging and Death, American Culture and History, Banking, Criminal Justice and Courts, History, Law/Policy and Enforcement, Media and Entertainment, Mental Health, Science and Technology, Violence and Abuse
ListenThe California Norco Shootout

Inside Look: Domestic Violence

>> June 19, 2019

Amirah Zaveri asks Rachel Louise Snyder, journalist and author of the new book No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us about the portrayal of domestic violence in the media and how women are rallying around this issue.

topics covered: Domestic Violence, Family and Interpersonal Relationships, Psychology and Psychiatry, Violence and Abuse
ListenInside Look: Domestic Violence

Uncovering the Underbelly of Domestic Violence

>> June 16, 2019

In the U.S., one in four women are victims of domestic violence. Between 2014 and 2017, the number of victims killed by their partners rose by 20 percent. Two survivors share their firsthand stories and struggles. We also speak with author, Rachel Louise Snyder, about why domestic violence persists and what can be done.

topics covered: Children and Parenting, Domestic Violence, Family and Interpersonal Relationships, Health and Medicine, Philanthropy and Nonprofit Organizations, Psychology and Psychiatry, Violence and Abuse
ListenUncovering the Underbelly of Domestic Violence

The Storm on Our Shores: A Story of War, Loss & Forgiveness

>> June 2, 2019

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist Mark Obmascik shares the incredible story of two men fighting for opposing sides and tangled in the complexities of World War II in his book The Storm on Our Shores: One Island, Two Soldiers, and the Forgotten Battle of World War II.

topics covered: Aging and Death, American Culture and History, Communication, Economics and Finance, Government and Politics, Health and Medicine, History, Literature and Writing, Media and Entertainment, Military and War, News and Journalism, Pearl Harbor, Poverty and Wealth Inequality, Pulitzer Prize, U.S. Military, Violence and Abuse, World War I and World War II, World War II
ListenThe Storm on Our Shores: A Story of War, Loss & Forgiveness

Teaching Youth About Consent and Abuse

>> April 28, 2019

In the 20 years since writing the young adult novel Speak, based on her own rape, author Laurie Halse Anderson has met with numerous audiences of adolescents. She has found a huge gap in the ways girls and boys perceive what constitutes sexual consent, abuse, and the consequences of assault.

topics covered: Children and Parenting, Commentary and Criticism, Education, Gender, Law/Policy and Enforcement, Sexual Assault, Sociology
ListenTeaching Youth About Consent and Abuse

Life in the Shadow of the Columbine High School Shooting (2019)

>> March 24, 2019

On April 20, 1999, Sue Klebold’s son and his friend went into Columbine High School and committed one of the largest mass shootings in US history. Over the last 18 years, Klebold has been forced to cope with this horrible tragedy while managing anxiety attacks and being blamed by so many. Klebold talks about her story and the mental health messages she wants …

topics covered: American Culture and History, Children and Parenting, Education, Government and Politics, Gun Control, History, Law/Policy and Enforcement, Mental Health, Public Safety, Regulation, School Shootings
ListenLife in the Shadow of the Columbine High School Shooting (2019)

Shame and Bullying

>> November 25, 2018

In the social media era, the techniques bullies use are getting more public and crueler. We look at bullying, the shame it can cause, and how it can stick with us for life.

topics covered: Children and Parenting, Education, Mental Health, Public Health and Policy, Public Safety, Social Media and Internet, Societal Issues
ListenShame and Bullying

Domestic Violence: How It Happens and How to Stop It (2018)

>> June 24, 2018

Domestic abuse is something many women and men will experience in their lives. We talk to two psychologists familiar with the subject about what victims can do to remove themselves from the abuse and how being a witness to or a victim of abuse affects the intimate relationship, children, and the family dynamic.

topics covered: Domestic Violence, Family and Interpersonal Relationships, Mental Health, Psychology and Psychiatry, Sociology, Violence and Abuse
ListenDomestic Violence: How It Happens and How to Stop It (2018)

Men’s Place in the #MeToo Movement

>> May 13, 2018

The #MeToo movement has been getting headlines for months now. The movement was started by women, but what men still have a role to serve in the fight for equality and in the elimination of sexism and misogyny.

topics covered: Civil Rights and Activism, Gender, Holidays and Traditions, Media and Entertainment, Pop Culture, Racism and Discrimination, Sexual Assault, Social Media and Internet, Women's Issues
ListenMen’s Place in the #MeToo Movement
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