Viewpoints Radio
Award-winning reporting on current issues featuring America's leading experts.
The recent shooting in Parkland, Florida has ignited a public debate over gun reform, but what are the real facts about gun violence in America? And, who is actually researching the phenomenon? Researcher Adam Pah says one thing missing from the gun reform debates are the essential data points that should be informing future policy decisions.
The right to an education is guaranteed to all students by federal law. But experts and parents are now wondering if we’re doing enough to help students with autism.
Scholar Martin Puchner takes us through the history of writing stories down, and how those written accounts have become so important to our understanding of the world.
Author Christina Crook discusses her 31-day vacation from the internet to reconnect with her physical life.
Black Mirror is like The Twilight Zone for the digital age. We discuss the show, its technologies, and how the unsettling drama has found a foothold exploring the future of our world.
We talk to two experts about the need for average citizens to be the eyes and ears of big data collecting projects.
We talk to two leading experts about the software and hardware helping police and lawyers find the right criminals and get them convicted.
Sleep is the single biggest thing we can do to help our physical and mental health both in the short-term and long-term.
As we get older, we all will suffer from some memory loss. The question becomes what memory loss is a normal byproduct of getting older and when is it a sign of a larger problem
We explore the importance of high-quality pre-k schooling, and tips for parents on how to spot a good program from a bad one.
Reshma Saujani began an organization dedicated to teaching girls to code, and hopes to empower a new future of innovation.
We look back at the man, and the business deals, that made Polaroid and instant photography possible.
Gil Rosenthal, a Texas A&M biology instructor and author, says we can learn a lot about ourselves by looking to other species in the natural world
Most of us rely on our debit cards, finding it easier to not use cash for transactions, however, the United States Treasury still printed up to 80 billion dollars of paper money last year. Where is all this money going? What is it being used for?
We discuss the mission that effectively ended the space race and set an important precedent that may have saved the lives of the astronauts on board Apollo 13.
We talk to data analyst and author Seth Stephens-Davidowitz about some of the conclusions this big data can help us reach.
Science historian and author Tom Jackson talks about a few of the highlights throughout the long history of physics and astronomy.
Science enables us to know much more than ever before. We can be aware of what disorders we could pass on to our kids and we can conduct screenings on children to discover irregularities in their genes. Such screenings can help doctors catch issues early but they can also put a huge burden on families.
We talk to the parent and the doctor of a transgender child to discover what science says about gender transitions and how one family navigated the issues associated with having a child you suddenly don’t fully understand.
Our guest, Christina Cook, took a 31-day vacation from the Internet and learned how online life needs to be balanced with face-to-face communications and relaxation.
With new gadgets and programs being invented every day, the technologies used in solving crimes are changing constantly.
We talk to a journalist who has tried to erase her digital footprint, and an attorney who deals with online privacy about protecting your person information online.
We talk to two experts who say children take to science readily if it’s presented in the right way by tapping into the “ick factor” that seems to fascinate them.
Too much screen time can be a detriment to face-to-face communication and decreases our ability to recognize emotions, and possibly even shorten our lives.
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