Viewpoints Radio
Award-winning reporting on current issues featuring America's leading experts.
Violinist and educator Brendan Slocumb and activist Afa Dworkin discuss what's holding the industry back and how improved early access music programs in public schools are vital to creating opportunity for historically excluded populations.
We cover how exactly a private equity firm works and the hidden drivers behind these corporate takeovers.
We uncover how old-school waitresses at these are key to communities and what it’s like being in this industry for 40, 50 or 60+ years.
experts Tom Parsons and Pietro Teatini break down what’s causing the ground to drop, why it’s happening faster in some places than others, and what can be done to slow or manage the damage before it’s too late.
As individual rights and economic prosperity continue to erode, many Afghans are living in a homeland that no longer feels like home.
Kelly Ramsey shares her candid experience with us of what it’s like to fight fire in a system that’s breaking under its own weight.
We uncover the deeper implications of transportation policy in the mid 1900’s and how cities today are trying to get back to these once-connected and diverse communities.
We uncover how the holiday came to be and its significance today.
Former prisoner Chanell Burnette and researcher Brian Nam-Sonenstein reveal how cost-cutting, secrecy, and for-profit contractors are putting lives at risk inside U.S. prisons.
We dive into the challenges this population faces when reentering society, and how a new wave of “second chance” hiring is creating meaningful change in the workforce.
We offer our review of the blockbuster movie and its depiction of the real-life conclave held in Vatican City.
As competition rises and consumer habits shift, what’s at stake for patients who rely on these physical locations?
Grandmaster Susan Polgar’s rose through ridicule to become the first woman to earn the Grandmaster title on equal terms. Now, she’s passing the torch to a new wave of champions.
From handwritten ballots to color-coded smoke, the conclave operates under centuries of storied tradition.
Is an apology enough to make up for America's violent past?
We discuss why organized religion just keeps losing followers. Where are they going?
How are young women and girls watching these videos affected by these portrayals?
We cover the lacking social service framework for fathers and families and the improvements that need to be made to better support Americans.
The next U.S. Census nationwide poll will include new subdivisions of race. We explain the reason for the shift and the new categories.
We speak with Rich Cohen, a longtime hockey dad, about the modern pressures of competitive sports and why some parents seem to end up caring more winning than their own kid.
Historian Richard Cahan joins us this week to share a few of the firsthand stories of former slaves living in the South during the 1800’s and in America’s post-Civil War era.
We speak with Harvard researcher, Paola Cecchi Dimeglio, about the ways in which workers routinely face bias and how companies are redirecting their efforts in hiring and beyond.
We cover this medieval practice and how women in Afghanistan are being specifically targeted by the Taliban.
Author and journalist Doug Swanson joins Viewpoints this week to share the full narrative of the famed Texas Rangers.
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