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.
As individual rights and economic prosperity continue to erode, many Afghans are living in a homeland that no longer feels like home.
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.
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.
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?
The next U.S. Census nationwide poll will include new subdivisions of race. We explain the reason for the shift and the new categories.
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.
It’s no surprise that women’s sports have long trailed behind men’s in pay, marketing dollars and the amount of attention it receives. We cover why this is and how athletes and advocates are pushing for greater equity across college and pro sports.
We discuss why organized religion just keeps losing followers.
New research published earlier this month in the “Journal of the American College of Cardiology” uncovers evidence that women may benefit much more from this type of exercise.
We speak with two experts about the cultural relevance of soul music today and how current artists and organizations are carrying on the legacy of this music.
We cover the story of Bessie Coleman and the countless barriers she faced as an African American woman in the early 1900’s set on making a name for herself in performance stunt flying.
We highlight the decades-long political fight to pass state and federal legislation that officially made the third Monday of January Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
We cover the controversy by highlighting two differing perspectives on the debate.
We discuss the current inequities and the failure to maintain a model that helps populations who’ve been disproportionately affected by the war on cannabis get a seat at the table.
Historian Gerry Canavan discusses the obstacles Butler faced and her legacy on one of the most popular genres in American literature.
We cover the story of Coleman and the many barriers she faced as an African American woman in the early 1900’s determined to make a name for herself as a pioneer in performance stunt flying.
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