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Talk Radio: A Political, Cultural and Social Force
In an era of 24-hour hyper partisan cable television and a deluge of podcasts all over the ideological map, talk radio shows have become few and far between, especially on public radio. Despite fewer listeners tuning in…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/talk-radio-political-cultural-and-social-forcePost Roe: Practicing Medicine Under Abortion Bans
Lori Freedman, associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology & reproductive sciences, is a sociologist and bioethicist at the UCSF who investigates the ways in which reproductive health care is shaped by our social stru…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/post-roe-practicing-medicine-under-abortion-bansPutting the “Science” into Data Science
When people talk about skills that are important for data science, the focus tends to be primarily on technical skills, like statistics and computer programming. Often overlooked is the importance of the scientific mind…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/putting-science-data-scienceNuclear Folly: Revisiting the Cuban Missile Crisis 60 Years after the Event
In October 1962, the world came the closest it’s ever come to nuclear Armageddon. The discovery of Soviet missiles being installed in Cuba triggered the most dangerous encounter of the Cold War rivalry between the Unite…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/nuclear-folly-revisiting-cuban-missile-crisis-60-years-after-eventCan Banks Earn the Trust of the Diverse Majority?
The majority of Americans are paid hourly wages and live paycheck to paycheck. Yet, argues Alex Ehrlich, CEO of startup financial services company Percapita Group, banks are built to thrive when they serve the minority…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/can-banks-earn-trust-diverse-majorityFree at Last? Race, Sports, and the Evolution of Black Athletes
Jesse Washington, journalist and documentary filmmaker for ESPN’s Andscape and co-author of the John Thompson autobiography I CAME AS A SHADOW, will examine the ongoing emancipation of Black players in college and pro s…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/free-last-race-sports-and-evolution-black-athletesWeak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin's Russia
Conventional wisdom treats Russian politics as either an extension of Vladimir Putin's worldview or Russia's unique history, but in Weak Strongman, Timothy Frye, the Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/weak-strongman-limits-power-putins-russiaRace and the Political Economy of Criminal Justice Predation
Joe Soss, the inaugural Cowles Chair for the Study of Public Service at the University of Minnesota, with faculty positions in the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, the departments of political science and of…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/race-and-political-economy-criminal-justice-predationThe Republican Civil War: What Liz Cheney’s Wyoming Tells us about the Past, Present, and Future of the American Right
Although MAGA conservatives endlessly faulted Liz Cheney for fighting Donald Trump instead of “woke” identity politics on the left, her primary defeat had everything to do with the triumph of an identity politics that i…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/republican-civil-war-what-liz-cheneys-wyoming-tells-us-about-past-present-and-futureLittle Music: Reading and Reflections
Author of two poetry collections, Far District and House of Lords and Commons, Ishion Hutchinson, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry, will read from his works. Mr. Hutchinson’s Athenaeum present…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/little-music-reading-and-reflections