Story in the Public Square

Dec 09 2024 100 ep. 28 mins 154
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Story in the Public Square is a weekly, 30-minute series that brings audiences to the intersection of storytelling and public affairs. Hosted by Jim Ludes and G. Wayne Miller, Story in the Public Square offers a spirited but respectful dialogue. Often funny, always provocative, each episode of Story in the Public Square
moves beyond traditional public affairs programming to consider the impact of narrative and storytelling on public life today.

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Ronald C. White Reflects on the Life and Legacy of Joshua Chamberlain

Dec 09 2024 27 mins  
America’s wars have produced a legion of heroes. But historian Ronald C. White focuses us on the story of Maine’s Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, a Civil War lion whose service in war and in peace still resonates today. White is the author of two New York Times bestselling biographies, “A. Lincoln: A Biography,” and “American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant,” which won

Perspectives on Advocacy, Empathy, and Storytelling in Public Media with Tiziana Dearing

Dec 05 2024 27 mins  
Survey after survey shows that local media is the most trusted media in the United States today. Tiziana Dearing transformed a successful career in advocacy, philanthropy, and the academy into the morning voice of news and information in one of America’s great cities. Dearing is the host of WBUR’s “Morning Edition.” Prior to helping listeners start the morning with news

Greg Eghigian on Unraveling the History of the UFO Phenomenon

Nov 27 2024 28 mins  
Across human history, we have looked to the heavens and seen things that didn’t make sense. Greg Eghigian chronicles how those human experiences were translated by believers, skeptics, investigators and hoaxers in the aftermath of the Second World War into the UFO phenomenon we still talk about today. Eghigian is a historian of the human sciences and medicine as well as modern E

Understanding Humanity Through the Healing Power of Pets and Unconditional Love with Carol Mithers

Nov 27 2024 27 mins  
When many of us think about animal rescue, we think about abandoned pets looking for a new home. But Carol Mithers chronicles the work of one woman in Los Angeles who challenges us all to understand that animal and human suffering are connected. Mithers is writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, L.A. Weekly, Smithsonian, O, the Opra

Luke Lorentzen Explores the Journey of a Hospital Chaplin in His Documentary “A Still Small Voice”

Nov 27 2024 28 mins  
Shakespeare called death “the undiscovered country.” Luke Lorentzen documents the work of spiritual guides, also known as hospital chaplains, as they help patients navigate this country and the next. Lorentzen is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and a lecturer in Stanford University’s Department of Art and Art History. His latest film, “A Still Small Voice,” f

Joanna Weiss on the Intersection of Celebrity Culture and Political Engagement

Nov 27 2024 28 mins  
The most 2024 story would have to involve the Olympics, presidential politics, and Taylor Swift. Joanna Weiss unpacks the recent convergence of those cultural phenomena and what they portend for American politics. Weiss a Boston-based writer and editor. She is executive director of the AI Literacy Lab at Northeastern University, a project to connect journalists and technologists.

Combatting the Evolving Forms of Disinformation in our World Today with Darren Linvill

Nov 27 2024 28 mins  
Since 2016, the presence of foreign disinformation in American politics—and especially on our social media platforms—has been well documented. But Darren Linvill says different state-actors—like Russia and China—behave differently online, depending on their goals. Darren Linvill is a professor of communication whose research explores social media disinformation and its infl

Perspectives on Advocacy, Empathy, and Storytelling in Public Media with Tiziana Dearing

Dec 02 2024 27 mins  
Survey after survey shows that local media is the most trusted media in the United States today. Tiziana Dearing transformed a successful career in advocacy, philanthropy, and the academy into the morning voice of news and information in one of America’s great cities. Dearing is the host of WBUR’s “Morning Edition.” Prior to helping listeners start the morning with news

Domestic Violence: Healing and Prevention with Ashley Bendiksen

Oct 21 2024 28 mins  
The data tells us that every minute of every day, 20 people are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States. Ashley Bendiksen has turned her personal experience with domestic abuse into a calling to prevent domestic violence and help victims. Bendiksen is an author, domestic abuse survivor, speaker, and an award-winning activist. She also graduated from Salve Reg

Steven Brill on Disinformation in the Modern Era and its Consequences

Oct 14 2024 28 mins  
Lies and disinformation are as old as humanity itself. But Steven Brill argues that the witches brew of 30-year-old legislative consequences; mixed with technological innovation; and bad actors threaten the lives of democratic institutions and truth itself. Brill is an award-winning journalist, author, and the founder of Court TV, The American Lawyer Magazine, American Lawyer Med