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Perspective 2020

Perspective 2020

Written by: Kara Credle
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 Perspective 2020 is about self-awareness, honesty, genuine dialogue, and - as the name suggests - perspective. The coronavirus pandemic makes it clearer than ever that we let the differences between us overwhelm our ability to be decent, understanding, compassionate human beings. And it's time for that to change. Host Kara Credle talks with people from different backgrounds, working different jobs, perceiving the world in unique, personal ways. Listeners are challenged and encouraged to seek out in particular the perspectives that are most unfamiliar to them. Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Interpreting A Data-Driven World

    Interpreting A Data-Driven World
    Feb 15 2021

    In this episode, bioinformatics PhD candidate Brooke Wolford describes the role played by data in scientific research and in the broader world of the pandemic.

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    37 mins
  • Pandemic-Induced Family Conflict

    Pandemic-Induced Family Conflict
    Jan 18 2021

    My guest this week is an author from Ohio who knows firsthand how difficult it can be communicating and compromising with siblings and parents who see the risks of the pandemic in different ways. Ultimately, during our conversation my guest says what's on all of our minds: "I am scared of people I love dying."
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    26 mins
  • Delivering the News in a Pandemic: A Journalist's Perspective

    Delivering the News in a Pandemic: A Journalist's Perspective
    Jan 11 2021

    Health reporter Hannah Smoot shares a little bit of what life is like as a journalist with local Charlotte, North Carolina newspaper, the Charlotte Observer. Hannah's perspective comes from her years as a journalist covering a variety of beats, particularly the last ten months knees deep in covering the pandemic.
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    22 mins
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