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Episode 57: Is This the Start of World War 3?

February 25, 2022 Webmaster 4

The news started coming in overnight Wednesday: after weeks of military buildup on the Ukrainian border, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared war on the former […]

Episode 56: Deflated: Are Big-Time Sports Losing Gen Z?

February 16, 2022 Webmaster 0

Major-league sports and premier events like the Olympics have long been an American obsession, but so far, Gen Z seems to be sitting out—unless, say, […]

Episode 55: Ask a Black Historian

January 28, 2022 Webmaster 0

It’s February, and you know what that means—bring on the Dr. King coloring sheets! But how did Black History Month even become a thing? Is […]

Episode 53: Our Student Voices Competition Is Back!

December 16, 2021 Webmaster 0

We’ve just launched Democracy & Me’s 2022 Student Voices Competition, an opportunity for young people from across the WVXU listening area and beyond to speak […]

The 2022 Democracy & Me Student Voices Competition

December 10, 2021 Webmaster 0

The Democracy & Me Student Voices Competition invites young people to express their thoughts on the role of media in our democracy—in writing, audio, video, […]

Episode 52: Thankful for Each Other

November 24, 2021 Webmaster 0

Yeah, it’s a complicated holiday—part of a mythical American origin story masking ugly truths about who’s really had a place at our nation’s table over […]

Episode 51: How Colorism Hurts

November 11, 2021 Webmaster 0

Straight-up racism is bad enough—but for many of us, colorism cuts even deeper. Maybe we were born with skin tones darker or lighter than those […]

Episode 50: Especially In an Off-Year, All Politics Is Local

October 28, 2021 Webmaster 0

The cheesy mom-and-pop billboards, the endlessly unreadable ballot measures, the ridiculous number of candidates (34? 37?) scrumming for nine Cincinnati City Council seats… You really […]

Episode 49: Spooky Season Special

October 26, 2021 Webmaster 0

News flash: We love Halloween. For kids who’ve often felt out-of-step with mainstream American culture, maybe not 100 percent comfortable in our own skins, the […]

Episode 48: Social Media: Is It Really That Bad?

October 14, 2021 Webmaster 1

With Facebook, Instagram, and other social media platforms facing new scrutiny on Capitol Hill, we thought it was time to ask ourselves, the real experts, […]

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