Half the Answer
Half the Answer
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Caitlin M. Green and Trent R. Nelson interview experts who weigh in on current debates. In the process they seek not only to uncover answers to the questions of the day, but to explore why they are being asked in the first place. To understand the questions we ask, they believe, is half the answer.
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The podcast focuses on themes such as misinformation, media interpretation, and critical questioning, with episodes exploring topics like campus misinformation and the impact of sensationalism in op-eds. For instance, a featured episode with Dr. Bradford Vivian addresses how certain narratives distort perceptions of academic institutions, while other episodes dissect the implications of DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) initiatives.
Caitlin M. Green and Trent R. Nelson interview experts who weigh in on current debates. In the process they seek not only to uncover answers to the questions of the day, but to explore why they are being asked in the first place. To understand the questions we ask, they believe, is half the answer.
Trent and Caitlin talk to…each other??? Caitlin presents the reasoning behind her recent Liberal Currents essay on the rhetorical strategies used by pundits and politicians when they don’t want to appear unsympathetic to trans people but won’t commit to supporting the full range of human and civil rights for this group. They discuss other current political issues and whether they have any of these rhetorical strategies in common.
Resources:
Caitlin’s essay: https://liberalcurrents.com/showing-their-buts-the-false-compassion-of-the-concerned/
The Rhetoric of Reaction: https://hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674768680
Creating Scientific Controversies: https://cambridge.org/core/books/creating-scientific-controversies/6A9153090CC4274FEF0D7DF7C7F10B9D
Manufactured scientific controversies: https://jstor.org/stable/41940538
Chait’s article: https://theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/11/transgender-rights-election-public-opinon/680813/
Young’s article: https://persuasion.community/p/how-to-navigate-transgender-issues
Yglesias’s post: https://slowboring.com/p/men-and-women-are-different
Newsom/Kirk interview: https://youtu.be/9XJ6rQDRKGA?si=TOonDH1H5XqvvbnL
Newsom/Savage interview: https://youtube.com/watch?v=GACk33zWQtQ
Welfare use by immigrants: https://cis.org/Report/Welfare-Use-Immigrants-and-USBorn
Economics of immigration: https://udallcenter.arizona.edu/immigration/publications/impactofimmigrants08.pdf
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