Focus
Interviews on global affairs and daily life
Monday thru Friday, 10 am to noon on WILL-AM 580
Interview Archives: Gender issues
Tuesday April 24, 2012, 10:06 AM
White Bread: A Social History of the Store-Bought Loaf
Aaron Bobrow-Strain, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Politics, Whitman College
Host: David Inge
Over the past century commercially baked white bread has been considered the height of modern progress and a symbol of America’s decline. How is it that one food could inspire so much love and so much disdain. On Focus we’ll explore the social history of white bread with Aaron Bobrow Strain. He teaches the politics of the global food system at Whitman College. He says that industrial white bread has played an incredibly important and largely unnoticed role in American politics, diet, culture and food reform movements.
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Categories: Cultural Studies • Gender issues • History • Immigration • Race/Ethnicity
Wednesday June 29, 2011, 11:06 AM
Dukes v. Walmart: A Discussion of the Supreme Court Decision
Lesley Wexler, J.D., Professor of Law, College of Law, University of Illinois
Michael H. LeRoy, J.D., Professor of Labor and Industrial Relations and Law, School of Labor & Employment Relations, and College of Law, University of Illinois
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Gender issues • Labor/worker issues • Law
Friday June 24, 2011, 10:06 AM
Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men
Mara Hvistendahl, Beijing-Based Correspondent for Science
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Gender issues • Asia • China • India
Monday May 02, 2011, 10:06 AM
"Latino Immigrant Lives: Reflections for Reform"
Cecilia Menjivar, Ph.D., the Cowden Distinguished Professor, Shool of Social and Family Dynamics Program, Arizona State University
Host: David Inge
Daniel S. Sanders Peace and Social Justice Lecture
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Categories: Gender issues • Race/Ethnicity • Latino/Latina affairs
Friday April 01, 2011, 10:06 AM
The Girls Come Marching Home: Stories of Women Warriors Returning from the War in Iraq
Kirsten Holmstedt, Award-Winning Journalist
C. J. Robinson, Retired Master Sergeant, 185th Support Batalion, Iowa National Guard
Host: David Inge
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Bonus video: C. J. Robinson shares her thoughts on public perception about women in the military.
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Categories: Gender issues • Military • Veterans • War
Wednesday March 02, 2011, 11:06 AM
Never Say Die: Myth and Marketing of the New Old Age
Susan Jacoby, Journalist and Writer
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Aging/Seniors • Behavior • Family • Gender issues • Health • Health Care Policy • Public Policy • Science
Tuesday January 11, 2011, 11:06 AM
At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance--a New History of the Cvil Rights to the Rise of Black Power
Danielle L. McGuire, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History, Department of History, Wayne State University
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Civil Rights • Gender issues • History • United States history • Race/Ethnicity • African-American • Violence
Tuesday December 07, 2010, 11:06 AM
Jane Addams: Spirit in Action
Louise W. Knight, Independent Scholar
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Biography • Community • Gender issues • History • United States history • United States • Illinois • Chicago
Wednesday June 16, 2010, 11:06 AM
Influence: How Women's Soaring Economic Power Will Transform Our World for the Better
Maddy Dychtwald, Demographer, Marketing Executive, Entrepreneur, and Co-Founder of Age Wave
Host: Celeste Quinn
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Categories: Business and Economy • Gender issues
Thursday March 18, 2010, 10:06 AM
Wrong Place, Wrong Time: Trauma and Violence in the Lives of Young Black Men
John A. Rich, M.D., M.P.H., Chair of and a Professor, Department of Health Management and Policy, Drexel University School of Public Health; Director of the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Community • Crime • Family • Gender issues • Health • Public Health • Race/Ethnicity • African-American • Violence
