Viewpoints Radio
Sit down with Viewpoints each week as we report on social issues, the environment, history, food – you name it. What’s it like to give birth in prison? Could the plague resurface with climate change? How has politics been permanently reshaped by the Trump era? Candid stories on topics you should know, plus Culture Crash – a three-minute recap on a timely topic in media to keep you up-to-date on all things music, TV and film. Hosted by Marty Peterson, Gary Price, Ebony McMorris, Evan Rook and produced by Amirah Zaveri. New shows posted each Sunday by 5 a.m. EST. Subscribe and listen, and find out more info at viewpointsradio.org. Also, follow us on X & Instagram @ViewpointsRadio.
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Culture Crash: Spoilers in Trailers
Movie trailers are more hyped than ever and fans pour over every screenshot and detail included in them but what happens when some of the trailer turns out to be a spoiler?
2 min
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Practicing Kindness
Everyday, the news seems to present us with more and more bad news which can be discouraging, and often affect our outlook on the world. But, these daily occurrences do not have to influence us as much as they do. Tara Cousineau, clinical psychologist...
8 min
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A Spy in the Civil Rights Movement
Author Marc Perrusquia joins the show to tell the story of Ernest Withers, a Civil Rights photographer and a spy for the FBI, and helps us parse through what it all means.
10 min
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Culture Crash: Hype for The Crimes of Grindelwa...
A new installment to JK Rowling’s Wizarding World is coming in November. We look into the film’s teaser trailer and what to expect of our Jude Law’s take on Professor Dumbledore.
2 min
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The Benefits of Music Education
9 min
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Racism in 2018
We talk to experts on sociology and racism about what racism looks like in our modern world and what can be done to help make the world more tolerant and less racially biased.
9 min
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Culture Crash: Adapting a Book into a Movie: An...
The new sci-fi adventure movie, Annihilation, is based on a book but the adaptation is looser than what we typically expect.
2 min
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Studying School Shootings and Gun Violence
The recent shooting in Parkland, Florida has ignited a public debate over gun reform, but what are the real facts about gun violence in America? And, who is actually researching the phenomenon? Researcher Adam Pah says one thing missing from the gun...
9 min
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Spring 2018’s Biggest Books
9 min
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Culture Crash: Hulu’s Big Push
For years, Netflix has been the top choice for TV streaming enthusiasts. But Hulu has slowly become a well-rounded service with original titles and a backlog of TV classics.
2 min
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The Spanish Flu of 1918
Author Susan Meissner discusses with us the Spanish Flu of 1918, how it interacted with World War I, the immense cost of the sickness, and how her novel explores the illness.
9 min
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Education For Students With Autism
9 min
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Culture Crash: Oscar Sunday
We run through five of the biggest Academy Award contenders of the year and where you can watch them after the ceremony.
3 min
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Empowering Students To Be Leaders
Experts talk about how schools are teaching young adults to think critically at a time when when students are taking an active role in political conversations.
9 min
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The Value of Grit (2018)
While there are a number of factors that can affect the success that an individual will have in the pursuit of a goal, grit is one with high value. Angela Duckworth, Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, Scientific Director of the...
8 min
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Culture Crash: A Father and Son Duo’s New Creep...
Authors Richard and Billy Chizmar aren’t just partners, they’re family. Their new horror novella, Widow’s Point, tells the story of a haunted lighthouse. Despite its scary plot, the father and son say writing it was a blast.
2 min
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Processing Unimaginable Grief (2018)
While grief is an innate part of human life and something everybody experiences, the way in which people manage this grief is different. Some people choose to sulk, others choose to listen to music. But, Tom Malmquist, author of In Every Moment We Are...
9 min
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A debilitating a...
Like other mental illnesses, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is highly misunderstood within the culture. Many people believe that the disorder is just behaviors, such as persistent organization, washing one’s hands all the time, or checking the...
9 min
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Culture Crash: The New Era of Science Fiction
There was a time when science fiction stories had to be a part of some established arc or it wouldn’t get made. Now the stand-alone sci-fi is thriving once again.
2 min
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The Power of the Written Word
With technology constantly changing, new ways of documenting stories are being used to allow people access to reading them. These new inventions have led many people to wonder just how storytelling happened in the past, and what changes have allowed...
9 min
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The Graduate, 50 Years Later
8 min
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Culture Crash: YouTube’s Logan Paul Problem
YouTube stars rack up huge followings and a lot of cash. But YouTube’s hottest star is in a lot of hot water over one of his videos. How should the internet regulate itself?
2 min
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Norwich, Vermont's Olympic Formula
9 min
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Making Philosophy Relatable Through Humor
Authors Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein use humor to explain philosophical beliefs from deep thinkers, like Immanuel Kant and John Locke.
8 min
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Culture Crash: TV Theme Songs
TV theme songs: they’re the soundtrack to our childhoods. But have you ever stopped to think about their evolution or how many of them you’ve grown fond of?
2 min