Slippery Histories, Memory, and Apologies in Asia and the United States

Alexis Dudden tells us stories we haven't heard from histories we thought we knew. An Associate Professor of History and Director of Humanitarian Studies at the University of Connecticut, Dudden's recently published Troubled Apologies among Japan, Korea, and the United States, investigates when and why politicians apologize for government transgressions, and what affect that has for the victims of that misconduct. Was Hiroshima really necessary? Should a nation have to take responsibility for the actions of its former governments? What does Japan's former occupation of Korea teach us about our own presence in Afghanistan and Iraq? Better have a listen. . . .

Broadcast on 5/8/09.

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The Low Down on Swine Flu and the Origins of Alternative Medicine

Swine Flu! Mexico City is shut down, every last pig in Egypt is to be slaughtered -- some say arbitrarily -- and Catholic Churches in Chicago and Florida have suspended the sharing of communion wine and The World Health Organization has boosted Pandemic Alert level to the second highest level, Phase 5.

Merrill Singer, Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Health, Intervention and Prevention and at the Center for Health Communication and Marketing at the University of Connecticut relates his ground breaking theory of ecosyndemics--the exacerbating, or synergistic relationship between diseases and environments--to explain the swine flu epidemic.

Broadcast on 5/1/09.

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Medical Anthropologist and author of Ethnomedicine discusses her book and the role of alternative medicine in contemporary Western medicine.

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Food, Health and Happiness: Real Slow Food at the University of Connecticut

Student leaders of the Real Slow Food movement at the University of Connecticut discuss what we eat, why we eat it, and why they're working hard to change the way they and their classmates think about food.
Broadcast on 4/17/09.

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Time Traveler, Physicist, and Storyteller: a Conversation with Dr. Ronald Mallett

Ronald Mallett was 10 years old when his father died unexpectedly of a heart attack. Devastated by the loss, he set out to build a time machine; Ron was determined to travel back in time to see his father again.

Now, more than 50 years later, Ronald Mallett is a tenured professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Connecticut. He has presented his theory of time travel around the world and his time machine, known as the STL or Space-time Twisting by Light project, is in progress in a laboratory in Connecticut.

Dr. Mallet published his memoir, Time Traveler, in 2006, and has been featured in numerous television, radio, and print media including the BBC, Chicago Public Radio’s This American Life, Rolling Stone, and The Wall Street Journal. Spike Lee is currently co-writing and will be directing a feature film based on his memoir.

Hear Dr. Mallett explain the physics and the journey behind his life's work.

Broadcast on 4/3/09.

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What do you get when you use feminist values to conquer climate change and end the exploitation of the Third World?

Transnational Ecofeminism, perhaps?

Listen in on a conversation with two University of Connecticut Sociologists. Dr. Phoebe Godfrey is a professor and performance artist whose work and art addresses issues concerning race, gender, and class. Dr. Manisha Desai specializes in Transnational Feminism, Globalization, Human Rights, and South Asian American Issues. She is also the Director of the Women's Studies program at the University of Connecticut. Both participated in the University of Connecticut Women's Studies Conference, Ecofeminism in a Transnational World, which took place the weekend following this broadcast.

Broadcast on 3/20/09.

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College Freshmen Found Investment Company and Publish Guide to Stock Market

University of Connecticut Freshman Nishang Gupta, Author of "Investing for the Fair Weather Fan," and Yale University Freshman, Alex Milvae cofounded Nishex Investments, LLC last summer. Seeking to introduce high school and college age students to the stock market, Nishex Chief Operating and Chief Investment Officers discuss how they got started, and what basketball has to do with the stock market. Broadcast live 3/13/09.

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UConn Sophomore Stars in UCTV Reality TV Show

University Sophomore Joey Homza talks about what it's like to have your own reality TV show; winning 4th place in CBS's My Grammy Moment lip-sync video contest; producing and recording his own pop music, and his plan to get famous. Listen to clips of his music and TV show, and find out what he really thinks of Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl" hit song.

This interview was broadcast live on 2/27/09.

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