One Book, One Northwestern: The Podcast
1) Andrea Ritchie: Why Abolition is the Solution
In Just Mercy, Stevenson shows us the inhumanity of the U.S. prison system. Today, we will discuss the road to dismantling that system with a leading abolitionist and One Books spring speaker: Andrea ...Show More
2) Xavier McElrath-Bey: The Fearless Youth Justice Advocate You Should Know
Xavier McElrath-Bey didn’t understand what it meant to be tried as an adult when he was 13. But after serving 13 years of his 25 year sentence, his mission has become to work on behalf the victim of h...Show More
3) The Final 5: Closing Youth Prisons in Illinois
The Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice, founded in 2006, built eight youth prisons, or as they are formally called “youth centers.” Two closed in 2012, another in 2016. This August, The Final Fiv...Show More
4) Revealing Humanity: Inside the Northwestern Prison Education Program
Around two years ago, the Northwestern Prison Education Program started offering courses to incarcerated men at Stateville Correctional Center -- a maximum-security prison in Illinois. The program aim...Show More
5) One Book One Northwestern: Just Mercy Podcast (Teaser)
This year's One Book One Northwestern Podcast will focus on the issues presented in Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. In future episodes, we will focus on national and local issues regarding the U.S. cri...Show More
6) Navigating the Pipeline: Dr. Heather Pinkett's Journey to Research
To wrap up this year's podcast, I brought it back to our main theme of this year, women of color in STEM, and a little closer to home. I talked to Dr. Heather Pinkett a professor and researcher in Nor...Show More
7) Empowering Women through Theater: NU's Production of Legally Blonde
During the winter quarter, Northwestern's Wirtz Center produced the show Legally Blonde which highlights Elle Woods through a journey to find the person she loves that takes a big turn when she ends u...Show More
8) A Community Effort: Tarana Burke on the #MeToo Movement
Tarana Burke, the founder of the Me Too Movement, visited Northwestern to discuss the movement's beginnings and purpose. Some Northwestern faculty and students bring some insight into how the movement...Show More
9) I'm a Moon Person: the life and career of NASA "Hidden Figure" Andrea Mosie
For over 40 years, Andrea Mosie, a NASA "Hidden Figure" has dedicated her career to Apollo moon rock samples. Mosie works in a clean lab at Johnson Space Center working with the samples to help alloca...Show More
I'm a Moon Person: the life and career of NASA "Hidden Figure" Andrea Mosie
09:35 | Feb 7th, 2020
10) Obstacles in Higher Education Today with Dr. Anthony Jack
While education may be the most accessible as its ever been, there are still many obstacles that students, especially low-income and first-generation students, face in attending school. Dr. Anthony Ja...Show More