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Story in the Public Square

Story in the Public Square is a weekly, public affairs show designed to study, celebrate, and tell stories that matter. The show is inspired by the power of stories to shape public understanding of important issues. For example, Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, "Uncle Tom's Cabin," shined a crucial light on the violence and inhumanity of American slavery, fueled the abolition movement, and inspired Abraham Lincoln, upon meeting the author, to say "So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war." Narrative is no less important today-though the vehicles for dissemination are much more diverse. From a great novel to a film, a song, or even a Tweet, stories still very much impact the way the American public looks at issues. Our show turns a critical eye to these stories and their tellers.

Story in the Public Square  
  • Alia Dastagir
    Monday, April 7
    11:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    As children we learned the that "stick and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." But Alia Dastagir says it's not true - online attacks with words produce real physical and mental health consequences for their victims.
  • Alia Dastagir
    Friday, April 11
    5:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    As children we learned the that "stick and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." But Alia Dastagir says it's not true - online attacks with words produce real physical and mental health consequences for their victims.
  • Keon West
    Monday, April 14
    11:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Most of us can probably point to examples of people who suffered from racism, or who overcame racism. But Keon West reminds us all that "the plural of anecdote is not data" and that science actually has a lot to say about the reality of racism today, if we take the time to consider it and really understand.
  • Keon West
    Friday, April 18
    5:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Most of us can probably point to examples of people who suffered from racism, or who overcame racism. But Keon West reminds us all that "the plural of anecdote is not data" and that science actually has a lot to say about the reality of racism today, if we take the time to consider it and really understand.
  • Tim Gray
    Monday, April 21
    11:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    The end of World War in Europe meant mothers with sons and husbands at war could celebrate the end of the war there, even as they worried about the possibility their loved ones might be heading to the invasion of Japan. Historian Tim Gray has made his life's work about telling the stories of those heroes, their sacrifices, and their legacy.
  • Tim Gray
    Friday, April 25
    5:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    The end of World War in Europe meant mothers with sons and husbands at war could celebrate the end of the war there, even as they worried about the possibility their loved ones might be heading to the invasion of Japan. Historian Tim Gray has made his life's work about telling the stories of those heroes, their sacrifices, and their legacy.
  • Eric Schitzgebel
    Monday, April 28
    11:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    It's possible that we live inside a simulated reality or a pocket universe embedded in a larger structure about which we know virtually nothing. And consciousness may be a physical matter, or it might require something extra, something nonphysical. Philosopher Eric Schwitzgebel says the answers to these and other fundamental questions about our existence lie beyond our powers of comprehension.
  • Eric Schitzgebel
    Friday, May 2
    5:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    It's possible that we live inside a simulated reality or a pocket universe embedded in a larger structure about which we know virtually nothing. And consciousness may be a physical matter, or it might require something extra, something nonphysical. Philosopher Eric Schwitzgebel says the answers to these and other fundamental questions about our existence lie beyond our powers of comprehension.

 

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  • Marietje Schaake
    Friday, April 4
    5:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Scholar and former Member of the European Parliament Marietje Schaake describes how tech companies are, increasingly, taking on the functions of government and threatening the health of democracies around the world.
  • Marietje Schaake
    Thursday, April 3
    11:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Scholar and former Member of the European Parliament Marietje Schaake describes how tech companies are, increasingly, taking on the functions of government and threatening the health of democracies around the world.
  • Marietje Schaake
    Thursday, April 3
    4:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Scholar and former Member of the European Parliament Marietje Schaake describes how tech companies are, increasingly, taking on the functions of government and threatening the health of democracies around the world.
  • Marietje Schaake
    Monday, March 31
    11:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Scholar and former Member of the European Parliament Marietje Schaake describes how tech companies are, increasingly, taking on the functions of government and threatening the health of democracies around the world.
  • Ray Suarez
    Friday, March 28
    5:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Immigration has been a contentious issue in American politics for generations. Yet immigrants keep coming to the United States, overcoming obstacles, and working for better opportunities for themselves and their families. In his new book, journalist Ray Suarez shares the stories of recent immigrants in their quest to find a home.
  • Sean Carroll
    Thursday, March 27
    11:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Many of us grapple with big questions of the meaning of human existence, our place in space, time, and the forces that bind us together. Author and physicist Sean Carroll invites us to explore these questions and believes the concepts of physics should be accessible to everyone.
  • Sean Carroll
    Thursday, March 27
    4:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Many of us grapple with big questions of the meaning of human existence, our place in space, time, and the forces that bind us together. Author and physicist Sean Carroll invites us to explore these questions and believes the concepts of physics should be accessible to everyone.
  • Ray Suarez
    Monday, March 24
    11:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Immigration has been a contentious issue in American politics for generations. Yet immigrants keep coming to the United States, overcoming obstacles, and working for better opportunities for themselves and their families. In his new book, journalist Ray Suarez shares the stories of recent immigrants in their quest to find a home.
  • Samina Ali
    Friday, March 21
    5:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    In her new book, "Pieces You'll Never Get Back: A Memoir of Unlikely Survival," author Amina Ali pens a harrowing and redemptive memoir, in which a new mother must reconstruct her shattered mind, her relationship to her religious upbringing, and her life's purpose.
  • Samina Ali
    Thursday, March 20
    11:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    In her new book, "Pieces You'll Never Get Back: A Memoir of Unlikely Survival," author Amina Ali pens a harrowing and redemptive memoir, in which a new mother must reconstruct her shattered mind, her relationship to her religious upbringing, and her life's purpose.
  • Samina Ali
    Thursday, March 20
    4:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    In her new book, "Pieces You'll Never Get Back: A Memoir of Unlikely Survival," author Amina Ali pens a harrowing and redemptive memoir, in which a new mother must reconstruct her shattered mind, her relationship to her religious upbringing, and her life's purpose.
  • Samina Ali
    Monday, March 17
    11:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    In her new book, "Pieces You'll Never Get Back: A Memoir of Unlikely Survival," author Amina Ali pens a harrowing and redemptive memoir, in which a new mother must reconstruct her shattered mind, her relationship to her religious upbringing, and her life's purpose.
  • Jamie Metzl
    Friday, March 14
    5:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Humanity's ability to create artificial intelligence, to decode the human genome, and to engineer organisms are, individually, signature achievements. But Jamie Metzl says where these three technologies intersect lies great hope and challenge for all of humanity.
  • Jamie Metzl
    Thursday, March 13
    11:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Humanity's ability to create artificial intelligence, to decode the human genome, and to engineer organisms are, individually, signature achievements. But Jamie Metzl says where these three technologies intersect lies great hope and challenge for all of humanity.
  • Jamie Metzl
    Thursday, March 13
    4:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Humanity's ability to create artificial intelligence, to decode the human genome, and to engineer organisms are, individually, signature achievements. But Jamie Metzl says where these three technologies intersect lies great hope and challenge for all of humanity.
  • Jamie Metzl
    Monday, March 10
    11:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Humanity's ability to create artificial intelligence, to decode the human genome, and to engineer organisms are, individually, signature achievements. But Jamie Metzl says where these three technologies intersect lies great hope and challenge for all of humanity.
  • Daniel D'addario
    Friday, March 7
    5:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Daniel D'Addario, chief correspondent at Variety, discusses the entertainment industry today, the Oscars, and his new book, The Talent.
  • Daniel D'addario
    Thursday, March 6
    11:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Daniel D'Addario, chief correspondent at Variety, discusses the entertainment industry today, the Oscars, and his new book, The Talent.
  • Daniel D'addario
    Thursday, March 6
    4:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Daniel D'Addario, chief correspondent at Variety, discusses the entertainment industry today, the Oscars, and his new book, The Talent.
  • Daniel D'addario
    Monday, March 3
    11:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Daniel D'Addario, chief correspondent at Variety, discusses the entertainment industry today, the Oscars, and his new book, The Talent.