Viewpoints Radio

After The Fire: Tulsa’s Untold Reckoning**

In 1921, a prosperous Black neighborhood was destroyed almost overnight - and then quietly written out of the historical record. We examine how violence, silence, and selective memory shaped what generations of Americans were never taught. 

Host: Gary Price. 

Producer: Amirah Zaveri. 

Guest: Scott Ellsworth, lecturer, Department of Afro-American and African Studies at the University of Michiga...

In 1921, a prosperous Black neighborhood was destroyed almost overnight - and then quietly written out of the historical record. This week, we examine how violence, silence, and selective memory shaped what generations of Americans were never taught.  

• Guest:  Scott Ellsworth, lecturer, Department of Afro-American and African Studies at the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, author, Death in a Promised Land: The Tulsa Race Riot...

About 60 percent of Americans don’t yet have a written will in place. People spend a lifetime working hard, saving money, building assets, but often never think about what would happen in case they suddenly passed away. We speak with life planning expert Abby Schneiderman about the importance of organizing your life both on paper and online.

• Guests: Abby Schneiderman, co-CEO, Everplans, co-author, In Case You Get Hit by a Bus: H...

Too Much Plastic, Too Little (Actual) Recycling

• How often do you buy an item from the store that’s packaged in a plastic container or wrapped in plastic? Daily decisions like these add up and are feeding into the global plastic crisis. Scientists estimate that there’s anywhere between 9 to 16 million tons of plastic on the sea floor, polluting the environment, harming species and releasing harmful microplastics into every corner...

Viewpoints Explained: A Global Threat That’s Slowly Fading

• We focus on highlighting more positive news, we cover how one global problem is moving in the right direction and how this positive change didn’t happen by accident but required global cooperation.  

Host: Ebony McMorris.  

Producer: Amirah Zaveri 

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The Hidden Labor Gap In Modern Families

• Even as dual-income households become more of the norm across America, women often still shoulder more of the work at home. We explore why this imbalance persists and what real equity moving forward could look like.

Host: Gary Price 

Producer: Amirah Zaveri 

Guest: Kate Mangino, gender expert, author of Equal Partners: Improving Gender Equality at Home.

Locked Out Of Work: Women, Crimina...

Locked Out Of Work: Women, Criminal Records & The Will To Rebuild

• A criminal record can follow someone for years, or even decades, by chronically limiting job options and career paths at every turn. As Illinois moves forward with a new Clean Slate law, we examine how these barriers shape lives nationwide, disproportionately affect formerly incarcerated women and what record-clearing policies could change for the tens of millions...

 The Hidden Labor Gap In Modern Families

• Even as dual-income households become more of the norm across America, women often still shoulder more of the work at home. We explore why this imbalance persists and what real equity moving forward could look like.

Host: Gary Price

Producer: Amirah Zaveri

Guest: Kate Mangino, gender expert, author of Equal Partners: Improving Gender Equality at Home.

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The One-Hunded Year Anniversary Of Mount Rushmore

• It’s one of the most photographed landmarks in America, but behind the four stone faces lies a story of abandoned visions, a sculptor with a controversial legacy and a mountain long sacred to Native Americans. A century after the project was approved, we have a conversation about the landmark’s lesser-known history and who gets to shape the story of America.

The Human C...

Christina Kuhn’s life is a daily race against rising prices, stagnant wages and the constant fear that one unexpected expense could cause her family to lose everything. In this intimate portrait of a Michigan family stretched to their limit, we explore what it really feels like to live without a safety net in today’s economy.

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It’s one of the most photographed landmarks in America, but behind the four stone faces lies a story of abandoned visions, a sculptor with a controversial legacy and a mountain long sacred to Native Americans. A century after the project was approved, we have a conversation about the landmark’s lesser-known history and who gets to shape the story of America.

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