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More than 1 in 3 Americans - roughly 38% - are having difficulty meeting their basic needs each month. You may be one of them, or know someone who is. Or you don't know, because they're hiding it from you. Regardless, the number remains: 123 million people. Broke in America authors Joanne Samuel Goldblum and Colleen Shaddox believe it doesn't have to be this way, and they're ready to prove their case.Broke in America: Seeing, Understanding, and Ending US Poverty, by Joanne Samuel Goldblum & Colleen ShaddoxNational Diaper Bank NetworkAlliance for Period Supplies"John Steinbeck once said..." - Ronald Wright, A Short History of Progress10 Policies to Prevent and Respond to Childhood Lead Exposure - Pew Charitable Trusts"You're Not You When You're Hungry" - Snickers CommercialDoes 'Medicare For All' Cost More Than The Entire Budget? - PolitiFactWestern Regional Advocacy ProjectFeeding AmericaFollow Joanne on Twitter: @jgoldblumFollow Colleen on Twitter: @ColleenFree----------Email: wherewegopod@gmail.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

What does it mean to be "different"? Who decided on the definition?  Who drew the boundaries around "normal"? Author and founder of The Neurodiversity Project Jenara Nerenberg explores where and why these definitions diverge, and how we might remake them to better reflect the reality we all share.Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You, by Jenara NerenbergThe Neurodiversity Project, by Jenara NerenbergHas “Neurodiversity” Gone Rogue?, by Jenara NerenbergIn Conversation With Judy Singer - Autism Awareness AustraliaA History of Modern Psychology, by Duane and Sydney SchultzInferior: How Science Got Women Wrong - and the New Research That's Rewriting the Story, by Angela SainiAs We See It - Amazon PrimeFive Questions with Jenara Nerenberg: Founder of the Neurodiversity Project - Invisible TalksCalvin and Hobbes: July 30, 1989, by Bill WattersonFollow Jenara on Instagram: @NeurodiversityProjectFollow Jenara on Twitter: @bopsource----------Email: wherewegopod@gmail.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

History is only a story. Events happen. People exist. But how and why we talk about them and what we decide to study is a matter of choice. It's completely up to us. And that's the story. Dr. Anika Prather helps students of all backgrounds reexamine assumptions we often make about history, in order to reframe it in a healthier, more inclusive, and more accurate way.The Living Water SchoolMartin Luther King Jr. In Dialogue With the Ancient Greeks - The ConversationThe Souls of Black Folk - W.E.B. Du Bois"I sit with Shakespeare, and he winces not." - W.E.B. Du BoisAnna J. CooperPhillis Wheatley - Poetry FoundationFrank M. Snowden Jr.Blacks in Antiquity: Ethiopians in the Greco-Roman Experience - Frank M. Snowden Jr.Before Color Prejudice: The Ancient View of Blacks - Frank M. Snowden Jr.Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind - Yuval Noah HarariViola LiuzzoKebra Nagast - Ethiopian National EpicSudbury Pedagogical ApproachClassical Education MovementThe Charlotte Mason MethodThe Cedarsong Wayhttps://drprather.comFollow Anika on Twitter: @AnikaFreeIndeed----------Email: wherewegopod@gmail.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

How exactly am I able to communicate with you? We're not in the same room - we're likely not even in the same state. And if my listener stats are accurate - 30% of you reading this right now live in a completely different country! So... how did we get here? What makes the world modern - technologically, socially, morally - is often under-appreciated, but the history of the modern world is a history of progress. The Roots of Progress founder Jason Crawford believes that understanding that history is key to empowering the next generation to progress ever further.The Roots of ProgressWe Need a New Science of Progress, by Patrick Collison and Tyler Cowen for The AtlanticWhy Did We Wait So Long for the Bicycle? - The Roots of ProgressScientists May Have Discovered How the Ancient Greeks’ ‘First Computer’ Tracked the Cosmos - Smithsonian MagazineA Dashboard for Progress - The Roots of ProgressProgress, Stagnation, and Flying Cars - The Roots of ProgressTechnological Stagnation - The Roots of ProgressThe Roots of Progress Is Now a Nonprofit Organization - The Roots of ProgressIndustrial Literacy - The Roots of ProgressProgress Isn't Natural, by Joel Mokyr for The Atlantic1984 World's Fair1982 World's FairThe Institute for ProgressAcademy of Thought and IndustryJason's Twitter: @jasoncrawford----------Email: wherewegopod@gmail.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

How do you process your pain? We all experience traumas - big and small - over the course of our lives. And we all deal with them differently. A painful event can often feel like a physical location - a topography stretching out ahead that needs to be traversed. Some may sprint across the landscape while others crawl - I've sometimes found myself believing I've covered real distance, only to realize I've been walking in circles. But the journey - however it is made - is a substantial one. Writer and documentary filmmaker Jay Shapiro opens up about how he has managed - and manages - his terrain.Don't Disappear, by Jay ShapiroTIRIS Film - Heirloom Documentary Service, from Jay ShapiroS03E01: Our Modern Disquiet - Benjamin Storey - Dilemma PodcastWhy We Are Restless: On The Modern Quest for Contentment, by Benjamin Story & Jenna Silber StoryOpposite Field, by Jay ShapiroThe House of Small Cubes, by Kunio KatōOn Directing Film, by David MametS03E03: Competing Against Everything - Alfie Kohn - Dilemma PodcastThe Sane Society, by Erich FrommEpisode 151 - The Frankfurt School - Erich Fromm on Freedom — Philosophize This!Death and the Present Moment, by Sam HarrisStories We Tell, by Sarah Polleywhatjaythinks.com----------Email: wherewegopod@gmail.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

When we think of news reporting, what may immediately come to mind is the highly produced, frequently editorialized content that we consume via our mainstream media. But the on-the-ground footage contained in those edited segments - of speeches, rallies, protests, riots, and more - is often captured in whole by independent journalists who see a fuller, more complicated picture than the one the general public is shown. Independent news videographer Ford Fischer goes in-depth on what he's witnessed and learned covering some of America's most tumultuous and historic events of the last several years.News2ShareNews2Share YouTube ChannelFord's Twitter: @FordFischer----------Email: wherewegopod@gmail.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

We all possess multiple identities. You are both a brother and a son. A daughter and a mother. Chinese, and American, and Asian. Gay, and Polyamorous. The combinations are nearly endless. And these identities are not always in parallel. They do not necessarily exist in harmony with one another. Sometimes - often - there is tension. Writer Tomiwa Owolade explores the conflicting and even discomforting intersections of identity, and the importance of embracing that tension.What Does It Mean to Be Black?, by Tomiwa OwoladePlease Stop Imposing American Views about Race on Us, by Tomiwa OwoladeQueen Mary Alumni Profile: Tomiwa OwoladeBoudicaIra AldridgeSeesaw, by Timothy OgeneBlack Paper: Writing in a Dark Time, by Teju ColeWindrush Generation: Who Are They and Why Are They Facing Problems? - BBCThe Chicken Connoisseur - YouTubeBeing John MalkovichRacecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life, by Karen and Barbara FieldsWe Are All Madame Bovary, by Tomiwa OwoladeIs That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything, by David BellosTomiwa's Twitter: @tomowolade----------Email: wherewegopod@gmail.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

Can you remember the first book that left a lasting impact on you? That widened how you saw the world, made you curious about a new frontier of knowledge, or expanded the very boundaries of your mind? The ability to read is a powerful tool, as much as it is a lifelong gift. Saddle Up and Read founder Caitlin Gooch has made it her mission to increase child literacy rates across her home state, with a little help from her horses.Saddle Up and ReadWays to Donate to Saddle Up and ReadMeet the Black Cowgirl Behind the Literacy Program That Combines Reading and Horseback Riding - VogueGOAT Goes Over the Rainbow BridgeBlack Equestrian Coloring Book: Volume One: The TrailblazersThe Lesser-Known History of African-American Cowboys - Smithsonian MagazineDetroit Horse PowerCowgirl Makes It Mission To Help Kids Learn To Read - The Kelly Clarkson ShowKelly Starling Lyons - Children's Book AuthorRobert Lemmons (1848 - 1947)Bass Reeves (1838 - 1910)Cherokee Bill (1876 - 1896)Freedom Reigns CounselingCaitlin's Twitter: @theblackcowgirl----------Email: wherewegopod@gmail.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

Much of what we perceive is subjective. When you and I look at a text, a film, a painting - we carry the weight of our experiences with us into that encounter. So what happens when we look at the same exact thing in radically different ways? Which interpretation takes precedent, and why? Lawyer turned writer David Lat explores how clashing perspectives are roiling one of our nation's most prestigious universities.The Latest (Ridiculous) Controversy at Yale Law School, by David LatThe Newest Insanity Out of Yale Law School, by David LatHow Yale Law School Pressured a Law Student to Apologize for a Constitution Day ‘Trap House’ Invitation, by Aaron TerrDavid's Twitter Thread on the Yale Law School ControversyOp-Ed: People Ask Me if I’ve Recovered From COVID-19. That’s Not an Easy Question to Answer, by David LatSCOTUS Watch, by Jeffrey Toobin (2006)Liberalism and Its Discontents, by Francis FukuyamaFoundation for Individual Rights in EducationThe Federalist Society: About UsWho Actually Gets to Create Black Pop Culture?, by Bertrand CooperMagic Eye: A New Way of Looking at the WorldLindsay Shepherd - WikipediaDavid's Twitter: @DavidLat----------Email: wherewegopod@gmail.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

Imagine you're in a courtroom. You've been charged with a crime and the verdict has now been decided by the jury: "Guilty." The judge offers you two choices: Go to prison for five years, or immediately receive ten lashes and walk free. Which option do you choose? If you chose the lashes, you're not alone. Criminology professor and former Baltimore police officer Peter Moskos has written a book arguing against the unconsidered cruelty of prison sentences, and uses this very hypothetical to make his case.Cop in the Hood: My Year Policing Baltimore's Eastern District, by Peter MoskosTwo Shades of Blue: Black and White in the Blue Brotherhood, by Peter MoskosIn Defense of Flogging, by Peter MoskosSir Robert Peel's "Nine Principles of Policing"Broken Windows, by George Kelling and James WilsonMurders Are Spiking. Police Should Be Part of the Solution, by German LopezNYPD Firearm Usage Statsfatalencounters.orgMass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2020 - Prison Policy InitiativeDelancey Street Foundationcopinthehood.comqualitypolicing.comPeter's Twitter: @PeterMoskos----------Email: wherewegopod@gmail.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast