Student Uproot presents a lecture from Sonali Kolhatkar, host and executive producer of Uprising on KFPK 90.7 FM in LA. This lecture, entitled "Globalism, Social Justice, and the Media" is part of the annual Pinkel Lectureship in Media Studies and was delivered on Tuesday, April 24 at Pomona College.
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Monday, April 30, 2012
Monday, April 23, 2012
April 22: Students in Politics and the Chevalier d'Eon
Kara Freedman presents interviews Jared Calvert, President of the Democrats of the Claremont Colleges and Carson Williams, President of the 5C Republicans. Kip White speaks with Professor Gary Kates about the curious history of the Chevalier d'Eon. From last semester, Kevin Amirdjanian asks Professor Juhasz for her views on the significance of YouTube and other social media.
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Monday, April 9, 2012
April 8: Confrontation, Clash, and Craftivism
In an extended report, Jillian Raftery examines the tragic shooting of Trayvon Martin. This podcast version includes more audio from 911 calls. Louis-Victor Jadavji tells us about the social implications of a fatal accident in Brazil wherin a Mercedes struck and killed a bicyclist. Ann Kirkpatrick interviews Megan Petersen and Lizzie Pfeiffer, the student leaders of the Claremont-based group Armed RevolutioKnits, a "craftivist" group promoting feminist ideas through the art of "yarnbombing."
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Monday, April 2, 2012
April 1: From Africa to Tennessee to Mars
Kara Freedmen interviews Prof Sidney Lemelle, Professor of History and Africana Studies at Pomona College, about the Association of Concerned African Scholars with a critique of Invisible Children's Kony 2012 awareness campaign. Kevin Amirdjanian reflects back on a CMC-organized service trip with input from several other students from his team. To commemorate April Fool's Day, Kip White presents a short history of an infamous radio prank--that of Orson Welles' War of the Worlds radio broadcast from 1938.
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