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The Measure of Everyday Life

WNCU public radio

Interested in human behavior and how people think? The Measure of Everyday Life explores ideas about how we live and why people act as they do. Independent Weekly has called the show "unexpected" and "diverse" and says the show "brings big questions to radio." Join host Dr. Brian Southwell (@BrianSouthwell) as he explores the human condition. Episodes air each Sunday night at 6:30 PM in the Raleigh-Durham broadcast market and a podcast of each show is available online the Wednesday following. The

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29:31

Living Together

The Measure of Everyday Life ·

2021/02/03

Despite pandemic complications, many people still have opportunities to look for roommates. The idea of living with a stranger offers metaphors for the larger processes of building communities and societies. What can we learn about the choices people in making in selecting roommates and the biases that people harbor? On this episode, we talk with Raj Ghosal of Elon University about his work on this topic.

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29:41

Algorithms and Society

The Measure of Everyday Life ·

2021/01/20

The conveniences afforded by digital technology companies as we buy products and connect with others online in recent years are quite remarkable relative to the past. What might the costs for society be, though? On this episode, we talk with Scott Timcke, author of Algorithms and the End of Politics: How Technology Shapes 21st-Century American Life for Bristol University Press.

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29:42

Rap Music and Mental Health

The Measure of Everyday Life ·

2021/01/06

Popular music both inspires and signals change. What can music lyrics tell us about shifts in popular culture? On this episode, we talk with Alex Kresovich, who has worked both as a RIAA-Platinum certified and Billboard #1 music producer and songwriter and as a researcher. He has assessed references to mental health in 20 years of rap lyrics.

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29:53

Encouraging Participation in Clinical Trials

The Measure of Everyday Life ·

2020/12/16

The end of 2020 has brought glimmers of hope with news about COVID-19 vaccination clinical trials. Although many of us have heard about clinical trials, you might not know exactly how they work or what they produce. On this episode, we unpack the practice of clinical trials with Michele Andrasik of the University of Washington.

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29:26

Visualizing Community Benefits

The Measure of Everyday Life ·

2020/12/09

Public discourse sometimes refers to abstract ideas without concrete examples. Health care organizations like hospitals sometimes have to describe the community benefits that they offer, for example. What exactly is a community benefit, though? How might we track and explain those benefits? On this episode, we talk with Jamie Pina, an informatics researcher at RTI International, about how we can visualize data to facilitate public discussion of abstract concepts.

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29:38

Intimate Partner Violence and HIV Risk Behavior

The Measure of Everyday Life ·

2020/11/18

In the midst of epidemics and pandemics, we often can find examples of ways in which various aspects of everyday life can complicate prevention behavior. Researchers working on human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, prevention have long struggled with this realization. On this episode, we talk with Sarah Roberts of RTI International about ways in which intimate partner violence affects HIV prevention and incidence.

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29:44

Mental Health Care in a Pandemic

The Measure of Everyday Life ·

2020/11/11

During recent months, you may have felt your own mental health could benefit from talking with a health care professional, and yet seeking health care at this time also has been challenging. On this episode, we talk with two researchers, Lissette Saavedra and Anna Yaros, about innovation and hope in the delivery of mental health care.

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29:57

Birth and Maternity Care in a Pandemic

The Measure of Everyday Life ·

2020/10/28

Some of our news headlines in recent months have focused on those we have lost as people have died during the pandemic. At the same time, during this same period many new parents have welcomed babies into the world. That raises important questions about the type of health care we are able to offer families. On this episode, we talk with two people who are helping to shape the future of maternal and birth care in North Carolina and around the United States: Dana Iglesias of the Chatham Hospital

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29:56

Beer and Society

The Measure of Everyday Life ·

2020/10/21

Can we ask sociological questions about topic like craft beer production and consumption? Authors of a new book think so. On this episode, we talk with Nathaniel Chapman and David Brunsma about their book, Beer and Racism.

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29:54

Economic Growth as a Measure

The Measure of Everyday Life ·

2020/10/14

If you do an online search for the phrase “economic growth” you can find millions of website references. We sometimes take the notion of growth as a metric for society for granted. On this episode, we talk with Stevienna de Saille about her new co-authored book, Responsibility Beyond Growth: A Case for Responsible Stagnation.

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29:57

Telling Climate Adaptation Stories

The Measure of Everyday Life ·

2020/10/07

Social scientists attempt to make sense of the lives that human beings live in the world. That often means trying to put individual lives into the larger context of the world beyond daily routines. On this episode of The Measure of Everyday Life, we talk with Jessica Eise of Purdue University, a researcher who confronts macro-level changes as they are affecting agricultural workers and others around the world. [Note: audio quality is compromised at times on this episode due to remote recording.]

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29:58

Women and the Future of Disease Prevention

The Measure of Everyday Life ·

2020/09/30

Up until recently, women have faced important technology limitations in terms of options to increase safety for intercourse. That has changed recently, though. On this episode, we talk with Ariane van der Straten of the Women’s Global Health Imperative at RTI International and faculty member at the University of California, San Francisco, about women's perceptions of prevention technologies.

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29:44

The Future of Telehealth

The Measure of Everyday Life ·

2020/09/23

During the COVID-19 pandemic, visiting a doctor has been complicated. Some have turned to telehealth technology, which has existed for a while but has not been widespread historically. That might be about to change. On this episode, we talk with Saira Haque of RTI International about how telehealth might change the future of your interactions with healthcare.

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