Everything Explained

WAMC Northeast Public Radio

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Everything Explained is a podcast about uncovering the basic fundamentals and structure behind what makes what we talk about in the news important. Whether it be GMOs, Social Security, or what even is the Electoral College, Everything Explained is here to help you decipher what we talk about constantly in the news.

08/23/2018

What Are Sanctuary Cities?

What do San Francisco, Chicago, and Albany, NY have in common? They’re sanctuary cities – among hundreds of other U.S. cities, states, and counties that have declared their support for immigrant populations, often by limiting their cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement – otherwise known as ICE. Safe havens to some, crime-infested danger zones to others – sanctuary cities have become the topic of heated partisan debate. Particularly since President Donald Trump took office, promising to strip them of funding. (more…)The post What Are Sanctuary Cities? appeared first on WAMC Podcasts.

32 min
08/08/2018

What Were Internment Camps?

President Donald Trump’s promise of a border wall has divided many on both sides of the issue. This summer, the Trump administration’s zero tolerance policy brought about the removal of thousands of migrant children from their parents to child detention centers across the United States. The move sent shockwaves throughout the country, but for many, it’s deja vu. https://wamcpodcasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ee_internment.mp3 (more…)The post What Were Internment Camps? appeared first on WAMC Podcasts.

19 min
03/30/2018

What Is Net Neutrality?

Net Neutrality is a mess of divisive, confusing, and controversial opinion. And the clutter has only worsened over the last few months. After the Federal Communication Commission’s repeal of the Obama-era rules in December of 2017, chat forums, comment sections, and news articles about the repeal sprang up in every corner of the exact place that Net Neutrality was attempting to regulate – the Internet. Now, the beginning of the repeal process will start on April 23rd. https://wamcpodcasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/ee_netneutralityFINAL.mp3 (more…)The post What Is Net Neutrality? appeared first on WAMC Podcasts.

17 min
03/23/2018

What Is Cambridge Analytica?

What is Cambridge Analytica? The recent word that 50 million Facebook users had their personal information collected during the 2016 presidential campaign by a data analytics firm has brought new and intense scrutiny on Facebook and social media. Posting privately to your friends, liking and disliking posts and pages may seem harmless enough, but that seemingly benign information can be mined, studied, analyzed, and transformed into political campaign ammunition. Everything Explained’s Brian Shields spoke with Prof. James Hendler, the Director for Data Exploration and applications at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy about the data giant. https://wamcpodcasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/ee_cambridgeanalytica.mp3 (more…)The post What Is Cambridge Analytica? appeared first on WAMC Podcasts.

10 min
12/27/2017

What Is Gerrymandering?

Electoral districts ebb and flow. The ever-changing population in different areas across the country creates the challenge of drawing the districts as close to accurately representative as possible. When drawing, the lines can get a little blurry, communities can become divided, and the way the edges of the districts are formed can determine the outcome of an election. At least, this is what legal teams across the country are trying to prove. The process of making the districts is called Gerrymandering. And today, we have an expert on the pod, to help us breakdown the fundamentals of the practice. https://wamcpodcasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/gerrymandering_ee.mp3 Ruth Greenwood, a senior counsel at the Campaign Legal Center, litigates a variety of redistricting cases. Along with co-counsel, she represents the plaintiffs in two high-profile partisan gerrymandering cases (Gill v. Whitford and LWVNC v. Rucho). On a federal level, not every state has to deal with this issue, some smaller states, like Vermont for example, only have one U.S. Rep. seat for the entire state. Which makes the issues more centered around medium to larger sized states, like Wisconsin, North Carolina, Texas, California, and New York. So Ruth, to start off the conversation on an broad note, what is gerrymandering? Credits: Everything Explained is produced by WAMC Northeast Public Radio with assistance from Kristin Gilbert and Ashleigh Kinsey. Also we’d like to give a special thanks to Ruth Greenwood. I’m your host Patrick Garrett. As always we want to remind you to subscribe and leave a review because like everyone else in the “pod-realm” will tell you, it helps us to make more podcasts like this one.The post What Is Gerrymandering? appeared first on WAMC Podcasts.

18 min
10/30/2017

What Is A Constitutional Convention?

If you live in New York state, you’ve seen the signs. Vote to elect. Vote to re-elect. Vote YES. Vote NO on the Constitutional Convention. But what is … the Constitutional Convention? https://wamcpodcasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/eexplained-con-con.mp3 (more…)The post What Is A Constitutional Convention? appeared first on WAMC Podcasts.

17 min
09/14/2017

What Is DACA?

DACA – or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals – it’s a program set up during the Obama administration designed to protect the children of undocumented people who crossed the border into the United States. Today, Sarah Rogerson, Professor at Albany Law, helps us to break down the ins and outs of the program. https://wamcpodcasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/EE_DACA-1.mp3 Informational Links: Video above and more information is listed on the New York City Mayor’s website. Additional information on DACA can be found online at the New York Immigration Coalition and the National Immigration Law Center. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed this complaint in response to President Donald Trump’s action involving deferred action. And lastly: the federal government’s website with information on DACA renewals. Credits: Everything Explained is produced by WAMC Northeast Public Radio with assistance from Kristin Gilbert, Ashleigh Kinsey, and Jim Levulis. Also we’d like to give a special thanks to Sarah Rogerson. I’m your host Patrick Garrett. As always we want to remind you to subscribe and leave a review because like everyone else in the “pod-realm” will tell you, it helps us to make more podcasts like this one. You can subscribe here on iTunes, here on Stitcher, and here on the Google Play store.The post What Is DACA? appeared first on WAMC Podcasts.

25 min
08/25/2017

What Is Eco-Tourism?

Eco-tourism. It’s not about renting an electric-powered car or staying in a solar-powered Airbnb during your getaway. For an example of what I mean lets head to Ramblewild in Western Massachusetts. It’s treetop adventure course allows visitors to swing, ride and hang roughly 50 feet in the air, but its other points of interests may not seem like tourist attractions at first glance. This is the first episode in our new sustainable series on the pod. Our Jim Levulis swung through the aerial adventure park… but first he joins us in studio to talk about his experience. https://wamcpodcasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/EverythingExplained13-1.mp3 Everything Explained is produced by WAMC Northeast Public Radio with assistance from Kristin Gilbert, Ashleigh Kinsey, and Jim Levulis. I’m your host Patrick Garrett. As always we want to remind you to subscribe and leave a review because like everyone else in the “pod-realm” will tell you, it helps us to make more podcasts like this one. You can subscribe here on iTunes, here on Stitcher, and here on the Google Play store.The post What Is Eco-Tourism? appeared first on WAMC Podcasts.

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09/25/2017

Izzie B.

I wouldn't have thought to ask what some of these things were. Then I listen and realize I should know this. Thanks for Expanding my mind.
Good podcast

07/02/2017

Alitk2017

It is a really good podcast. I do not know why they do not add more episodes in politics like electoral colleges.

Everything Explained is a podcast about uncovering the basic fundamentals and structure behind what makes what we talk about in the news important. Whether it be GMOs, Social Security, or what even is the Electoral College, Everything Explained is here to help you decipher what we talk about constantly in the news.