IF... Podcast: Talking Back to History

From “malarkey!” to Big Bird to “horses and bayonets,” the 2012 Presidential Election Debates produced some much-watch TV. But the candidates had nothing on the everyday Americans who came out to IF...Urban’s debate watch events.


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IF... Podcast: Chinese Seeds

In August, the Interactivity Foundation co-sponsored the 2012 China Citizenship and Social Innovation SEED Camp held at Harvard University. IF Fellows Pete Shively, Adolf Gunderson, Sue Goodney Lea and IF resident Taiyi Sun’s talk about China’s future.


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IF... Podcast: Kickstart the Arts

Brooklyn saxophonist Laron Land shares lessons from “Prof” star of “Thundersoul” doc; L.A. children’s book author Calida Rawles imagines a high-tech, interactive library; Madison, Wis. singer-songwriter Melissa Simonson on collaborating with fans.


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IF... Podcast: Mood Swings

Can an AWOL Congressman destigmatize mental illness? Why did civil rights activists give Romney the hook? Did Obama stiff the NAACP? IF DC area facilitators discuss policy, politics and their plans for future discussions.


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IF... Podcast: East Asia Chronicles

A bestselling book recently argued that Chinese mothers are superior, inflaming insecurities about the U.S. education system. IF fellow Sue Goodney Lea and Chinese graduate student Taiyi Sun compared education models during recent travels in China, Japan and Singapore.


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IF... Podcast: The Womb v. The State

From contraception to transvaginal ultrasounds, lawmakers are getting intimate with women’s bodies. Law professor Lisa Crooms-Robinson, historic novelist Dolen Perkins-Valdez, health activist Autumn-Saxton Ross explore why.


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IF... Podcast: Are U.S. Schools Really Factories?

The Urban Teacher Academy’s Dr. Julie Sweetland, alternative high school guidance counselor Derek Andrews and 3rd grade literacy teacher Darla Bunting find common ground with GOP candidate Rick Santorum and President Obama on education policy.


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IF... Podcast: Lift Every Student Voice

Wesleyan College professor Matt Martin on an innovative new IF partnership to develop interactive, student-centered courses for every freshman. Education lawyer Allison Brown on putting the voices of students and parents at the center of education reform.


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IF... Podcast: Immigration Nation

Amnesty. Electrified fences. Alabama’s crackdown. Nicole C. Dillard (Oden & Dillard, PLLC) Mark Krikorian (Center for Immigration Studies) and Ieva Notturno (IF’s Human Migration project) explore immigration policy with host Natalie Hopkinson.


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IF... Podcast: Occupy Wall Street

OWS participant Gavin Mueller, economists Daniel Heath (Georgetown Law Center) and Mark A. Calabria (Cato Institute) join IF fellows Mark Notturno and Natalie Hopkinson to discuss how to bring back trust to the financial sector.


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IF... Podcast: Moms Rising

Join Drs. Natalie Hopkinson and Suzanne Goodney Lea and special guest Momsrising.org’s Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner to discuss the fraught relationship between working women and The Help, and what the Real Housewives can tell us about public policy.


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IF… Podcast: What’s For Dinner?

From obesity to hunger, in a chat about a new Interactivity Foundation (IF) report: “Food: What Might be for Dinner?” fellows Pete Shively, Natalie Hopkinson, Jeff Prudhomme and D.C. activist Greg Bloom explore the politics of food.


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IF… Podcast: We’re Here to Help

Interactivity Foundation Fellows Natalie Hopkinson and Dennis Boyer discuss his new report, "Helping Out: Humanitarian Policy for Global Security." Also discussed: staving off another Darfur, disaster capitalism, and the fallout from the Arab Spring.


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IF… Podcast: Family Guys

Join the Interactivity Foundation’s Natalie Hopkinson, Jeff Prudhomme and Melissa Simonson to explore what's so public about Arnold Schwarzenegger's marriage, the "Nanny State" v. the obesity epidemic, and when art meets development.


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IF… Podcast: Welcome

In their inaugural podcast, Interactivity Foundation fellows, Natalie Hopkinson, Jeff Prudhomme, and Sue Gooney Lea discuss finding hope for public discourse in Wisconsin, IF’s new K-12 education public discussion guide, and other news of the day.


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