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Welcome to the UAlbany News Podcast, where we speak with faculty, staff and students on how their research is tackling today’s most challenging problems and issues. This show is hosted and produced by Sarah O'Carroll, a Communications Specialist at the University at Albany, State University of New York, with production assistance by Patrick Dodson and Scott Freedman. Have a comment or question about one of our episodes? You can email us at mediarelations@albany.edu, and you can find us on Twitter @UAlbanyNews.

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Welcome to the UAlbany News Podcast, where we speak with faculty, staff and students on how their research is tackling today’s most challenging problems and issues. This show is hosted and produced by Sarah O'Carroll, a Communications Specialist at the University at Albany, State University of New York, with production assistance by Patrick Dodson and Scott Freedman. Have a comment or question about one of our episodes? You can email us at mediarelations@albany.edu, and you can find us on Twitter @UAlbanyNews.

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@UAlbanyNews

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English

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Episodes

Where Drones are Headed in 2020, with Michael Leczinsky and Don Berchoff

1/20/2020
Michael Leczinsky, a professor of practice in the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity (CEHC), and Don Berchoff, CEO and founder of TruWeather Solutions, join the series to share their predictions for what ethical and technological challenges the drone industry will face in the new year. TruWeather Solutions focuses on providing weather data and business analytics for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The company is a participant in Empire State...

Duration:00:15:07

The Future of Democracy in Bolivia, with Gabriel Hetland

12/13/2019
It’s been about a month since Evo Morales resigned as president of Bolivia following weeks of civil protests over disputed results of the country’s general election in October. After initially seeking asylum in Mexico, Morales flew to Argentina on Thursday to be granted refugee status. Gabriel Hetland, an assistant professor of Latin American, Caribbean and U.S. Latino Studies, shares his insights on the political crisis and why he believes the resignation was a military coup. Hetland’s...

Duration:00:25:51

How a Traveling Salesman in the 1970s Became a Leading Opponent to the Death Penalty

12/11/2019
James Acker, a distinguished teaching professor at the School of Criminal Justice, and Brian Keough, head of the M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, are among the founders of the University’s National Death Penalty Archive (NDPA). The NDPA contains a repository of publicly-accessible materials that track the history of capital punishment in the United States. Acker and Keough join the series to share about the digitization efforts of a collection by M. Watt Espy, a...

Duration:00:30:06

The UK's General Election: What You Need to Know

12/9/2019
Ahead of the UK's General Election this Thursday (on Dec. 12), we brought Timothy Weaver of Rockefeller College to the show to share what's at stake and what to look out for in the last three days of the campaign trail. Photo credit: "Brexit protestor flags near the Palace of Westminster, London," by Chiral Jon. If you're interested in hearing more about Weaver's work, you might like our last episode, where we spoke with the political scientist on the Opportunity Zone Program. The UAlbany...

Duration:00:19:59

The Opportunity Zone Program: What 2019 Has Taught Us, with Timothy Weaver

12/4/2019
Rep. Rashida Tlaib introduced a bill on Nov. 22 to repeal the now controversial Opportunity Zone Program. Other politicians, including presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, have begun criticizing the tax incentive following reports from The New York Times and other media outlets on the high-profile beneficiaries of the program. We first spoke with political scientist Timothy Weaver last winter on the program and his major concerns with its potential...

Duration:00:23:10

The Search for Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Off the West Coast, with Kevin Knuth

11/12/2019
Kevin Knuth is an associate professor of physics whose research focuses on exoplanets, and quantum mechanics and relativity. He is a former computer scientist in the Intelligent Systems Division of NASA’s Ames Research Center in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he designed algorithms to analyze astrophysical data as well as earth science data from the Hubble Space Telescope. Knuth is preparing to lead a team of scientists to track unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) off the coast of...

Duration:00:16:56

Gangster Movies and Their Muses, with Frankie Bailey

11/8/2019
Frankie Bailey is a professor in the School of Criminal Justice and a crime novelist. Her research focuses on crime history, mass media and pop culture. She is the author of the Lizzie Stuart and Hannah McCabe mystery series. Bailey is working on a reference book that maps the cultural and historical significance of nine of the most renown gangster movies (including The Grandfather (1998), White Heat (1949), Scarface (1990), American Gangster (2007) and Good Fellas (1990), among others) as...

Duration:00:19:51

The Connections Between Eating Disorders and Mental Health, with Tomoko Udo

10/22/2019
Tomoko Udo of the School of Public Health has examined the connections between eating disorders and mental health. Fewer than 30 percent of people with eating disorders (i.e. anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating) seek help from a counselor or psychologist. As a result, researchers have found that those suffering from eating disorders are often at higher risk of suicide attempts. According to Udo, health-care providers should carry out routine screenings for eating disorders...

Duration:00:18:12

Improving the Parental Experience in the NICU, with Beth DuFault

10/7/2019
Parents whose infant is admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit often experience a sense of exclusion from their role as caregivers and separation from their child. Due to the distressing environment that NICUs can facilitate, many parents suffer from higher rates of postpartum depression and even PTSD as a result. Beth DuFault, an assistant professor of marketing in the School of Business, is collaborating with colleagues from the University of Turku in Finland to improve the parent...

Duration:00:22:31

How Women's Views on Gender Roles are Changing in Central Asia, with Jildyz Urbaeva

9/27/2019
As more countries in Central Asia transition to market economies, women are being left behind in the workforce despite high levels of education and employment. Jildyz Urbaeva, an assistant professor in the School of Social Welfare, has conducted a study on how opportunity structures and social mobility influence women's views on gender roles in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The study, involving 4,000 participants, used a national representative survey in each of the...

Duration:00:20:10

The Growing Industry of Homeland Security, with Danny Goodwin and Edward Schwarzschild

9/12/2019
A photographer and a writer, both who grew up in military families, are collaborating to examine the growth industry of homeland security in the United States for an upcoming book. Danny Goodwin, a photographer and an associate professor of art, and Edward Schwarzschild, an associate professor of English, have conducted dozens of interviews with current and former DHS and intelligence personnel over the course of two years. The book, tentatively titled Job Security, will feature interviews...

Duration:00:29:50

The Politicization of the Amazon Rainforest Wildfires, with Climatologists Mathias Vuille and Andrei Lapenas

8/30/2019
We've all probably read recently of wildfires blistering through what are often called the "lungs of the earth." Reports stating that the Amazon Rainforest has experienced more than 27,000 fires this month alone have provoked an international outcry from world leaders, environmental activists and celebrities. On this episode, two climatologists help us make sense of the problem, and what can be done about it. Guests: Mathias Vuille, a professor of atmospheric and environmental sciences,...

Duration:00:17:39

How Educators Can Help Reduce Political Polarization, with Brett Levy

8/29/2019
More than eight-in-ten U.S. adults believe that political discourse has become more negative and less respectful, according to a survey conducted earlier this year by the Pew Research Center. On this episode, Brett Levy of the School of Education shares how educators might play a larger role in reducing political polarization among their students. Levy is an assistant professor of educational theory and practice at UAlbany. Read episode transcription. The study, “Can Education Reduce...

Duration:00:18:43

The Changing Role of Business Improvement Districts, with Wonhyung Lee

8/27/2019
Wonhyung Lee is an assistant professor in the School of Social Welfare. Her research looks at the role of business improvement districts among U.S. cities (including Los Angeles, Washington D.C. and Detroit) in addressing social issues. On this episode, Lee shares how BIDs might take a more compassionate, collaborative approach to solving urban problems. The UAlbany News Podcast is hosted and produced by Sarah O'Carroll, a Communications Specialist at the University at Albany, State...

Duration:00:25:10

Entrepreneurship Takeover Pt. 2 with Anthony Lombardo and Robert Manasier

8/2/2019
For the second part of our series speaking with entrepreneurs, we brought Anthony Lombardo, the president and founder of expex, to the show. The Latham-based startup helps small and mid-sized businesses with their bookkeeping through an automated cash management application. Also joining Lombardo is Robert Manasier, UAlbany's entrepreneur-in-residence as well as a serial entrepreneur and brand builder. The two share their personal pathways to success (and what challenges they have had to...

Duration:00:26:02

Entrepreneurship Takeover Pt. 1 with Shawn Allan of Lithoz America

7/15/2019
For our first of a two-part series speaking with entrepreneurs, we brought Shawn Allan of Lithoz America to the show. The startup, an Innovate 518-certified company based in Troy, NY, provides technology for the 3D printing of high-performance and bioresorbable ceramics. Lithoz America worked with the UAlbany Innovation Center to establish operations in Upstate NY. Innovate 518 is the Capital Region's Innovation Hot Spot and is a NYSTAR initiative by Empire State Development and managed by...

Duration:00:13:17

The Blueprint for Achieving 100 Percent Clean Energy, with Richard Perez

6/27/2019
Richard Perez, a senior research associate at the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC), and his colleagues have developed a blueprint for achieving 100 percent clean energy in the United States. His cost-effective solution bridges the gap between the production of renewables, such as solar and wind, and customer demand. On this episode, Perez describes how oversizing renewable assets and energy curtailment, paired with changes in utility regulation, can helps states reach their...

Duration:00:18:24

Improving Power Outage Prediction and Response, with Jeff Freedman

5/22/2019
Jeff Freedman, a research associate at UAlbany’s Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC), is working in collaboration with researchers and meteorologists at the Consolidated Edison Company of New York (Con Ed) and MESO, Inc. to create the Wind Extremes Forecast System (WEFS). By combining numerical weather prediction (NWP) modeling with machine learning techniques, the system produces real-time wind speed and gusts forecasts in an effort to minimize power outage impacts for millions of...

Duration:00:10:56

Unpacking AOC's Green New Deal Pt II, with Jim Malatras

5/14/2019
For our second episode looking at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal, we're speaking with Jim Malatras, the president of SUNY's Rockefeller Institute of Government. The institute is a public policy think tank based in downtown Albany, N.Y. and collaborates with UAlbany's Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy. Photo credit: Rockefeller Institute of Government The UAlbany News Podcast is hosted and produced by Sarah O'Carroll, a Communications Specialist at the...

Duration:00:14:04

Unpacking AOC's Green New Deal, with Brian Greenhill and Jennifer Dodge

5/13/2019
On the first of a two-part series, two political scientists from the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy offer insight on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal and discuss the degree to which the resolution could transcend political ideology and bridge coalitions. Returning to the show is Brian Greenhill, an associate professor who researches international relations, human rights and international organization. He spoke on the UAlbany News Podcast last season on the...

Duration:00:17:59