Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Campus Racial Uproar, TV Roundup, The Pacific, Autism and Girls
Recent incidents at the University of Missouri and Yale are creating a heated debate about how racial sensitivity is being handled on college campuses. Then a roundup of the latest TV news. And, a look at the state of the great Pacific Ocean.
By Madeleine Brand • • 51m ListenThe president of the University of Missouri is stepping down after weeks of protests over his handling of racist incidents on campus. Meanwhile, a thousand miles away at Yale, racial tensions are boiling over on that campus, too. These incidents are creating a heated debate about how racial sensitivity is being handled on college campuses.
Then, Donald Trump on "Saturday Night Live" and a roundup of the latest TV news.
And, we chat with Simon Winchester, the author of “Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers.”
And finally, why do so many girls with autism go undiagnosed?
In this episode
4 storiesCampus Racial Uproar
The president of the University of MIssouri is stepping down after weeks of protests over his handling of racist incidents on campus. Meanwhile, a thousand miles away at Yale, racial tensions are boiling over on that campus, too.
Read the story12 minTV Roundup
Donald Trump on " Saturday Night Live," “Master of None,” the old shows are the new fall shows.
Read the story10 minThe Pacific
Five years ago, author and journalist Simon Winchester published a book about the Atlantic Ocean. It was a kaleidoscope of stories about the history and geography of that ocean from the ancient Greeks to the great migration from the Old World to the New World. Now he’s turned his attention to the Pacific Ocean.
Read the story16 minAutism and Girls
Boys are about five times more likely to be diagnosed with autism than girls. But the gap between boys and girls may be less about biology and more about screening. Research shows that autism is harder to detect in girls. And many girls go undiagnosed far into their adolescence and, in some cases, into adulthood.
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