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Read an Excerpt from “Atmospheres of Projection” by Guiliana Bruno

In her new book, Atmospheres of Projection: Environmentality in Art and Screen Media, Giuliana Bruno brings together cultural history, visual studies, and media archaeology to consider the interrelations of projection, atmosphere, and environment. Looking deep into our fascination with projection and atmosphere, Bruno traverses psychoanalysis, environmental philosophy, architecture, the history

Episode 1319 – New Shows On Pause Through 2022

Security In Five will be on pause for new episodes through 2022. This episode talks about why. Thank you to all and I will see you soon. Be aware, be safe. Support the show and get access to behind the scenes content as a patron - https://www.patreon.c...

Reforms to the SAFE-T Act and the debate around it

Despite approved revisions around the SAFE-T Act – a sweeping criminal justice reform bill – there was still plenty of opposition in the General Assembly. Host: Mary Dixon; Reporters: Alex Degman and Mawa Iqbal.

Episode 1317 – Tools, Tips and Tricks – Scam Detector Website

This week's tools, tips and tricks discuss a great resourse to identify scams called Scam Buster. This episode talks about why this should be a website in your feeds. Source - https://www.scam-detector.com/ Be aware, be safe. Support the show and get a...

Episode 1316 – Amazon Released AWS Wickr For Enterprises

Amazon announced at their re:Invent conference their messaging service called Wickr is released for enterprise use. This end-to-end secure messaging platform will help organizations securely collaborate and give control to the data retention to the use...

Episode 1315 – Twitter Adding End To End Encryption

Twitter is going through significant changes after Elon Musk purchased it earlier this year. One of the new additions confirmed to be coming is adding end-to-end encryption to direct messages. This episode talks about this and why this is a good things...

Chicago winters are becoming warmer and wetter

Chicago winters are getting warmer, which has positive and negative consequences. Illinois State Climatologist, Doctor Trent Ford shares more. Host: Melba Lara; Producer: Lauren Frost

Episode 1314 – Netflix Cracking Down On Password Sharing Soon

Netflix is cracking down on users that share passwords. It's been very easy to get a Netflix account and let anyone in your family, friends use one set of credentials across many devices. Next year Netflix will be cracking down on this practice and int...

Illinois set to eliminate cash bail next year

We sat down with one researcher that has been trying to to cut through the heated rhetoric and misinformation around cash bail. Host: Mary Dixon; Reporter: Shannon Heffernan.

Read an Excerpt from “Lydia Maria Child: A Radical American Life” by Lydia Moland

In Lydia Maria Child: A Radical American Life professor Lydia Moland offers a compelling and personal biography of one of nineteenth-century America’s most courageous abolitionists. By 1830, Child had established herself as something almost unheard of in the American nineteenth century: a beloved and self-sufficient female author, best known for

Has a red wave hit longtime blue Northwest Indiana?

For nearly a century, Democrats have held Indiana’s 1st Congressional seat, but shifting population and politics could soon change that. Host: Mary Dixon; Reporter: Michael Puente