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More Chicago students are eyeing HBCUs as their top choice

Historically Black colleges are a tradition in many families, but after the racial reckoning of 2020 more students are applying to these schools. Host: Claire Lane; Reporter: Anna Savchenko

A Shark Week Reading List

Dun dun…it’s Shark Week! To celebrate we have put together a reading list of books from Chicago and our distributed presses that help illuminate different aspects of sharks including their beauty, their biology, and our relationship to them. Basking with Humpbacks: Tracking Threatened Marine Life in New England Waters Todd

Episode 1235 – Microsoft Blocking Office Macros Starting July 27

Microsoft announced that next week in Office app for Windows they will block office macros by default. This episode talks about what these macros are and why this move will help protect users.

Source - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/DeployOffice/security/internet-macros-blocked

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Chance the Rapper sits down with Vocalo Radio

Chance the Rapper stopped by the Vocalo studios on June 30 to chat with on-air hosts Bekoe, Ayana Contreras and Nudia Hernandez. He lays out his reasons for purchasing The Chicagoist news website, possible future plans for it and discusses his civic ed...

Garrett P. Kiely Appointed to Fourth Term as Director of the University of Chicago Press

Garrett P. Kiely, a leader in academic publishing who has served as director of the University of Chicago Press since 2007, has been reappointed for a fourth five-year term, Provost Ka Yee C. Lee announced. Kiely’s reappointment is effective Sept. 1. Kiely leads the nation’s largest academic press, which publishes

Episode 1234 – Apple Has A Personal Safety Guide For Apple Devices

Apple has a very good online, and PDF download, Privacy User Guide for Apple Devices. This episode talks about what is covered in the guide and why you should read it.

Source - https://support.apple.com/guide/personal-safety/intro-to-review-and-take-action-ipse14bfadaf/1.0/web/1.0

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Episode 1233 – Cybercrime Is Feeling The Crash Of Crypto

The cryptocurrency market crash has lost over 1 Trillion in value over the last year. This has caused ripples across the world and the cybercrime networks are feeling the impact like everyone else. This episode talks about how they are reacting and what researchers are seeing.

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The history of scapegoating rap music for society’s violence

For generations, hip-hop music has been blamed for violence and other social ills. Rapper and scholar A.D. Carson give us a brief history of the scapegoating of rap music. Host: Mary Dixon, Bekoe; Producer: Cianna Greaves

Chicago bakers are adjusting to climate-related changes in their flour

A Chicago bakery had to throw away more than 2,000 croissants because an unusual dry season had changed the flour the bakery was using. Aimee Levitt reported on this incident for Eater Chicago, and about how climate change is making its way into bakeri...

Episode 1232 – Instagram To Get Amber Alerts, Social Media Becoming Mainstream

Instagram announced that the platform will start receiving and displaying Amber Alerts to users. This episode talks about how users will get these alerts and the shift that social media is going through by making this type of move.

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Pritzker’s Florida speech fuels presidential ambition buzz

The Illinois governor said he wouldn’t oppose President Joe Biden, and he lacks the name recognition of other potential candidates. But he’s hitting the national circuits. Host: Araceli Gomez-Aldana; Reporter: Dave McKinney

Federal funds for Chicago violence prevention

The $2 million paid out in June is the first down payment on a pledge to spend $250 million in federal funds on violence prevention. Host: Mary Dixon; Reporter: Patrick Smith

Episode 1230 – Callback Phishing Scams, What Are They

Phishing comes in many forms and one style is growing in use. Callback phishing is exactly what the name states. The scammers want you to call them back in order to get you to trust them to download malware. This episode talks about this and how you can improve your security awareness programs to help educate to identify these attacks.

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Read an Excerpt from “National Parks Forever” by Jonathan B. Jarvis and T. Destry Jarvis

The US National Parks, what Wallace Stegner called America’s “best idea,” are under siege. Written by the Jarvis brothers—Jonathan, a former ranger, biologist, and National Park Service (NPS) director appointed by the Obama administration, and Destry, an advocate, policy analyst, and conservationist—National Parks Forever is both a unique, first-person history