Podcasts

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Authors Talk: Teri Turner on Racist Patients

For the second episode of our "Authors Talk" series, we chatted with Teri Turner, RN, BSN, MS, CHPN. Teri  recently retired from her position as Director of Clinical Services at Arbor Hospice.

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The Most Compelling Case: Racist Patients

We recently had the pleasure of speaking with Basil Baccouche. Basil is currently studying at Harvard College.

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The Most Compelling Case: Freedom to Burn Qur’an

We chatted with Elton Li, UM Ethics Bowl founder and longtime A2Ethics collaborator, about his passion for applied ethics. Elton is currently studying medicine at Michigan State University.

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The Most Compelling Case: Bodily Identity Integrity Disorder

In this podcast, UM Ethics Bowl alumna Kate Leary discusses her favorite case from her time with the team: "Bodily Identity Integrity Disorder," a case from the 2016 Regional Bowl that explores the boundaries of medicine.

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Authors Talk: Michael Szporluk on "Persons with Disabilities in Institutions"

A2Ethics is thrilled to kick off our "Authors Talk" interview series—in which we chat with past Michigan High School Ethics Bowl case study authors—with Michael S

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The Most Compelling Case: Attractiveness Discrimination in Hiring

Matt Reardon, rising 3L at Harvard Law School and former Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl participant, discusses his most compelling case with us: how a faculty hiring committee should deal with a prospective pro

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The Art of Teaching Ethics: Misconceptions, Skeptics and Ice Cream

Matt Deaton talks to us about each of the hats he wears in the ethics sphere — professor, author and former Ethics Bowl Outreach Director— and what he's taken away from his experiences. 

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A2Ethics Podcasts and Virtual Symposia

Zoë Johnson-King, a principal founder of the University of Michigan Department of Philosophy Outreach Program, A2Ethics' partner in the Michigan Ethics Bowl, talks to us about her research into the impact of philosophy education.

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The Most Compelling Case: On Bathrooms and the UM Ethics Bowl

Cullen O'Keefe, former co-lead of the University of Michigan Ethics Bowl team and 2016 U of M graduate, walks us through his 'most compelling case' on transgender civil rights. He also discusses how an Ethics Bowl works and what it's like to be on the U of M Ethics Bowl team. 

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What to do About Our Own Biases: Implicit Association, Responsibility and Social Justice

Robin Zheng, a 2015 PhD graduate of the University of Michigan's Department of Philosophy, former Ethics Bowl volunteer and current assistant philosophy professor at the Singapore Yale-NUS school, discusses her fascinating work on implicit bias and responsibility with us.

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The Benefits and Pitfalls of Participatory Budgeting from Porto Alegre to Chicago

A2Ethics talks the ethical benefits and pitfalls of participatory budgeting across the world with Ana Paula Pimental Walker, a professor of urban planning at the University of Michigan who specializes in PB. 

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'City Budget 101' and the Ethics of Public Funding and Engagement

Karen Lancaster, finance director for the city of Ann Arbor, discusses the annual budgeting process for the city with us in what you could call a ‘Budget 101’. Walking through the stages of the budget process and different city funds, Karen suggests several ways citizens can be more informed and

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