The Measure of Everyday Life

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“The Measure of Everyday Life” is a weekly public radio program featuring researchers, practitioners, and professionals discussing their work to improve the human condition. Independent Weekly has called the show ‘unexpected’ and ‘diverse’ and notes that the show ‘brings big questions to radio.'

Episodes air Sunday nights at 6:30 PM EST in the Raleigh-Durham, NC, media market (and also are streamed internationally through WNCU) and are available online the Wednesday following the original airing. WNCU produces the show with major underwriting from the nonprofit RTI International.

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[Photo: J. Bowman]

Organizational Leadership and Public Health

Dec 23, 2015

What can we learn about the future of public health leadership from someone with a dental degree? Plenty. Dr. Leah Devlin joins us for a discussion on government innovation and public health.

Health Policy and Public Understanding

Dec 16, 2015

Do people understand the Affordable Care Act? We discuss health policy and public opinion with the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) and AARP.

Transgender Health

Dec 9, 2015

We explore the health needs of transgender people with three special guests, including Dr. Sari Reisner of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Dr. Scout of LGBT HealthLink at CenterLink, and Dr. Monica Scales of RTI International. Veronica Thomas joins us with an extended feature.

Haiti and the Earthquake

Dec 2, 2015

Paul Weisenfeld joins us to discuss Haiti's response after the major earthquake that shook the region five years ago.

Research on Search with Google

Nov 26, 2015

We met with researchers from Google and RTI International to discuss insights on how and why we search for information.