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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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Apr 27, 2017

Policy can have major implications with the ways we live our everyday lives. But how do policy nuances unleash this broad social change? Deondra Rose of Duke University shares stories of her research on how social policies have altered the American landscape.


Apr 12, 2017

Math is known to induce anxiety in many people. How can we restructure the way we teach math to improve confidence with a subject so important in our society? Psychology researcher Lisa Fazio joins us to discuss her novel work on math education in public schools and what she has learn about teaching...


Apr 5, 2017

How does social science shape sports? Former UVA basketball star and Director of UNC's Center of Sport Business, Dr. Deborah Stroman, discusses methods of quantifying athletic talent and cultivating leadership on and off the court.