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News Over Noise podcast co-hosts Matt Jordan and Leah Dajches join us this week to discuss how the news impacts our mental health, the future of media literacy education, and more.

We've had some incredible guests on the show in 2022. For our final episode of the year, we're taking a look back at what we've learned from them.

Our guest this week argues that the "free speech problem" on college campuses is manufactured by a small group of media and political figures with powerful platforms.

New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie joins us this week to discuss his recent work on how the Constitution and other counter-majoritarian institutions are getting in the way of democratic progress.

Amid election deniers and political polarization, it's easy to overlook the times when democracy is actually working. We do that this week in a hopeful conversation about resident-centered government.

This week, we discuss how the Green New Deal push the boundaries of what's possible in environmental and economic policy, the lasting impacts of environmental racism, and how climate reform is connected to democracy reform.

The work of election administrators has never been glamorous, but now it's downright dangerous in some places. Jessica Huseman from Votebeat joins us this week to discuss what's happening and how we can support the people doing the hard work of democracy this election season.

Derick Tyler Jennings, 29, of 621 Old Mill Road in Elk Park, was charged on Oct. 3 with driving while license revoked not impaired rev, possession/displaying an altered/fictional/revoked driver’s license,

The Democratic Party saw surges in grassroots activism after the 2016 election, after George Floyd's murder, and most recently after the Dobbs decision. However, the party seems to be sticking to the same old playbook of fundraising emails and text messages, rather than building long-term organizational power. Our guests this week explore why that is and what we can do about it.

Penn State's Christopher Ali, a leading scholar on the politics of Internet access, join us this week for a conversation about rural broadband and digital divides.