Podcast appearances and mentions of patrick sharkey

Pour vous abonner à ma newsletter : https://hop.kessel.media/Il y a quelques jours, je me suis inscrit dans une nouvelle salle de sport. Une décision anodine mais si je vous en parle, c'est que mon critère décisif de choix en surprendrait plus d'un : son café ! Alors pourquoi je vous raconte ça ? Après treize années en tant qu'indépendant, j'ai appris à apprécier la liberté d'organiser mon temps, cette capacité à façonner mes journées selon mes envies.J'ai toujours choisi des appartements me permettant de faire cela dans les meilleures conditions et pourtant, la solitude des journées commence à peser.Partageant la raison principale de mon inscription dans cette gym avec mon ami John Krakauer, neuroscientifique américain reconnu, il m'a répondu par une formule qui résonne comme un diagnostic de notre époque : "we need to practice humans".En français dans le texte « Nous devons pratiquer l'art d'être humain ».A priori un non-sens et pourtant c'est tout l'inverse.Comme un muscle qui s'atrophie faute d'exercice, de manière insidieuse, notre capacité à créer du lien se délite dans le confort de notre isolement choisi.D'ailleurs, j'ai reçu sur Vlan ! une chercheuse du MIT, Valérie Gauthier pour nous aider à récréer du dialogue si cela vous intéresse.Cette semaine j'ai envie d'explorer ce que le magazine « The Atlantic » a justement nommé de « siècle anti-social ». Mais alors c'est quoi le paradoxe de notre solitude moderne ?La langue anglaise, dans sa précision, distingue "solitude" de "loneliness".Le premier terme décrit un choix enrichissant, une pause réparatrice. Le second évoque une forme d'isolement toxique, un repli qui nous éloigne de notre nature profondément sociale.Notre langue française peine à capturer cette nuance essentielle - "isolement" porte une connotation trop négative pour traduire fidèlement ce "loneliness" contemporain que nous nous imposons collectivement.Alors attentin, ressentir de la solitude est une réponse saine, comme le souligne le sociologue Eric Klinenberg.C'est cette énergie qui m'a poussé vers cette salle de sport, ce besoin viscéral de reconnecter avec le monde.Mais voilà le paradoxe de notre époque : nous répondons au sentiment de solitude par davantage de solitude, dans une spirale qui nous éloigne toujours plus les uns des autres.Les chiffres racontent une histoire paradoxale de notre temps.Pour chaque heure passée en présence d'autrui hors de chez soi, l'Américain moyen en passe 7 devant sa télévision.La fréquence des dîners entre amis a chuté de 45% entre 1970 et les années 2000.Nous croyons chercher le bien-être dans cette retraite, mais les études en psychologie moderne révèlent une réalité contre-intuitive : nous sommes particulièrement mauvais pour identifier ce qui nous rend véritablement heureux.En fait ce que l'on nomme le Me-time a un vrai coté sombre !!! Je vous explique ca !! Une expérience fascinante menée à Chicago par le psychologue Nick Epley l'illustre parfaitement. Il a demandé aux usagers du métro d'imaginer leur trajet idéal : la majorité a opté pour un voyage silencieux et solitaire, considérant qu'une conversation avec un inconnu serait désagréable.L'expérience a prouvé exactement l'inverse - les interactions, même brèves, ont significativement amélioré leur bien-être et plus longues étaient ces dernières, meilleur était l'impact.C'est ce que les chercheurs appellent le "paradoxe de la connexion sociale" : nous fuyons précisément ce qui pourrait nous rendre plus heureux.Pourtant même dans un espace social tel que le métro nous nous enfermons dans l'isolement de nos écouteurs qui annulent le bruit ou simplement en plaçant l'écran glacé de notre téléphone entre soi et les autres.Et ce qui est mauvais pour notre santé mentale fini par également être mauvais pour notre santé physique comme le prouvent de nombreuses études sur la longévité.Etre utile à sa communauté comme me le rappelait Jean-Marc Lemaître, Directeur de recherche à l'Inserm, est fondamental. Et par ailleurs il y a un prix politique à notre deconnexion sociale ! je vous explique Cette citation de Deleuze prend ici tout son sens : "Le pouvoir exige des corps tristes. Le pouvoir a besoin de tristesse parce qu'il peut la dominer. La joie est résistance, parce qu'elle n'abandonne pas."Sans verser dans le complotisme, l'idée n'est pas dire que le pouvoir en place nous invite à rester chez nous mais force est de constater que notre isolement volontaire fragilise le tissu social.Nous renforçons nos liens avec ceux qui pensent comme nous, tandis que notre seule exposition à des opinions divergentes se fait à travers le prisme déformant des algorithmes des reseaux sociaux.La nuance qu'apportait une discussion au café du commerce, la modération qu'insufflait une conversation avec un voisin de palier, tout cela s'efface progressivement.Trump a parfaitement profité de cette situation et l'a renforcé en créant son propre réseau social ironiquement appelé « Truth social » (selon le Washington Post, durant son 1er mandat il a menti 30 573 fois soit 21 mensonges par jour en moyenne - cqfd).Situation encore renforcée avec un Musk prenant la main sur X évidemment.Comme l'explique le sociologue Dunkelman, "si la famille nous apprend l'amour, la tribu nous apprend la loyauté et le village nous apprend la tolérance."Sans ce village, nous perdons notre capacité à comprendre des narratifs différents des nôtres.La réalité c'est que parler avec des personnes bienveillantes ayant des opinions légèrement différentes des nôtres permet de se modérer politiquement automatiquement.A partir du moment où nous n'avons plus d'interactions avec nos voisins, nous n'arrivons plus à nous connecter à la nuance et cela donne envie de renverser la table.D'ailleurs, cette déconnexion sociale est aussi en partie ce qui explique l'incompréhension chez les démocrates aux U.S. qui continuaient à parler des minorités invisibilisées quand la majorité des Américains n'arrivaient pas à joindre les 2 bouts.Nous ne parlons plus avec les mêmes faits ni les mêmes vérités quand nous pourrions être relativement d'accord la plupart du temps comme l'a prouvé la convention citoyenne en France.Mais dans cette période particulièrement dystopique, ce que j'observe surtout, c'est ce besoin de se réfugier avec un besoin croissant de se divertir.Or on le sait, l'extrême-droite gagne faute de participants, le nihilisme gagne partout et est particulièrement dangereux.Alors on écoute des podcasts d'humour ou léger, on regarde des séries et tout cela renforce le temps passé seul.C'est assez classique de gérer le stress à travers une forme d'isolement mais en réalité cela est inversement proportionnel à notre niveau de bonheur.Même nos rituels sociaux ont été touché mais l‘avez-vous réalisé ? Dans les années 1970, le foyer américain moyen recevait des amis plus d'une fois par mois. Aujourd'hui, ces rituels de socialisation s'effritent. Les livraisons à domicile représentent désormais 74% du trafic des restaurants aux U.S., transformant des lieux de convivialité en simples points de collecte.Cette évolution reflète une transformation plus profonde de notre rapport au temps et à l'espace. Entre 1965 et 1995, nous avons gagné collectivement six heures de temps libre par semaine - soit 300 heures par an.Au lieu d'investir ce temps dans des activités sociales, nous l'avons massivement réinvesti dans les écrans.Un choix qui semblait offrir plus de liberté mais qui, paradoxalement, nous a enfermés dans une nouvelle forme de solitude.Et je dois confesser, non sans gêne, que mon propre compteur est probablement plus élevé que les 30% de temps éveillé moyen passés devant un écran.Plus inquiétant, les études démontrent une corrélation directe : plus nous passons de temps devant nos écrans, moins nous sommes naturellement attirés par l'engagement social.Certes, une partie de ce temps d'écran est supposément "sociale", mais partager des liens TikTok ne remplace pas la richesse d'une conversation en face à face.Même dans le couple, il arrive régulièrement qu'un écran s'interfère entre les 2 personnes, la psychologue Esther Perel m'a parlé alors de solitude paradoxale dans cet épisode de Vlan !Vous n'êtes pas seul mais vous ressentez un sentiment d'ignorance qui parfois peut avoir des impacts délétères. Et alors si vous avez des enfants, l'impact chez les ado est halluninante Oui ! La transformation est encore plus frappante chez les jeunes générations.Les statistiques révèlent une réalité troublante : ils sont moins nombreux à vouloir passer leur permis, à sortir en "date", ou même simplement à voir des amis en dehors de l'école.Ils font moins de bêtises, ont moins de relations sexuelles, restent dans leurs chambres et quand ils sont en famille, mettent un écran entre eux et leurs parents.Le nombre d'adolescents qui voient quotidiennement un ami hors du cadre scolaire a chuté de 50% par rapport à 1990.L'anxiété atteint des sommets, particulièrement chez les jeunes filles, dont près de 50% rapportent une tristesse persistante.Ce n'est plus seulement une redéfinition de l'adolescence à laquelle nous assistons, mais une transformation profonde de sa psychologie même.Comme l'explique Nicholas Carr, nous avons perdu cette frontière salutaire entre "être seul" et "être dans la foule". Notre solitude est constamment parasitée par le flux ininterrompu des réseaux sociaux, créant un état paradoxal : plus connectés que jamais, mais aussi plus anxieux et épuisés.Un phénomène qui explique peut-être cette tendance étrange sur TikTok à célébrer l'annulation de diners ou de plans sociaux. Et alors il y a un truc que je n'avais pas du tout vu venir De manière surprenante - du moins pour moi - la courbe du bonheur est inversement proportionnelle au confort que nous construisons dans nos maisons, comme le note le sociologue Patrick Sharkey.Plus nous y sommes confortables moins nous voulons en sortir et plus nous nous recroquevillons sur nous-même.D'ailleurs, il note qu'un changement profond s'est opéré dans la conception même de nos espaces de vie. Les architectes ne débattent plus de la luminosité des pièces ou de l'ouverture des espaces, mais du nombre d'écrans qu'on peut y installer – il faut désormais s'assurer que l'on peut accrocher un écran dans chaque pièce.Le confort moderne s'est transformé en cocon digital, dessinant une architecture intrinsèquement antisociale.Les "routines matinale" exhibées sur les réseaux sociaux illustrent parfaitement cette mutation.Ces vidéos, souvent réalisée par des personnes fortunées au physique mettent en scène une existence quasi monacale : méditation matinale, séance de journaling, repas healthy, yoga... mais étrangement, pas trace d'enfants, de conjoint ou d'amis.La présence de l'autre y est souvent perçue comme une nuisance, une interruption dans cette chorégraphie parfaitement orchestrée du "me-time". Et ca pourrait être pire demain si on ne se réveille pasNotre fuite vers le digital pourrait bientôt prendre une nouvelle dimension avec l'émergence des IA conversationnelles.J'ai ce pressentiment que les réseaux sociaux traditionnels vont perdre du terrain au profit des conversations avec des intelligences artificielles.Cela peut sembler relever de la science-fiction, mais je le vois venir inexorablement.Le plus troublant n'est pas que nous ne réalisions pas parler à une machine - nous le savons parfaitement.Non, ce qui inquiète, c'est que nous choisissions consciemment ces interlocuteurs artificiels. La raison est simple : l'IA ne nous challenge jamais, elle nous valide constamment et reste disponible 24/7, sans le moindre jugement.Une facilité qui nous éloigne encore davantage de la complexité enrichissante des relations humaines.La prescription est pourtant simple pour quiconque évalue son bien-être en dessous de 7/10 : privilégier les appels téléphoniques aux messages texte, oser la conversation avec des inconnus dans un café, s'engager dans de nouvelles activités pour rencontrer des personnes ou simplement travailler depuis un espace social pour les indépendants.Ces petits pas peuvent sembler insignifiants, mais ils sont le début d'une transformation profonde.C'est précisément ce qui m'a poussé à choisir cette salle de sport avec mon amie Fatou.Un simple rituel matinal qui devient une norme, qui elle-même se transforme en valeur, pour finalement redéfinir mes comportements.Car au fond, tout commence par ces petits choix quotidiens.Face à ce défi, il ne s'agit pas simplement de nostalgie pour un monde pré-numérique.Notre besoin de connexion humaine n'est pas un luxe ou une option - c'est une nécessité vitale pour notre espèce.Les études démontrent invariablement que contrairement à nos croyances modernes, une plus grande maison, une voiture de luxe, ou un salaire doublé au prix de notre temps libre ne font que générer plus d'anxiété.Le véritable paradoxe de notre époque réside dans cette conviction que ce dont nous avons le plus besoin est du temps seul (« me-time).C'est peut-être la plus grande erreur de notre génération.Nous possédons d'innombrables opportunités de nous connecter les uns aux autres, et pourtant nous les rejetons systématiquement, une par une, jour après jour."Pratiquer l'humain" n'est donc pas un simple exercice de « développement personnel » - c'est un acte de résistance contre l'atomisation de notre société.Chaque conversation initiée, chaque sourire échangé, chaque moment de présence authentique compte. Ces interactions peuvent sembler insignifiantes face à l'ampleur du défi, mais elles sont les fils qui retissent le tissu social effiloché.Pour paraphraser Deleuze une dernière fois, la joie que nous procurent les vraies connexions humaines nous emmène dans des endroits où la tristesse de l'isolement ne nous mènerait jamais.Peut-être que la vraie révolution de notre époque serait simplement de redécouvrir le courage d'être présent les uns pour les autres, de cultiver ces petits moments d'humanité partagée qui, finalement, donnent tout son sens à notre existence.Car au fond, ce n'est pas tant la technologie qui nous isole que nos choix quotidiens.Et chacun de ces choix est une opportunité de réinventer notre façon d'être ensemble.Alors la prochaine fois que vous hésitez entre commander une livraison ou aller au restaurant, entre envoyer un message ou passer un appel, entre rester chez vous ou rejoindre des amis, rappelez-vous : ce n'est pas juste un choix pratique, c'est un choix de société.Et peut-être même, un choix de civilisation.

Dr. Patrick Sharkey - The William S. Tod Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, author of several books including “Uneasy Peace: The Great Crime Decline, the Renewal of City Life, and the Next War on Violence” and a leading scholar or urban crime. He joins Tavis for a conversation about the recent rise in crime and why this current crime spike isn't necessarily a mystery.

This week, we preview the Camogie and LGFA League Finals being played in Croke Park and joining Matt is Patrick Sharkey from the GAA Zone Podcast. It includes:  -Cork and Galway meeting again in Camogie  -Armagh and Kerry do battle to gain promotion  -Meath and Donegal chase their first-ever League Crown  -and more news in the GAA World including #PaircUiRinnOrNowhere.  Don't forget to use the code STATSMAN11 on the FortuneFavours.ie website to get 11% off at checkout.  Check out GAA Zone here: Spotify Apologies in advance for the sound quality in this episode.

German, Jerusalem, and Dylan talk about an idea that has come to dominate national discussions of policing: defunding the police. They walk through the pros and cons of the idea as a policy proposal, then discuss how it's affecting the politics of criminal justice. Finally, they discuss new research on discrimination against Black and Latinx renters. References: German's article on police research German's article on guns and policing Austin's defunding journey Study finding more police mean fewer homicides Study finding London police closures led to more violent crime Expert survey finding most say more police funding would mean public safety improvements 2020's protests led to state policing reforms, but not defunding Pew on public opinion toward defunding the police Rogé Karma interviews Patrick Sharkey on The Ezra Klein Show White paper: “Racial Discrimination and Housing Outcomes in the United States Rental Market” Jerusalem's article on discrimination against housing voucher recipients Hosts: Dylan Matthews (@dylanmatt), senior correspondent, Vox German Lopez (@germanrlopez), senior correspondent, Vox Jerusalem Demsas (@jerusalemdemsas), policy reporter, Vox Credits: Sofi LaLonde, producer & engineer Libby Nelson, editorial adviser Amber Hall, deputy editorial director of talk podcasts Sign up for The Weeds newsletter each Friday: vox.com/weedsletter  Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a donation to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 2020 the United States experienced a nearly 30 percent rise in homicides from 2019. That's the single biggest one-year increase since we started keeping national records in 1960. And violence has continued to rise well into 2021.To deny or downplay the seriousness of this spike is neither morally justified nor politically wise. Violence takes lives, traumatizes children, instills fear, destroys community life and entrenches racial and economic inequality. Public opinion responds in kind: Polling indicates that Americans are increasingly worried about violent crime. And if November's state and local campaigns were any indication, public safety will be a defining issue in upcoming election cycles.Liberals and progressives need an answer to the question of how to handle rising violence. But that answer doesn't need to involve a return to the punitive, tough-on-crime approach that has devastated Black and brown communities for decades and led millions of people to take to the streets in protest last summer.Patrick Sharkey is a sociologist at Princeton University and the author of “Uneasy Peace: The Great Crime Decline, the Renewal of City Life, and the Next War on Violence.” The central claim of his work is this: Police are effective at reducing violence, but they aren't the only actors capable of doing so. Sharkey has studied community-based models for addressing violence in places as varied as rural Australia and New York City. As a result, he has developed a compelling, evidence-backed vision of how cities and communities can tackle violent crime without relying heavily on police.So this conversation is about what an alternative approach to addressing the current homicide spike could look like and all the messy, difficult questions it raises. It also explores the causes of the homicide spike, why Sharkey thinks policing is ultimately an “unsustainable” solution to crime, how New York City managed to reduce gun violence by 50 percent while reducing arrests and prison populations, whether it's possible to overcome the punitive politics of rising crime, why America has such abnormally high levels of violent crime in the first place and more. Mentioned:“Community and the Crime Decline: The Causal Effect of Local Nonprofits on Violent Crime” by Patrick Sharkey, Gerard Torrats-Espinosa and Delaram Takyar “Reducing Violence Without Police: A Review of Research Evidence”“Social Fabric: A New Model For Public Safety and Vital Neighborhoods” by Elizabeth Glazer and Patrick Sharkey“Can Precision Policing Reduce Gun Violence? Evidence from “Gang Takedowns in New York City” by Aaron Chalfin, Michael LaForest and Jacob KaplanBook Recommendations:The Stickup Kids by Randol ContrerasThe Truly Disadvantaged by William Julius WilsonSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThis episode is guest hosted by Rogé Karma, the staff editor for “The Ezra Klein Show.” Rogé has been with the show since July 2019, when it was based at Vox. He works closely with Ezra on everything related to the show, from editing to interview prep to guest selection. At Vox, he also wrote stories and conducted interviews on topics ranging from policing and racial justice to democracy reform and the coronavirus.Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com.You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more episodes of "The Ezra Klein Show" at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast, and you can find Ezra on Twitter @ezraklein. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.“The Ezra Klein Show” is produced by Annie Galvin, Jeff Geld and Rogé Karma; fact-checking by Michelle Harris and Andrea López Cruzado; original music by Isaac Jones; mixing by Jeff Geld, audience strategy by Shannon Busta. Special thanks to Kristin Lin and Alison Bruzek.

In this episode, I and GAA Zone editor Patrick Sharkey talk about this weekend's games (included is a preview of Kerry v Tyrone, which is now set for the following weekend). We talk about Mayo's clash with Dublin in both men's and women's, Cork v Meath in LGFA and the U20 Final between Roscommon and Offaly.  GAA Zone: Use the code STATSMAN10 at FortuneFavours.ie to get 10% off your order.

Patrick Sharkey spent years studying the causes for the national decline in crime that took place from the 1990s to the 2010s. A Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton, and the author of Uneasy Peace: The Great Crime Decline, the Renewal of City Life, and the Next War on Violence, he warned that it would prove unsustainable to rely on aggressive policing and mass incarceration to keep the peace in America's cities. Now, he is ideally placed to answer why violent crime has surged in the past year and what to do about that. In this week's conversation, Patrick Sharkey and Yascha Mounk discuss the recent rise in violent crime, how this trend hits disadvantaged communities the hardest, and why neither defunding the police nor returning to the old model of keeping the peace offers a real solution. This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity. Please do listen and spread the word about The Good Fight. If you have not yet signed up for our podcast, please do so now by following this link on your phone. Email: podcast@persuasion.community  Website: http://www.persuasion.community Podcast production by John T. Williams, and Brendan Ruberry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Connect with us! Spotify | Apple | Google Twitter: @Yascha_Mounk & @joinpersuasion Youtube: Yascha Mounk LinkedIn: Persuasion Community Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Patrick Sharkey is professor of sociology and public affairs at the PRinceton School of Public and International Affairs. He was formerly chair of sociology at NYU, where he taught for 10 years before joining Princeton. He is founder of americanviolence.org, former scientific director of crime lab new york, and author of the book Uneasy Peace: The Great Crime Decline, the Renewal of City Life, and the Next War on Violence

Patrick Sharkey is professor of sociology and public affairs at the PRinceton School of Public and International Affairs. He was formerly chair of sociology at NYU, where he taught for 10 years before joining Princeton. He is founder of americanviolence.org, former scientific director of crime lab new york, and author of the book Uneasy Peace: The Great Crime Decline, the Renewal of City Life, and the Next War on Violence

Matt sits down with John Pfaff, professor and author of Locked Up, an influential and important 2017 book about mass incarceration in America. The two discuss some common misconceptions about America's prison population, three different meanings of the term "broken windows," and what might be the true cause of the current trending rise in violent crime across the nation. Resources: Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration and How to Achieve Real Reform by John Pfaff (2017; Basic Books) Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America by Jill Levoy (2015; One World) "Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach" by Gary S. Becker (Journal of Political Economy v. 76 no. 2, Mar.-Apr. 1968) Uneasy Peace: The Great Crime Decline, the Renewal of City Life, and the Next War on Violence by Patrick Sharkey (2019; W.W. Norton) The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs (1961) "Broken Windows: The police and neighborhood safety" by George L. Kelling and James Q. Wilson (March 1982; The Atlantic) Guest: John Pfaff (@JohnFPfaff), author; professor, Fordham Law School Host: Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Slowboring.com Credits: Erikk Geannikis, Editor and Producer As the Biden administration gears up, we'll help you understand this unprecedented burst of policymaking. Sign up for The Weeds newsletter each Friday: vox.com/weeds-newsletter. The Weeds is a Vox Media Podcast Network production. Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts About Vox Vox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Follow Us: Vox.com Facebook group: The Weeds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Early estimates find that in 2020, homicides in the United States increased somewhere between 25 percent and nearly 40 percent, the largest spike since 1960, when formal crime statistics began to be collected. And early estimates indicate that the increase has carried over to 2021.Violent crime is a crisis on two levels. The first, and most direct, is the toll it takes on people and communities. The lost lives, the grieving families, the traumatized children, the families and businesses that flee, leaving inequality and joblessness for those who remain.It’s also a political crisis: Violent crime can lead to more punitive, authoritarian and often racist policies, with consequences that shape communities decades later. In the 1970s and ’80s, the politics of crime drove the rise of mass incarceration and warrior policing, the political careers of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, the abandonment of inner cities. If these numbers keep rising, they could end any chance we have of building a new approach to safety, and possibly carry Donald Trump — or someone like him — back to the presidency in 2024.There’s still time. Just this week, Philadelphia’s progressive district attorney, Larry Krasner, handily fended off a primary challenge. But the politics are changing, and fast: Democratic primary voters in New York City say crime and violence is the second most important problem facing the city, behind the coronavirus but ahead of affordable housing and racial injustice. And just a few weeks ago, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms of Atlanta, who was facing political challengers attacking her for being soft on crime, announced she would not seek re-election in the fall.So do liberals have an answer to violent crime? And if so, what is it?James Forman Jr. is a professor of law at Yale Law School and the author “Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America,” for which he received a Pulitzer Prize. In the book, Forman uses Washington, D.C., of the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s as a case study to explore the political and psychological dynamics that rising crime produces. We discuss the toll of living amid both street and state violence; what the crime wave of the ’70s and ’80s did to Black politics; the causes of the “Great Crime Decline”; the extent to which policing and prisons actually reduce crime; why we should think of violence the way we think of pandemics; the Black community’s complex views of policing; the three-pronged approach liberals should take to safety; and much more.References: “The Long Reach of Violence” by Patrick Sharkey “The U.S. public’s support for being tough on crime has been a main determinant of changes to the incarceration rate” by Peter Enns“Modeling Contagion Through Social Networks to Explain and Predict Gunshot Violence in Chicago, 2006 to 2014” by Ben Green, Thibaut Horel, and Andrew V. PapachristosVox/Data for Progress poll April 2-5, 2021“State Reforms Reverse Decades of Incarceration Growth” Recommendations: Ghettoside by Jill Leovy Becoming Ms. Burton by Susan Burton The Condemnation of Blackness by Khalil Gibran Muhammad Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com.The Ezra Klein Show is produced by Annie Galvin, Jeff Geld and Rogé Karma; fact-checking by Michelle Harris; original music by Isaac Jones; mixing by Jeff Geld. Special thanks to Shannon Busta and Kristin Lin.

What causes violent crime rates to rise? It probably won’t surprise you to learn that 2020 was the deadliest year in American history but what you may not know is that 2020 also saw a staggering rise in homicides and violent crime. It’s impossible to separate the two – the indefinite closure of crucial community spaces and abrupt economic upheaval were felt nationwide but hit hardest in areas most vulnerable to increased interpersonal violence. To understand what happened last year, it’s worth looking back at the last major wave of violence in the United States – what caused the spike then and what caused it to go down? Sociologist Patrick Sharkey’s book, “Uneasy Peace”, lays out the most successful strategies cities used to decrease violent crime and joins to lend his expertise on what we got right – and what we’re getting wrong.READ MORE:Uneasy Peace: The Great Crime Decline, the Renewal of City Life, and the Next War on Violence by Patrick Sharkey

Sociology professor Patrick Sharkey discusses how gun violence in America makes meaningful police reform more difficult. And, after actor Chadwick Boseman died last August at the age of 43 from colon cancer, the world learned about the startling rise of colorectal cancer rates. Ibram X. Kendi and Paul Rawate talk about their journeys and their message about early screening.

Afghan peace negotiator Fawzia Koofi joins Christiane Amanpour from Kabul to unpack President Biden's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan before September 11. Democratic Senator from Jon Ossoff speaks about the need for Congress to act in the wake of voter restriction laws in his home state of Georgia. Then Princeton sociology professor Patrick Sharkey talks to our Michel Martin about the unprecedented rise in urban violence over the last year and the relationship between police violence and guns. And finally, songwriters Diane Warren and Laura Pausini discuss their Oscar-nominated song "Io Si (Seen)" for the new Netflix film "The Life Ahead".To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Amid a growing chorus calling to “defund the police,” some worry about the potential for rising violence on the one hand and a question about what replaces the police on the other. Patrick Sharkey joins Before the Ballot to discuss the public health consequences of violence on children's outcomes, the role of police and other community-building organizations in low-income neighborhoods, and strategies that can improve child wellbeing. Sharkey is a professor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton and the founder of AmericanViolence.org.ABOUT THE SHOWBefore the Ballot is a podcast series designed to educate voters before they cast their ballots this November. It features faculty at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. The show is hosted by Elisabeth Donahue, associate dean of public affairs and communications. It is produced and edited by Henry Barrett '22 and B. Rose Huber, communications manager and senior writer. Sarah Binder, communications specialist, wrote these summaries.

Amid a growing chorus calling to “defund the police,” some worry about the potential for rising violence on the one hand and a question about what replaces the police on the other. Patrick Sharkey joins Before the Ballot to discuss the public health consequences of violence on children’s outcomes, the role of police and other community-building organizations in low-income neighborhoods, and strategies that can improve child wellbeing. Sharkey is a professor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton and the founder of AmericanViolence.org. ABOUT THE SHOW Before the Ballot is a podcast series designed to educate voters before they cast their ballots this November. It features faculty at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. The show is hosted by Elisabeth Donahue, associate dean of public affairs and communications. It is produced and edited by Henry Barrett ’22 and B. Rose Huber, communications manager and senior writer. Sarah Binder, communications specialist, wrote these summaries.

Guest speakers include Iddo Tavory, Patrick Sharkey, Alejandro Werner, Miguel Kiguel, Hurley Doddy, and Lee Buchheit.

In addition to law enforcement, our police forces are tasked with plenty of responsibilities that have fallen through the bureaucratic cracks. Patrick Sharkey, professor of sociology and public affairs at New York University and founder of AmericanViolence.org, joins host Krys Boyd to talk about strategies for offloading elements of the job that stand in the way of effective policing.

It's the S1 finale y'all! Mary and Amy wrap up the season with a look at the ever-evolving climate-COVID-19 story, coverage of climate for climate's sake, and pieces that provide inspiration to keep fighting on climate. Plus some rum-fueled rants and dad jokes, of course. Subscribe to our newsletter so you won't miss our curated reading lists, original writing and subscriber-only bonus episodes: https://realhottake.substack.com/subscribe Reading List: The US has a collective action problem that’s larger than the coronavirus crisis —Patrick Sharkey, Vox https://www.vox.com/2020/4/10/21216216/coronavirus-social-distancing-texas-unacast-climate-change Putin's Long War Against American Science — William J. Broad, The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/science/putin-russia-disinformation-health-coronavirus.html The Reason COVID-19 and Climate Seem So Similar: Disinformation —Amy Westervelt, Drilled News https://drillednews.substack.com/p/the-reason-covid-19-and-climate-seem ‘We Needed to Go’: Rich Americans Activate Pandemic Escape Plans—Olivia Carville, Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-19/-we-needed-to-go-rich-americans-activate-pandemic-escape-plans Think This Pandemic Is Bad? We Have Another Crisis Coming —Rhiana Gunn Wright, The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/opinion/sunday/climate-change-covid-economy.html  Upend the political power of carbon polluters — Leah Stokes, The Boston Globe https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/19/opinion/upend-political-power-carbon-polluters/  The Green New Deal Is Cheap, Actually—Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/why-the-green-new-deal-is-cheap-actually-965794/ What the 'Humans Are the Virus' Meme Gets So Wrong—Brian Kahn, Earther https://earther.gizmodo.com/what-the-humans-are-the-virus-meme-gets-so-wrong-1842934676 I Am a Mad Scientist—Kate Marvel, Drilled News https://www.drillednews.com/post/i-am-a-mad-scientist  People Aren’t Bad for the Planet—Capitalism Is—Izzie Ramirez, Bitch Media https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/world-on-fire/ecofascist-messaging-is-increasing-during-coronavirus-pandemic  I’m pregnant during the coronavirus pandemic, and I’m terrified—Anica Brown, Boston Globe https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/03/20/opinion/im-pregnant-im-terrified/ In a shrinking world, what will we pass on to our children?—Mary Heglar, The Boston Globe https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/19/opinion/essay-shrinking-world-what-will-we-pass-our-children/  The Story of Our Time—Kyle Pope, Columbia Journalism Review https://www.cjr.org/special_report/story-of-our-time.php Rising Tides, Troubled Waters: The Future of Our Ocean—Jeff Godell, Rolling Stone https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/oceans-and-climate-change-2020-report-jeff-goodell-967980/ Computer-aided Destruction— Maddie Stone, Drilled News https://www.drillednews.com/post/computer-aided-destruction  We Can't Tackle Climate Change Without You—Mary Annaïse Heglar, Wired https://www.wired.com/story/what-you-can-do-solve-climate-change/ Zero Hour: There’s No Stopping Climate Change, But How Bad It Gets Is Still Up To Us—Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/jeff-goodell-no-stopping-climate-change-966026/ What's It Going to Take? — Ijeoma Oluo, Medium https://link.medium.com/n2RW6AN485 The Really Big One—Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big-one Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the S1 finale y'all! Mary and Amy wrap up the season with a look at the ever-evolving climate-COVID-19 story, coverage of climate for climate's sake, and pieces that provide inspiration to keep fighting on climate. Plus some rum-fueled rants and dad jokes, of course. Subscribe to our newsletter so you won't miss our curated reading lists, original writing and subscriber-only bonus episodes: https://realhottake.substack.com/subscribe Reading List: The US has a collective action problem that’s larger than the coronavirus crisis —Patrick Sharkey, Vox https://www.vox.com/2020/4/10/21216216/coronavirus-social-distancing-texas-unacast-climate-change Putin's Long War Against American Science — William J. Broad, The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/science/putin-russia-disinformation-health-coronavirus.html The Reason COVID-19 and Climate Seem So Similar: Disinformation —Amy Westervelt, Drilled News https://drillednews.substack.com/p/the-reason-covid-19-and-climate-seem ‘We Needed to Go’: Rich Americans Activate Pandemic Escape Plans—Olivia Carville, Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-19/-we-needed-to-go-rich-americans-activate-pandemic-escape-plans Think This Pandemic Is Bad? We Have Another Crisis Coming —Rhiana Gunn Wright, The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/opinion/sunday/climate-change-covid-economy.html  Upend the political power of carbon polluters — Leah Stokes, The Boston Globe https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/19/opinion/upend-political-power-carbon-polluters/  The Green New Deal Is Cheap, Actually—Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/why-the-green-new-deal-is-cheap-actually-965794/ What the 'Humans Are the Virus' Meme Gets So Wrong—Brian Kahn, Earther https://earther.gizmodo.com/what-the-humans-are-the-virus-meme-gets-so-wrong-1842934676 I Am a Mad Scientist—Kate Marvel, Drilled News https://www.drillednews.com/post/i-am-a-mad-scientist  People Aren’t Bad for the Planet—Capitalism Is—Izzie Ramirez, Bitch Media https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/world-on-fire/ecofascist-messaging-is-increasing-during-coronavirus-pandemic  I’m pregnant during the coronavirus pandemic, and I’m terrified—Anica Brown, Boston Globe https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/03/20/opinion/im-pregnant-im-terrified/ In a shrinking world, what will we pass on to our children?—Mary Heglar, The Boston Globe https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/19/opinion/essay-shrinking-world-what-will-we-pass-our-children/  The Story of Our Time—Kyle Pope, Columbia Journalism Review https://www.cjr.org/special_report/story-of-our-time.php Rising Tides, Troubled Waters: The Future of Our Ocean—Jeff Godell, Rolling Stone https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/oceans-and-climate-change-2020-report-jeff-goodell-967980/ Computer-aided Destruction— Maddie Stone, Drilled News https://www.drillednews.com/post/computer-aided-destruction  We Can't Tackle Climate Change Without You—Mary Annaïse Heglar, Wired https://www.wired.com/story/what-you-can-do-solve-climate-change/ Zero Hour: There’s No Stopping Climate Change, But How Bad It Gets Is Still Up To Us—Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/jeff-goodell-no-stopping-climate-change-966026/ What's It Going to Take? — Ijeoma Oluo, Medium https://link.medium.com/n2RW6AN485 The Really Big One—Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big-one Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We typically think of policing as something that’s done by police officers. But what if the most important policing… is self-policing... by individuals and communities? Guests: Sirena Cotton, Founder of Roc the Peace in Rochester; Harold Pollack, Professor at the University of Chicago, and Co-Director of the Crime Lab and Health Lab; Patrick Sharkey, Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology at New York University, and author of An Uneasy Peace and Stuck in Place; Patricia Rogers, Executive Director of the Dominican Center in Milwaukee; and Charles Branas, Professor and Chair of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, and co-author of Changing Places. | insicknessandinhealthpodcast.com | glow.fm/insicknessandinhealth | #EndGunViolence #GunViolence #GVP #GunSafety #MentalHealth #MentalIllness #Suicide #SuicidePrevention #MeansMatter #LEO #Police #BlueLives #BlueLivesMatter #BrokenWindows #ERPO #ExtremeRiskProtectionOrder #RedFlag #GVPO #MassShooting #IntimatePartnerViolence #DomesticViolence #EveryTown #MomsDemandAction #MomsDemand #StudentsDemandAction #StudentsDemand #MarchForOurLives #BradyCampaign #FamilyFire #Giffords #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #ThisIsOurLane #EnoughIsEnough #NeverAgain #NationalEmergency #MedHum #MedHumChat #NarrativeMedicine #HealthHumanities #SocialMedicine #SocialJustice #SDoH

Talk to anyone who lived in New York City in the 1970s, and they will probably highlight the city’s widespread crime. Times Square wasn’t yet Disney-fied and Brooklyn hadn’t been taken over by hipsters. Most people agreed that New York was a dangerous place. But then something happened: murders, and violent crime in general, began to drop. And that trend wasn’t unique to New York: It happened in many places across America. So who do we have to thank for the crime decline? To find out, we talk with NYU sociology professor Patrick Sharkey about his book, “Uneasy Peace: The Great Crime Decline, the Renewal of City Life, and the Next War on Violence.”

Talk to anyone who lived in New York City in the 1970s, and they will probably highlight the city’s widespread crime. Times Square wasn’t yet Disney-fied and Brooklyn hadn’t been taken over by hipsters. Most people agreed that New York was a dangerous place. But then something happened: murders, and violent crime in general, began to drop. And that trend wasn’t unique to New York: It happened in many places across America. So who do we have to thank for the crime decline? To find out, we talk with NYU sociology professor Patrick Sharkey about his book “Uneasy Peace: The Great Crime Decline, Renewal of City Life, and the Next War on Violence.”

Patrick Sharkey, the author of Uneasy Peace: The Great Crime Decline, the Renewal of City Life, and the Next War on Violence, discusses the wider costs of violence and the threat posed by inequality and disinvestment to the current fragile gains. He points to the signal role of community organizing and community-based nonprofits in combating … Continue reading Keeping the Peace: Patrick Sharkey on Sustaining the Great Crime Decline →

Managing editor Patrick Sharkey is graduating!

Managing editor Patrick Sharkey is graduating!

Patrick Sharkey brings you the Weekend Hit List

Patrick Sharkey brings you the Weekend Hit List

Patrick Sharkey gives you a taste of the events you need to be at this weekend.

Patrick Sharkey gives you a taste of the events you need to be at this weekend.

This week on Real College Podcast, producer Emily LePain does some digging and talks to her father, a petroleum geologist, to get to the bottom of why the inaccurate science presented to us in hollywood films, such as 2015’s San Andreas, is a problem. Later on, host Patrick Sharkey talks to some local podcast aficionados, including friend of the station John Moe, about the podcast medium and its increasing popularity. Jackie Renzetti will also be bringing us this week’s word on the street, and Patrick will talk to the K’s music director about this week’s weekly release spotlight.

This week on Real College Podcast, producer Emily LePain does some digging and talks to her father, a petroleum geologist, to get to the bottom of why the inaccurate science presented to us in hollywood films, such as 2015’s San Andreas, is a problem. Later on, host Patrick Sharkey talks to some local podcast aficionados, including friend of the station John Moe, about the podcast medium and its increasing popularity. Jackie Renzetti will also be bringing us this week’s word on the street, and Patrick will talk to the K’s music director about this week’s weekly release spotlight.

This week on Real College Podcast, we're talking about the people that made America into what it is today: entrepreneurs. We'll be talking about people who often risk everything to pursue their passions, who have gone above and beyond to achieve success. We'll hear from Emily LePain as she investigates a local restaurant's rise to success, as well as from Patrick Sharkey as he finds out what it takes to open a brewery in a market where breweries are popping up everywhere.

This week on Real College Podcast, we're talking about the people that made America into what it is today: entrepreneurs. We'll be talking about people who often risk everything to pursue their passions, who have gone above and beyond to achieve success. We'll hear from Emily LePain as she investigates a local restaurant's rise to success, as well as from Patrick Sharkey as he finds out what it takes to open a brewery in a market where breweries are popping up everywhere.

Patrick Sharkey gives you a taste of the events you need to be at this weekend.

Patrick Sharkey gives you a taste of the events you need to be at this weekend.

This week, we’re on the hunt for a good deal. We’re glancing through store windows, we’re browsing websites and we’re riffling through newspapers for the satisfaction of savings. Frugality is sweet, but are we willing to sacrifice our contributions to small businesses and media creators to achieve it? In these two stories from December 2014, Katie Bolin takes a look at local businesses and their experience with coupons and Marjorie Otto examines the ethics of pirating. Also we hear the word on the street with Patrick Sharkey and Radio K’s Weekly Release Spotlight.

This week, we’re on the hunt for a good deal. We’re glancing through store windows, we’re browsing websites and we’re riffling through newspapers for the satisfaction of savings. Frugality is sweet, but are we willing to sacrifice our contributions to small businesses and media creators to achieve it? In these two stories from December 2014, Katie Bolin takes a look at local businesses and their experience with coupons and Marjorie Otto examines the ethics of pirating. Also we hear the word on the street with Patrick Sharkey and Radio K’s Weekly Release Spotlight.

This week, we’re staying home. I mean sure, Minneapolis and St. Paul are bursting with things to do, places to visit, bands to listen to - but we all need a breather sometime right? We just need to sit down on our sofas, take a nap in our beds to wake up refreshed and ready to take on the Twin Cities and its limitless culture. Aaron Bolton hangs out at a house show, Nathan Gerdes listens to house bands, and Katie Bolin stay in to do some online dating. Also we hear the Word on the Street with Patrick Sharkey and Radio K's Weekly Release Spotlight.

This week, we’re staying home. I mean sure, Minneapolis and St. Paul are bursting with things to do, places to visit, bands to listen to - but we all need a breather sometime right? We just need to sit down on our sofas, take a nap in our beds to wake up refreshed and ready to take on the Twin Cities and its limitless culture. Aaron Bolton hangs out at a house show, Nathan Gerdes listens to house bands, and Katie Bolin stay in to do some online dating. Also we hear the Word on the Street with Patrick Sharkey and Radio K's Weekly Release Spotlight.

We’re telling stories of diversity, and achievement in spite of an unbalanced playing field. We are in midst of momentous social and cultural movements, with Minnesota rising to be an important stage for these changes taking place. It’s widely known and scrutinized that Minnesota isn’t the most diverse state in the US, nor is it the most equipped to benefit people of color. Though as we hear on this week’s show, there is hope and progress for equal treatment and opportunities to prosper. David Lein profiles a political candidate unlike anyone else and Max Fuller explores the lack of diversity in Hollywood. Also we hear the Word on the Street with Patrick Sharkey and the Radio K Weekly Release Spotlight.

We’re telling stories of diversity, and achievement in spite of an unbalanced playing field. We are in midst of momentous social and cultural movements, with Minnesota rising to be an important stage for these changes taking place. It’s widely known and scrutinized that Minnesota isn’t the most diverse state in the US, nor is it the most equipped to benefit people of color. Though as we hear on this week’s show, there is hope and progress for equal treatment and opportunities to prosper. David Lein profiles a political candidate unlike anyone else and Max Fuller explores the lack of diversity in Hollywood. Also we hear the Word on the Street with Patrick Sharkey and the Radio K Weekly Release Spotlight.

We’re getting engaged with fiction. Whether it’s a cherished collection of novels that is worthy of preservation or a century-old Broadway play that is still provoking today, fiction has the power to move us in ways fact often can’t. Tonight we hear two stories of the University of Minnesota celebrating fictitious works. Jackie Renzetti pays tribute to Sherlock Holmes archive, while Patrick Sharkey talks politics and the theater department’s latest production.

We’re getting engaged with fiction. Whether it’s a cherished collection of novels that is worthy of preservation or a century-old Broadway play that is still provoking today, fiction has the power to move us in ways fact often can’t. Tonight we hear two stories of the University of Minnesota celebrating fictitious works. Jackie Renzetti pays tribute to Sherlock Holmes archive, while Patrick Sharkey talks politics and the theater department’s latest production.

Patrick Sharkey gives you a taste of the events you need to be at this weekend.

Patrick Sharkey gives you a taste of the events you need to be at this weekend.

Patrick Sharkey gives you a taste of the events you need to be at this weekend.

Patrick Sharkey gives you a taste of the events you need to be at this weekend.

Patrick Sharkey gives you a taste of the events you need to be at this weekend.

Patrick Sharkey gives you a taste of the events you need to be at this weekend.

This week, we’re communicating. You may be hearing this on the radio, a medium that has lead the way in widespread communications for a hundred years, and strongly continues to do so. Of course, this is a podcast and you may also be hearing it somewhere on the internet, which has allowed us to mutually communicate and connect in ways never before imagined. These technologies bring us together for the sake of exchanging information, and that’s exactly what we’re talking about tonight. Patrick Sharkey tunes in to the world of podcasting, and Matthew Curtis uncovers the veil behind public relations in the 21st century.

This week, we’re communicating. You may be hearing this on the radio, a medium that has lead the way in widespread communications for a hundred years, and strongly continues to do so. Of course, this is a podcast and you may also be hearing it somewhere on the internet, which has allowed us to mutually communicate and connect in ways never before imagined. These technologies bring us together for the sake of exchanging information, and that’s exactly what we’re talking about tonight. Patrick Sharkey tunes in to the world of podcasting, and Matthew Curtis uncovers the veil behind public relations in the 21st century.

This week we’re covering the ever enchanting, always exciting and frighteningly fun night of Halloween. That’s right, we’re setting up our Ouija boards, buying cloves of garlic and travelling to the most mysterious places in the Twin Cities for a thriller. Lock all your doors, keep the lights on and listen to Aaron Bolton’s venture to Gray Cloud Island, Patrick Sharkey’s Soundscope of spookiness, Danielle Korby's Word on the Street and Max Fuller’s ghost hunt.

This week we’re covering the ever enchanting, always exciting and frighteningly fun night of Halloween. That’s right, we’re setting up our Ouija boards, buying cloves of garlic and travelling to the most mysterious places in the Twin Cities for a thriller. Lock all your doors, keep the lights on and listen to Aaron Bolton’s venture to Gray Cloud Island, Patrick Sharkey’s Soundscope of spookiness, Danielle Korby's Word on the Street and Max Fuller’s ghost hunt.

This week, we’re relying on the Twin Cities community - the eclectic, exciting and energetic society that we’re fortunate to surround ourselves with. This is a city and a show supported by collaboration, and we’ll hear two shining examples of people coming together in the name of achieving something greater than themselves. Jackie Renzetti carves out an account of the giant pumpkin culture, Parker Lemke sees the start of a comedy community, and we also hear the Word on the Street with Patrick Sharkey and the Weekly Release Spotlight with Zach Simon.

This week, we’re relying on the Twin Cities community - the eclectic, exciting and energetic society that we’re fortunate to surround ourselves with. This is a city and a show supported by collaboration, and we’ll hear two shining examples of people coming together in the name of achieving something greater than themselves. Jackie Renzetti carves out an account of the giant pumpkin culture, Parker Lemke sees the start of a comedy community, and we also hear the Word on the Street with Patrick Sharkey and the Weekly Release Spotlight with Zach Simon.

This week we’re talking about local legends. people that you know who do what they do better than anyone else, all the while pridefully representing Minnesota and what this state stands for. Patrick Sharkey spends time with a clock connoisseur, Jackie Renzetti meets the woman behind Twins Baseball and we also hear the Word on the Street with Stephanie Ryan.

This week we’re talking about local legends. people that you know who do what they do better than anyone else, all the while pridefully representing Minnesota and what this state stands for. Patrick Sharkey spends time with a clock connoisseur, Jackie Renzetti meets the woman behind Twins Baseball and we also hear the Word on the Street with Stephanie Ryan.

This week we’re going back to school. It’s finally time to stop tanning at the beach, going to the cabin and doing nothing. To better prepare you, we have words of wisdom concerning buying textbooks and riding your bike around campus. We also hear the word on the street with Patrick Sharkey and Radio K’s Weekly Release Spotlight.

This week we’re going back to school. It’s finally time to stop tanning at the beach, going to the cabin and doing nothing. To better prepare you, we have words of wisdom concerning buying textbooks and riding your bike around campus. We also hear the word on the street with Patrick Sharkey and Radio K’s Weekly Release Spotlight.

This week, we’re exploring the ins and outs of fitness. When something bad happens a cliché that is often uttered goes something along the lines of “at least we have our health,” illustrating the importance of well-being above all else. In this day and age we’re making an effort to keep our spirits wholesome, eat healthily and keep fit. Also we hear The Word on the Street from Patrick Sharkey and Radio K’s WRS with Zach Simon.

This week, we’re exploring the ins and outs of fitness. When something bad happens a cliché that is often uttered goes something along the lines of “at least we have our health,” illustrating the importance of well-being above all else. In this day and age we’re making an effort to keep our spirits wholesome, eat healthily and keep fit. Also we hear The Word on the Street from Patrick Sharkey and Radio K’s WRS with Zach Simon.

This week we're discussing beer, the golden, carbonated backbone of America. Patrick Sharkey guides us through a local brewing company as we learn the historical significance of the Surly Bill, that helped turn Minnesota into a haven for beer brewers and drinkers alike.

This week we're discussing beer, the golden, carbonated backbone of America. Patrick Sharkey guides us through a local brewing company as we learn the historical significance of the Surly Bill, that helped turn Minnesota into a haven for beer brewers and drinkers alike.

This week, we’re exploring the other realm. That’s right, we’re setting up our Ouija boards, buy cloves of garlic and traveling to the most mysterious places in the twin cities for a look at some urban legends. Lock all your doors, keep the lights on and listen to Aaron Bolton’s venture to Gray Cloud Island, Patrick Sharkey’s soundscope of spookiness and Max fuller’s ghost hunt.

This week, we’re exploring the other realm. That’s right, we’re setting up our Ouija boards, buy cloves of garlic and traveling to the most mysterious places in the twin cities for a look at some urban legends. Lock all your doors, keep the lights on and listen to Aaron Bolton’s venture to Gray Cloud Island, Patrick Sharkey’s soundscope of spookiness and Max fuller’s ghost hunt.

Patrick Sharkey, associate professor at New York University, discusses urban neighborhoods and the persistence of racial inequality --analyzed through the lens of his new book "Stuck in Place" and the upcoming Askwith Forum.