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Why do some people — especially kids — fiddle with, wince at and despise the very foods that science tells us are most healthful? Here's how to get finicky types to give meatloaf and other 'yucky' foods a chance   Link to transcript Get news and guest insights by subscribing to the Inspire Podcast Newsletter .

Students say they’re learning about sex from a variety of places — but not where they should be. There’s a better way to teach American youth, researchers say Caution: This podcast episode mentions suicide.  Read about Ohio State research detailing questions middle-schoolers asked about sex .   Link to episode transcript Get news and guest insights by subscribing to the Inspire Podcast Newsletter...

College students shape and strengthen their beliefs by interacting with peers from different faith backgrounds. That’s a very good thing, research shows.  Click here to see a list of Ohio State University prayer and meditation spaces. Link to transcript and notes Get news and guest insights by subscribing to the Inspire Podcast Newsletter .

Hope. School belongingness. More trained professionals. We know how to fix the mental health challenges facing American youth. So why aren't more schools putting those strategies to work? Credits: CBS News; National Public Radio Notes: Partnering with Families to Support Mental Health: Research-based Strategies for Educators by the College of Education and Human Ecology’s Center on Education and T...

Young consumers mean serious business when they shop resale, and their eclectic, eco-minded style is anything but cliché. Ohio State students and Fashion Retail Studies faculty offer tips for scoring big in thrift stores.  2023 Fashion Production Association Show     Link to transcript

Science quantifies the need for love, caring relationships and belonging. It could be the cure to a hurting world. But who knew that giving a little kindness could also heal the giver?  Link to transcript

Sports have for decades been a platform for social activism. Today, athletes from the WNBA to college campuses are speaking out more than ever against the injustice they and others face.   Link to transcript   Credits: BBC TV, NBA on TNT, CNN, TIME, 12News KPNX-TV, Ohio State football, History, Democracy Now!, NBC, ABC, Gatorade, USA Today, NPR.

Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities face an uncertain future when they graduate from high school. How can families and individuals navigate the next steps? Experts and adults with IDDs weigh in. Materials contained within this podcast are copyrighted property of The Ohio State University.   Link to transcript

What Jeopardy championships and educational psychologists say about smart thinking, and how almost anyone can achieve deep and meaningful learning   Link to transcript

A revised Ohio gun law arms teachers after 24 hours of training. Education researchers see unintended consequences and better ways to stop school shootings. Intro music by Cooper Caffrey Link to transcript

You tell yourself it can wait until tomorrow — that you work best under pressure. That’s a lie.  Procrastination is self-sabotage, researchers say, and it’s easier to correct than you think.   Link to transcript Get news and guest insights by subscribing to the Inspire Podcast Newsletter .

The clothing we buy is putting a strain on the environment. Can innovators restyle an industry to remake and redo, rather than do more harm? A researcher and a forward-thinking designer share their vision.   Link to Transcript Get news and guest insights by subscribing to the Inspire Podcast Newsletter .

The day after a gunman killed 21 in Texas, millions of parents nervously returned kids to school. How will adults — and kids — deal with their fear when summer break ends?   Transcript of Dying to Learn

Adopted by a white family at 18 months, Sandy White Hawk lost her family, her heritage and her compass. Now she’s partnering with an Ohio State researcher to show the impact of adoption on Native children and to save the law that could have saved her. Warning: This episode contains mentions of sexual abuse and suicide.   Link to transcript here.

Surveys indicate record numbers of teachers will quit their jobs. But COVID didn’t create the crisis, they say. It’s been building for some time.   Link to transcript available here. Get news and guest insights by subscribing to the Inspire Podcast Newsletter .

More than one in five American college students are also parents. They struggle to find belonging, flexibility and resources in higher education. But they are not giving up.   Link to transcript here .

Her research centers Black women and girls in education. But few people expected a girl from East Saint Louis to become what Lori Patton Davis has.   Link to transcript here

The response families, teachers and friends give to LBGTQ+ youth follows them throughout their lives. The consequences couldn’t be higher.   View transcript   Get news and guest insights by subscribing to the Inspire Podcast Newsletter .   NEWS SOUNDBITES SOURCE: WBNS 10TV, News&Observer, NBCWashington, FOX43, NYPOST - FOX NEWS, Fox News, KDSK News

Students who identify as LGBTQ want the same things their classmates enjoy. The space to learn. Not to be “othered.” How can higher education take allyship to the next level? Link to  transcript Materials contained within this podcast are copyrighted property of The Ohio State University.

Ohio State students from China to Syria navigate education, isolation and fear during a pandemic that impacts them in different ways     Link to Transcript

Too fly. Fire. Dope. So much of American expression comes straight from Black English, a.k.a. African American Vernacular English. But you won't find this colorful and dynamic language taught in schools. Ohio State education researchers say Black students need their language heritage to finally be validated.    View transcript   X - 2018 Kendrick Lamar (featuring ScHoolboy Q, 2 Chainz & Saudi); Ti...

Ohio State Professor Stephen Gavazzi learned a painful truth about Land Grant Universities — just after his book on the subject went to press. Now he’s working with a team of Ohio State researchers to find a path to healing harm done to indigenous tribes when they lost lands to fund the university through the Morrill Act of 1862.   Link to  transcript

Haven't we been here before? From racial protests to children separated from parents to political polarization, America has faced it before. Faculty who prepare social studies teachers weigh in on the way we learn history and how we don't need to be destined to repeat it.   View transcript     Image credit "2017.03.07 #MuslimBan 2.0 Protest, Washington, DC USA 00772"  by  tedeytan  is licensed und...

As college students, they struggled against a system that often made them feel inadequate. Now Ohio State leaders, Ayanna Howard, James Moore and Don Pope-Davis are creating change and showing how everyone benefits from diversity on campus.   Click here for transcript

A Black boy from Brooklyn flew under the radar in American schools. Now he’s a professor and researcher of underrepresentation in gifted education. How many others are left behind?   Find transcript here   Get news and guest insights by subscribing to the Inspire Podcast Newsletter .