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The Nose Has a Problem With Women

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Elinor Burkett, citing Summers' speech and asking if men and women have different brains.

We'll talk about the controversy surrounding one of the Inland Northwest's most prominent civil rights activists. The family of Rachel Dolezal says the local leader of the NAACP has been falsely portraying herself as black for years.

And soccer star Hope Solo will be playing with the U.S. Soccer team during its second game of the 2015 World's Cup. But some folks don't think she should be.

That and more this hour on the Nose.

GUESTS:

  • Theresa Cramer - writer and the editor of E-Content Magazine, where she covers the world of digital media, and founding editor of The Cut.
  • James Hanley - co-founder of Cinestudio at Trinity College
  • Irene Papoulis - lecturer in the Allan K. Smith Center for Writing and Rhetoric at Trinity College

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Chion Wolf contributed to this show.

Catie Talarski was a senior director of storytelling and radio programming at Connecticut Public.
Colin McEnroe is a radio host, newspaper columnist, magazine writer, author, playwright, lecturer, moderator, college instructor and occasional singer. Colin can be reached at colin@ctpublic.org.

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Federal funding is gone.

Congress has eliminated all funding for public media.

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The future of public media is in your hands.

All donations are appreciated, but we ask in this moment you consider starting a monthly gift as a Sustainer to help replace what’s been lost.

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