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“In Reality” debunks fake news and elevates the innovative researchers, entrepreneurs, journalists and policymakers who are fighting back against toxic misinformation. Co-hosts Joan Donovan, research director of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media and Public Policy, and Eric Schurenberg, an award-winning journalist and former CEO of Fast Company, engage guests in enlightening conversations about solutions to this scourge and the path back to a shared reality.
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The Delco Young Democast features news, interviews, tomfoolery, and the conversations that we want to hear about politics and society. Covering everything from Media to Harrisburg to Washington DC. Brought to you by the Delaware County (PA) Young Democrats.
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Discover the heart and soul of Delaware through candid conversations with everyday working people, entrepreneurs, and creatives. BOREDinDE brings you unscripted and unfiltered stories about living, working, and playing in the First State. Join us as we delve into the experiences that shape Delaware’s unique community and culture. Whether you’re a local or just curious about life in Delaware, this podcast offers an authentic glimpse into the lives of those who call this place home.
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Local News Matters highlights the interesting and innovative work of local newsrooms – as well as the crucial questions they face – as they endeavor to evolve their organizations to produce more meaningful journalism, to better serve their communities and to enhance their organization’s financial sustainability for long-term results. Hosted by Tim Regan-Porter, CEO of the Colorado Press Association, Local News Matters features guests from newsrooms and support organizations across the U.S. i ...
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Enlighten Me: Gen Z navigates the “wonky” job market in Delaware and beyond
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12:43The US saw 22,000 new jobs in July, far lower than the average 186,000 jobs added monthly on average in 2024.And some of the jobs posted aren’t even real — they’re put up by AI or are ghost positions, which companies put up in case they need to hire for a role that’s currently filled.Gen Z is having a particularly difficult time finding work out of…
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Arts Playlist: Delaware Shakespeare's community tour
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12:41For eight years, Delaware Shakespeare has been leaving the boards and hitting the road for its annual community tour - taking the Bard's plays to neighborhoods around the First State.This year, DelShakes tour presents Two Gentlemen of Verona.And on this edition of Arts Playlist, Delaware Public Media's Martin Matheny spend some time with DelShakes'…
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Univ. of Delaware Alzheimer's research gets boost from new grant funding
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12:56The Delaware Community Foundation this week announced a five-year, $13.1 million dollar grant to the Delaware Center for Cognitive Aging Research.The money will help further the center’s research by expanding the number of participants in clinical studies, creating new forms of testing to find biomarkers which predict Alzheimer's development, and f…
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Delaware hopes collaboration with OpenAI helps build AI workforce
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10:42These days it seems everyone is racing to get in on the fast-developing world of artificial intelligence – seeking any way and every way to plant their flag in the AI industry.That includes the state of Delaware which recently announced it is the first state in the nation to join OpenAI’s Certification Program, which is expected to deliver programm…
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How To Think Clearly About The News In Your Feed with 'Effective Thinking' Expert Michael Starbird
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51:39Welcome to In Reality, the podcast about truth, disinformation, and the media with host, Eric Schurenberg, longtime journalist and media executive, now founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media. One of the hard things to face about the news ecosystem in this country at this time is that no one is coming to rescue us. There will be no Clean Air Act…
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Delaware's High Hopes: Fits and starts to recreational marijuana rollout
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10:56Delaware launched its first wave of recreational marijuana dispensaries on August 1st, giving the majority of existing medical marijuana centers the ability to begin recreational sales.As of Monday, the Office of the Marijuana Commissioner has issued 85 conditional licenses for the rest of the marijuana business community, with three cultivators al…
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Reading Assist lauded for its work on literacy in Delaware
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12:27Reading Assist is among 15 organizations from around the world recently recognized by the Library of Congress for their efforts to improve literacy and strengthen the communities they serves.Delaware Public Media’s Joe Irizarry sat down with Reading Assist CEO Caroline O’Neal to learn more about why the organization was honored and its ongoing work…
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Arts Playlist: Clear Space Theatre preps for season's final shows
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11:28After a busy summer season featuring three blockbuster musicals and a cabaret series, performers from the Clear Space Theatre Company in Rehoboth Beach will be back on the boards in one week, launching a series of shows to round out the year, beginning with the apolitical political farce, POTUS.DPM's Martin Matheny sat down with Clear Space's Manag…
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Arts Playlist: Opera Delaware's 2025-26 season
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10:41OperaDelaware is gearing up for a new season. Anchored by two masterworks - Tosca and Andrea Chenier - the upcoming season also features some innovative performances intended to dismantle the stereotype of opera as stuffy and staid, including "Opera Deathmatch" and a chamber work where a cell phone plays a major role.On this edition of Arts Playlis…
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New survey offers snapshot of where Delawareans stand on climate change
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12:56Delaware’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control released its latest survey of Delawareans opinions on Climate Change.This is the fourth time since 2009 DNREC has taken the public’s temperature on climate change and related issues. The results continue to show an overwhelming majority of state residents are concerned about clima…
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People and Planet: The value of creating personal connections to the natural world
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27:12This week, we bring you the final episode of the Delaware Humanities’ podcast – ‘People and Planet.’ The podcast explores how Delawareans connect to the environments and cultures around them, and the cultural practices and creative works that bring us closer to the planet we call home.On this episode, we feature a more grounded, personal look at th…
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New Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill on the horizon
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11:26Last week, Delaware broke ground on a new Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill.The $90 million dollar project will deliver a 3-story facility with 120 beds to replace the current hospital building built in 1961.Earlier this week, DPM's Tom Byrne sat down with Dava Newnam, Deputy Cabinet Secretary of the Delaware Department of Health and Social…
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ChristianaCare study uncovers hotspots for advanced breast cancer in Delaware
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10:56A recent study by ChristianaCare’s Cawley Center for Translational Cancer Research at the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute shows some areas of Delaware have higher odds of advanced breast cancer.The research explains some of the reasons for the elevated rates, and how that is shaping ChristianaCare's response.This week Delaware Pu…
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Arts Playlist: Meet the Delaware Theatre Company's new leadership
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11:26For more than four decades, the Delaware Theatre Company has been entertaining audiences in and around Wilmington.Recently, the organization underwent a reinvention of sorts, announcing that it was moving to a leadership model with two people at the top - an Artistic Director and a Managing Director.Earlier this year, the company announced Broadway…
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Enlighten Me: Nanticoke Indian Tribe finds financial support for annual Powwow
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12:12One of the major events on the Nanticoke Indian Tribe’s calendar is its annual Powwow. The 47th edition of the Powwow will be held Sept. 6 and 7 in Milton.But to bring the event to life again this year, the tribe needed some financial help, turning to the community to deliver $30,000 in needed funding - nearly half coming from a GoFundMe effort.In …
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Politics Without Polarization in Iowa with Governor Candidate Rob Sand (Democrat)
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23:36Welcome to In Reality, the podcast about truth, disinformation, and the media with Eric Schurenberg, longtime journalist and media executive, now founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media. Even in America, there is at least one sign that tribal loyalty doesn’t always dictate political outcomes. Kentucky, Kansas and North Carolina—Republican majori…
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Delaware Ed. Secretary discusses latest student assessment scores
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15:55Delaware’s 2025 statewide assessment results reveal only a 1% increase in math and reading proficiency rates for grades 3-8.Relatively stagnant test scores have become a familiar theme for the First State as school districts continue to work on making up for COVID learning loss and return proficiency rates to pre-pandemic levels.This struggle persi…
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Signs of Revival In Local News. No, Really! - Indiegraf's Erin Millar
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42:57Welcome to In Reality, the podcast about truth, disinformation, and the media hosted by Eric Schurenberg, longtime journalist and media executive, now founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media. Any listener to In Reality is aware of the crisis in local news. It’s a five alarm fire. It’s the news desertification of rural America. And so, we can adm…
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"What Journalism Needs Now Is Not What Journalists Think" with Richard Gingras (Google & Village Media) and Tom Rosenstiel (UMD)
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50:06Welcome to In Reality, the podcast about truth, disinformation, and the media with Eric Schurenberg, long-time journalist and media executive, now the founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media. We’ve been trying to suss out the future of media for the past few weeks by talking about the present of it. The rise of influencers, the decline of local …
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AI In The Newsroom: The Humanoid In The Loop with Perplexity AI's Jessica Chan and Troy Thibodeaux from the Associated Press
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36:32Welcome to In Reality, the podcast about truth, disinformation, and the media. I’m your host, Eric Schurenberg, long-time journalist and media executive, now the founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media. You cannot talk about the future of media, or the future of anything for that matter, without talking about AI. What generative AI does is prett…
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Three Top Influencers on Building Trust Amid the Chaos: Kate Bacon, David Pakman, and Eric Newcomer
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50:00Welcome to In Reality, the podcast about truth, disinformation, and the media. I’m your host, Eric Schurenberg, a longtime journalist and media executive, now the founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media. In previous episodes of In Reality, when we’ve talked about media, we’ve focused mostly on legacy outlets—and their simultaneous crises of evap…
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How Media Makes Money Today (It's Not Easy) with CEO of The Meteor Cindi Leive
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43:24Welcome to In Reality, the podcast about truth, disinformation, and the media. I’m Eric Schurenberg, longtime journalist and founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media. We talk a lot about the economic challenges, not to say cataclysm, that news media has been through in recent decades. Even the most storied brands have found themselves striking ad…
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What Are You Really Seeking When You Click On News? University of Delaware's Prof Dannagal Young
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36:39Welcome to In Reality, the podcast about truth, disinformation and the media with Eric Schurenberg, a longtime journalist, now executive director of the Alliance for Trust in Media. Have you ever thought about what you are really doing when you scroll for news, or click on a headline that pops up in your feed? The quick answer is, “I want to know w…
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First Aid for the Local News Emergency with Local News Accelerator Mackenzie Warren (Northwestern University)
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42:09Welcome to In Reality, the podcast about truth, disinformation and the media. I’m your host Eric Schurenberg, long time journalist and media executive, now the founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media The news business has been in freefall, as every listener to In Reality is aware. The plunge has been steepest in local journalism. We lose two loc…
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If News Is So Important, Why Can't It Make Money? with Historic Media Executive Norman Pearlstine
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35:51Americans have long had a conflicted attitude about political news. On the one hand, most Americans, Republicans and Democrats, see the press as an essential watchdog on government. This is not a new idea: The founders of the country singled out the press for protection from government interference for just that reason. At the same time, sizable ma…
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