Join the Kenan Institute for Ethics and host Adriane Lentz-Smith for a conversation with University of Chicago professor and Crime Lab director Jens Ludwig on the causes of gun violence — and the policy changes that can help us prevent it. Jens Ludwig uses behavioral economics and data science to understand why people commit crimes. In […]

Join the Kenan Institute for Ethics and host Adriane Lentz-Smith for a conversation with novelist and memoirist Diane Wilson on food sovereignty, storytelling, and cultural recovery. Diane Wilson (Dakota) is a writer, educator, and environmental advocate. Her recent novel, “The Seed Keeper,” weaves together the voices of four women to craft a sweeping portrait of […]

Join the Kenan Institute for Ethics and host Adriane Lentz-Smith for a conversation with Jeffrey Baker and Damon Tweedy on race, memory, and what local history can teach us — as embodied in a story from Duke Hospital that still reverberates today. In a new podcast, “UNHEALED: A Story of Race, Memory, and a Teaching […]