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Digital Village Radio

Brittney Gallagher

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Digital Village is the oldest running technology radio show in Los Angeles. We cover topics like advancements in AI, biotech, and combating climate change, as well as special segments on technology and how it influences culture, with A View from the Outside and The New Modality. The future isn’t being televised, but it is being digitized on 90.7 FM KPFK Los Angeles.
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Each week, UW-Madison veterinary medical student Blake Root will bring on a new guest to discuss topics related to the profession of veterinary medicine and/or the student experience in veterinary medical school!
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In the first part of the show, Leilani Albano interviews Krist Azizian, the Chief Pharmacy Officer at USC about the COVID vaccine. (18:25) In the middle, Brittney is joined by Sophia Brueckner, she’s an assistant professor at the University of Michigan's Stamps School of Art & Design. Sophia recently wrote a piece called, Sharing Isn’t Broadcasting…
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In this episode, Blake sits down with Dr. Tony Goldberg, DVM, PhD to discuss his journey to veterinary medicine, his perspectives on the veterinarian as an epidemiological entity, and his various research projects throughout his career. Black Lives Matter Resources: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Tails From Vet School Social Media Facebook: ht…
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In this episode, Blake sits down with Isaiah Douglass, a certified financial planner who works specifically with veterinarians and the host of the Veterinary Success Podcast. They discuss how to effectively handle and look at student debt, finances after graduation, and practice ownership! Isaiah's Links Website - www.vincerewealth.com LinkedIn - h…
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On this week's episode of Digital Village, Leilani Albano interviews USC Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology Dr. Paula Cannon to talk about concerns with herd immunity as a primary strategy for tackling the coronavirus pandemic First, it’s not just the presidential election that matters, here in California, we have quite a few propos…
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In this episode, Blake sits down with fellow UW Madison SVM classmate Maggie Jensen to discuss her transition from an economics degree to vet school and the importance of soft skills and communication to the veterinary profession. Black Lives Matter Resources: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Tails From Vet School Social Media Facebook: https://…
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In the first part of the show Ric is joined by KPFK's own Brad Friedman to talk Election 2020. Then we talk to Jenny Gottstein an experience and play designer about making voting an experience we can enjoy with her work at ballot.party and Game Save America. Additional Resources: State of California Other States and More…
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In this episode, Blake sits down with private practice clinician and UW-Madison SVM lecturer Dr. Liz Jacka to discuss her journey through vet med and her advice for maintaining a healthy work-life balance as a vet student, an academic, and a clinician alike. Black Lives Matter Resources: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Tails From Vet School Soc…
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On this week's episode of Digital Village, Dr. Addison Killean Stark is back to talk about science literacy in Congress and what happened to the Office of Technology Assessment. In the last part of the show Leilani Albano is joined by the Union of Concerned Scientists Shana Udvardy to talk about FEMA and Unemployment Benefits. But first, COVID-19 i…
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In this episode, Blake sits down with a few former podcast guests to discuss the pros and cons of online vet school and give their best pieces of advice for surviving vet school at Zoom University. Black Lives Matter Resources: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Tails From Vet School Social Media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tailsfromvetscho…
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In this episode, Blake sits down with veterinarian and founder of Get MotiVETed Dr. Quincy Hawley to discuss his journey through veterinary medicine, the inception and mission of his veterinary well-being company Get MotiVETed, and his work in the space of cultural competency with the North Carolina Association of Minority Veterinarians. Black Live…
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On this week's episode of Digital Village, Joanna Miller gives us A View From the Outside on Experience Design with Jenny Sauer-Klein. Then, Leilani Albano is joined by the EFF's Alexis Hancock, to talk about immunity passports for COVID-10. In the last part of the show, Ric is joined by Hayley Tsukayama to talk about how California’s Assembly kill…
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In the first part of the show Dr. Addison Killean Stark of the Bipartisan Policy Center is back to talk about the Crescent Dunes Solar Plant filing for bankruptcy and how we need space for failure to tackle climate change. In the last part of the show I am joined by author Gemma Milne to talk about her book, Smoke & Mirrors: How Hype Obscures the F…
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In this episode, Blake sits down with double-boarded veterinary specialist extraordinaire Dr. Jenifer Chatfield, DVM, DACZM, DACVPM to discuss her journey through veterinary medicine, the myriad of stops that she has made throughout her career, and her advice to veterinary students and professionals alike on seizing opportunities throughout their c…
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On this weeks episode Ric interviews the LA Times' Ryan Faughnder about Trump vs. Tik Tok. In the second part of the show, Digital Village reporter Leilani Albano interviews Carol Moon Goldberg the President of The League of Women Voters of California about the USPS and how we can vote safely this November. Some Resources: California Ballot Status …
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In this episode, Blake sits down with Houston Zoo staff veterinarian Dr. Christine Molter, DVM, DACZM to discuss her journey through veterinary medicine, how she became a board-certified zoo veterinarian, and what a typical day in her life looks like. Black Live Matter Resources: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Tails From Vet School Social Medi…
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In the first part of the show, Brittney interviews Dr. Tim Tangherlini, a professor in the Scandanavian Department at UC Berkeley. He was formerly at UCLA where he collaborated with colleagues in the engineering and computer science department on a paper called, An automated pipeline for the discovery of conspiracy and conspiracy theory narrative f…
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In this episode, Blake sits down with veterinary emergency specialist and founder and CEO of VETGirl Dr. Justine Lee. They discuss Dr. Lee's journey to veterinary medicine, the creation and growth of VETGirl, and how veterinarians can use social media to their advantage in the modern age. VetGirl Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vetgirlontherun…
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In this episode, Blake sits down with fellow UW-Madison SVM student and VOICE chapter president Erika Kwong to discuss her unique journey to veterinary school (which included a stop at medical school), her role in activism in VOICE, and her advice to incoming students as the school year approaches. Black Lives Matter Resources: https://blacklivesma…
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In the first part of the show, we talk to Shawn Shan, a PhD student at University of Chicago, who works in privacy and security specifically in emerging technology. Shawn is one of the researchers behind Fawkes, which is software that makes subtle changes to images to make it harder for machines to recognize images as the same, even if to the human…
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In this episode, Blake sits down with one of his first-year anatomy professors and veterinarian Dr. Heidi Clark to discuss her path to veterinary medicine and her advice for incoming first-year veterinary students. Black Lives Matter Resources: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Tails From Vet School Social Media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com…
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In this episode, Blake sits down with fellow UW-Madison SVM class of 2023 students and emergency medicine enthusiasts Carianne Brei and Colleen Kennedy to discuss their experiences working in ER clinics, the weird and memorable cases they've seen, and rattlesnakes! Black Lives Matter Resources: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Michael Botros Cam…
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(00:40) We’ve already seen the launch of The Emirates Mars Mission and China’s Tianwen, but of course the veterans of Mars, NASA are set to launch their Perseverance Rover on July 30th. I am joined by Jim Bell, a professor at ASU, President of the Planetary Society. He is the principal investigator on the Mastcam-Z instrument on Perseverance about …
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In this episode, Blake sits down with his longtime friend turned medical student Nivas Muthuraj to discuss their first years in their respective professional school programs. Topics covered include this application process, course load, and a typical day in the life of a professional student. Black Lives Matter Resources: https://blacklivesmatters.…
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In this episode, Blake sits down with veterinarian, blogger, and life coach Dr. Ericka Mendez, DVM. They discuss her journey to veterinary medicine, the development and goals of her blog/website "The Purposeful Vet", and the stigma of mental health in the profession and how it can be addressed. The Purposeful Vet Website: https://www.thepurposefulv…
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(1:26) Ric interviews Jessica González co-CEO of freepress.net about Stop Hate For Profit's meeting with Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg last week. (15:18) From Facebook to Twitter, in the second part of the show, Roy Natian is here to talk about bots. Back in May, Researchers at Carnegie Mellon estimated that half of the Twitter acc…
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(01:19) In the first part of the show, Dr. Jun Axup is back to give us a COVID-19 best practices update - hint - wear. a. mask. (5:26) On Digital Village, we love to highlight people who are doing amazing work in technology. One of those people is Jaleesa Trapp, a PhD student at the MIT Media Lab in the Lifelong Kindergarten group. We talk about he…
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In this episode, Blake recounts his experience working in vet clinics, discusses how to get clinical experience, and compares working in a private practice clinic to working in a teaching hospital! Black Lives Matter: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ TFVS Social Media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tailsfromvetschool Twitter: https://twitter…
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2020 has been an eventful year - COVID-19, worldwide protests against police brutality, and of course, climate change has not gone away. I'm joined by The Bipartisan Policy Center’s Dr. Addison Killean Stark to talk about direct air capture, a technology that could play an important part in helping humanity meet the climate goals set out by the Int…
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In this episode, Blake sits down with Dr. Avenelle Turner to continue the conversation regarding race and diversity in the veterinary medical profession. BLM Resources: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/?fbclid=IwAR3j_LO9kITUIdENRnBQ_1w5bG67nRrMxNsTFW1ZWLzyVtvmJphISSbdtJc# The Okra Project: https://www.theokraproject.com/ TFVS Social Media Faceboo…
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In the first part of the show, A View from the Outside's Joanna Miller interviews Casper ter Kuile on his book, The Power of Ritual. The Nothing is Secure's Roy Natian reminds us what social media is really for and some tips for fact checking the Internet. In the last part of the show, Leilani Albano interviews Hayley Tsukayama a legislative activi…
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In this episode, Blake sits down with a panel of BIPOC students in veterinary and pre-veterinary programs to discuss how race and diversity are handled at their respective schools and what can be done to improve it. LINKS The Okra Project: https://www.theokraproject.com/ Other BLM Resources: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/?fbclid=IwAR1nuR7OQJb7…
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National Bail Fund Donation Link: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bailfunds Other BLM Resources: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/?fbclid=IwAR30nE07MdiV6ZEUBIbMQFuauFxXT93uwkx3pfkJG0853x-7NwXe0lkI2hE In this episode, Blake sits down with fellow UW-Madison class of 2023 student Kate Palmer to discuss life as a non-traditional student in veterina…
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It takes an army to throw a live event, A View from the Outside’s Joanna Miller interviews Alyssa Solomon a tour manager for artists like FKA Twigs about how COVID-19 has changed things. In the second part of the show, Brittney interviews Stage Presence (Ellis Briery, Corinne Oplinger, and Mischa Steiner), they’re friends who started a company in r…
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In the very first episode of Tails From Vet School, Blake sits down with fellow UW-Madison veterinary medical students Carianne Brei and Dane Gallagher to discuss their first year of vet school. They recount a typical day in their lives as vet students, discuss challenges they faced, and give some helpful advice to incoming veterinary medical stude…
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In the first part of the show, Digital Village reporter Leilani Albano interviews Free Press Senior Director of Strategy and Communications, Tim Karr about structural barriers to getting online for students and low-income workers, especially in the time of COVID-19. Then Dr. Addison Killean Stark is back to talk about carbon capture and sequestrati…
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The New Modality’s Lydia Laurenson is back. The New Modality, is a new publication on experiments in culture, Lydia is in conversation with Senongo Akpem talking about the culture and his book, Cross-Cultural Design. Then we have two stories about entertainment in quarantine. Mandie Roman is here to talk to us about the craze that is Animal Crossin…
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Ric Allen interviews Tyler Sandness of Rideshare Drivers United about their work and how COVID-19 has affected Rideshare drivers. Nothing is Secure's Roy Natian is here to talk about phishing scams in age of COVID-19, how to recognize them and how to avoid them. Dr. Casey Handmer is here to talk about how isolation may help prepare us for longterm …
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Leilani Albano is back and interviews journalist for The Intercept Micah Lee about Zoom security flaws. Dr. Peretz Partensky is here talking about his piece for Wired, "To Beat the Coronavirus, Raise an Army of the Recovered" where he coins the CoronaCorps, "civilian army that may be able to fill in gaps in public services, insulate the vulnerable …
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Dr. Peter Eckersley is back. He’s an AI, ethics, and privacy researcher, who is the convener of the stop-covid.tech group to talk to us about contact tracing and how important it is in slowing down the spread of SARS-CoV-2. Loretta Whitesides, about her citizen volunteer work with Mirakind who are working to test essential workers in Los Angeles fo…
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Nothing is Secure's Roy Natian is here for advice on how to keep your phone and phone case clean. Leilani Albano is back with Spillover author David Quammen to talk about zoonosis and the origin of the novel corona virus and how he hopes this will help us prepare for the next one. In the last part of the show Brittney is joined by Dr. Addison Kille…
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As the coronavirus and its effects continue to spread, we're finding community in isolation. Dr. Jun Axup, the scientific director and partner at IndieBio, answers our questions about what is being done to tackle the novel coronavirus. Ric Allen talks with KPFK’s own Brad Friedman, about the fallout from Super Tuesday, LA's new voting machines and …
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COVID-19 is uprooting our routine way of life. Lydia Laurenson of The New Modality talks with economist Tyler Cowen about potential cultural shifts due to COVID-19. Then Leilani Albano speaks with Aaron Mackey, staff attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, about the unethical practice of wireless companies selling our location data and wha…
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Wash your hands. Seriously. Dr. Jun Axup, the Scientific Director and Partner at Indie Bio, shares how to protect yourself from the spread of COVID-19. We speak with Dr. David Brown, a former fellow at the U.S Department of Energy's ARPA-E, under the Obama Administration about another problem humanity has to face: the climate crisis. Brown lays out…
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Ric Allan talks LA's new voting machines with Brad Friedman. These machines will be in use in the March 3rd primary. Joanna Miller is back with, A View from the Outside. She's joined by Pandorabots CEO Lauren Kunze to talk about what they've learned from their 75 billion logs of humans interacting with chatbots. Our climate change correspondent, Dr…
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Ric Allan talks the awesome Slamdance Film Festival with Paul Rachman. Leilani Albano is joined by Danny O’Brien of the EFF, about security concerns around 5G - particularly around Chinese tech giant Huawei and US concerns that they are undermining national security. AI expert Peter Eckersley is back to talk about AI Risk Assessment Tools and how t…
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Dr. Addison Killean Stark of the Bipartisan Policy Center discusses how some Congressional Republicans may be shifting gears on climate change. Dr. Casey Handmer talks Space X's Starship and how it may be the way we get back to the moon and even Mars. Dr. Jun Axup, the scientific director and partner at biotech incubator IndieBio, goes beyond Beyon…
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