Colorado State University’s podcast — The Audit — features conversations with CSU faculty on everything from research to current events. Just as auditing a class provides an opportunity to explore a new subject or field, The Audit allows listeners to explore the latest works from the experts at CSU.
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Are Americans suffering a friendship crisis?
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There are lots of different types of friends. Best friends, work friends. Facebook friends, even frenemies. Each has an important role in our lives that has been shown to impact our mental and physical health. Now the American Friendship Project, a new program co-led by Colorado State University communication studies researcher Natalie Pennington, …
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Eye of the hurricane: How did the preeminent hurricane research center arrive at a landlocked university?
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Despite its landlocked location, Colorado State University is well known all along the Atlantic coast for its seasonal hurricane forecasts. Each spring, these forecasts predict the total amount and potential strength of storms for the upcoming hurricane season. The forecasts were first developed and shared by pioneering atmospheric science research…
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'Othello' to pizzagate: How social media misinformation plays out its role like a Shakespearean tragedy
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In March, a New York state judge ruled that a lawsuit could go forward against several social media companies alleging that the platforms contributed to the radicalization of a gunman who killed 10 people at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York in 2022. The lawsuit claims companies like Meta, Reddit and 4Chan “profit from the racist, antisemitic an…
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The greenhouse gas to beat: Why focusing on methane may be the key to addressing climate change
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Methane is odorless, colorless, and invisible to the naked eye. But it's also one of the most damaging greenhouse gases impacting climate change. Colorado State University biology professor Joe von Fischer researches how humans, plants, soil and soil microbes influence greenhouse gas emissions, including methane. Today, we're talking with Von Fisch…
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More than 20 years after the Enron scandal, what have we learned?
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Accounting may not be the sexiest topic but in the early 2000s everyone was talking about it after the energy company Enron was found to have committed widespread accounting fraud. Hiding billions of debt, Enron and its accounting firm Arthur Anderson misled Enron's board of directors and its shareholders, who eventually filed a $40 billion lawsuit…
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From the Colorado River Compact to Lake Mead, how CSU’s water archivist curates Colorado’s complicated history
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On the second floor of Colorado State University’s Morgan Library, there are hundreds of boxes and stacks of books all dedicated to just one topic — water. There’s a copy of the Colorado River Compact, the landmark document that governs how the seven states that make up the Colorado River basin allocate its water. There are letters regarding Elwood…
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Healthy competition: Wearable health trackers can motivate healthier behaviors, but can they be taken too far?
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Wearable health trackers monitor everything from how many steps we take in a day to how well we sleep at night. But does this technology actually encourage better health? Does hearing that little voice declare "exercise ring closed" actually motivate people to work out? That's the question Natalie Pennington decided to answer. An assistant professo…
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For CSU’s Seedstock Merchandising Team, success at the National Western Stock Show is in their genes
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Much has changed over the years since Colorado State University first partnered with the National Western Stock Show when it began in 1906. Over the decades, it's become not only about selling livestock, but about selling potential livestock. Thanks to genetics and the seedstock industry. For almost 50 years, the CSU Seedstock Merchandising Team ha…
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Since the COVID 19 pandemic began in 2020, same day/next day delivery — something that was previously considered more of a premium service — has become a normal and even expected way to shop. But what does our get-it-now method of online commerce mean for the supply chain, especially one that has been so precarious in the post-pandemic era? Zac Rog…
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Is democracy in danger: How American media found its way in and how it can begin to get out
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It's an indelible moment that poses the question: Is democracy in danger? On Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress met to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election, a violent mob stormed the U.S. Capitol. Inside, they roamed the historic halls, ransacking offices and searching for lawmakers. Outside, they were smashing news cameras. It was the heig…
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If the wells run dry: CSU researchers analyze what could happen if Colorado fails to meet deadline
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After being found in violation of a 1940 water compact, Colorado has a deadline: retire 25,000 acres of irrigated land by 2029 or face the shutdown of thousands of wells, impacting hundreds of thousands of acres of land and their surrounding communities. Colorado Water Center Director John Tracy and Professor Jordan Suter spoke with The Audit about…
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Rise of the machines: Will AI art replace artists?
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Jason Bernagozzi is an associate professor of electronic art at Colorado State University. Bernagozzi recently spoke with The Audit about the impact AI-generated art is currently having, what it could mean for the future of art, and how he’s preparing CSU students to navigate this new world.By Colorado State University Marketing and Communications
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Why do Palisade peaches, Pueblo chiles matter so much to Colorado consumers?
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The Audit spoke with CSU agricultural economist Dawn Thilmany about a recent Colorado Department of Agriculture survey looking at Colorado consumer preferences and how much the buy local movement really matters.By Colorado State University Marketing and Communications
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Were early humans cannibals? New research says our ancestors likely practiced the ultimate taboo
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Audit host Stacy Nick talks with Colorado State University paleoanthropologist Michael Pante about this important discovery, what it means for future fossil research, and what was it that led our early ancestors to eat each other. WARNING: This episode contains explicit content regarding cannibalism practices that some listeners might find disturbi…
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Camille Dungy’s new book, “Soil,” digs into poetry, plants, parenthood and the pandemic
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Audit host Stacy Nick talks with CSU Distinguished Professor, writer and poet Camille Dungy about using her garden to explore issues of history, race, sustainability and motherhood.By Colorado State University Marketing and Communications
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From environmental disasters to eco-grief: CSU’s Center for Environmental Justice aims to find sustainable ground
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When people typically think of environmental injustice, they often only think of these kinds of big, headline-grabbing events. But according to Stephanie Malin, associate sociology professor and co-founder of Colorado State University’s Center for Environmental Justice, the issues of access and inequality are far more ubiquitous. Malin talked with …
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The bumpy history of Colorado's ski industry
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From voters saying no to hosting the Winter Olympics to the Earth Liberation Front's attack on Vail ski resort, Colorado State University Associate Professor and author Michael Childers says it hasn't been all powder for Colorado's snow business.By Colorado State University Marketing and Communications
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CSU researchers look at the roots, impact of the prison agriculture industry with Prison Agriculture Lab
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There are more than 600 prison agricultural programs currently in the United States, but very little data looking at the how, what, and maybe most importantly, why of these programs. Colorado State University's Prison Agriculture Lab is looking to change that. Co-directors Joshua Sbicca and Carrie Chennault talk about the lab's recently published l…
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Can healing our divided nation start at the dinner table?
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CSU Sociology Professor Michael Carolan about how food and food systems can play a role in building empathy and bridging our nation's deep divide. (Originally aired Nov. 15, 2022)By Colorado State University Marketing and Communications
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For one CSU professor, America’s connection to witches is less ‘Hocus Pocus,’ more historical
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Colorado State University history professor Ann Little talks about our fascination with the early North American witch trials and what a modern-day witch hunt could look like. (Originally aired Oct. 25, 2022)By Colorado State University Marketing and Communications
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Documentary looks to uncover the ‘Big Lie’ about mail-in voting
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CSU filmmakers Steve Weiss and Jesse Grace talk about their latest project,“Democracy Vs. The Big Lie: The Truth Behind Mail-in Voting,” which looks at the controversy over mail-in voting during the 2020 U.S. election. (Originally aired Oct. 18, 2022)By Colorado State University Marketing and Communications
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How a few seeds and a little luck gave us the iconic Pueblo chile
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We talk with Michael Bartolo, senior research scientist emeritus at CSU's Arkansas Valley Research Center and "father" of one of Pueblo's hottest crops. (Originally aired Sept. 21, 2022)By Colorado State University Marketing and Communications
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Don't call it a 'migration,' Colorado's tarantulas go on walkabouts
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Entomologist and CSU Bug Zoo Director Maia Holmes discusses that age-old question: Why did the tarantula cross the road? (Originally aired Aug. 31, 2022)By Colorado State University Marketing and Communications
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Colorado State University's Katie Abrams talks about her research into social marketing and communications strategies and how keeping wildlife and tourists safe could all be in finding the right messaging. (Originally aired July 28, 2022)By Colorado State University Marketing and Communications
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How the Queer Memory Project is archiving Northern Colorado’s LGBTQ+ history
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Colorado State University Associate Professor of Communication Studies Tom Dunn talks about the creation of the Queer Memory Project, an online archive dedicated to preserving Northern Colorado’s queer past. (Originally aired June 22, 2022)By Colorado State University Marketing and Communications
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