CCEP Podcasts - Exploring Policy and Ethics in California: Recent Episodes

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Welcome to Insert AI-Generated Title, a podcast about artificial intelligence and how it impacts our lives, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona.

This season, CCEP student fellows explore the ethical and policy issues arising from the rapid development of AI. From its applications in crime prevention to generative technology, AI raises a variety of concerns around privacy, fairness, transparency, and bias, as well as questions of truth and our very perception of reality. How can we use and design AI in responsible ways? When, if ever, should we trust it?

In this season's final episode, CCEP student fellow Ilke Suzer confronts one of the most urgent ethical questions of our time: what happens when artificial intelligence becomes the author of truth. To do so, she interviews a leading voice in AI ethics, Merve Isler, Founder of Marvelous, an AI-powered platform reshaping the creator economy. In their conversation they explore the cognitive and cultural implications of synthetic storytelling, deepfakes, and algorithmic authorship.

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Welcome to Insert AI-Generated Title, a podcast about artificial intelligence and how it impacts our lives, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona.

This season, CCEP student fellows explore the ethical and policy issues arising from the rapid development of AI. From its applications in crime prevention to generative technology, AI raises a variety of concerns around privacy, fairness, transparency, and bias, as well as questions of truth and our very perception of reality. How can we use and design AI in responsible ways? When, if ever, should we trust it?

In today’s episode, CCEP student fellow Karina Shah introduces the “Bob” as a character representing the part of the generative AI model that developers and users still do not understand. In a conversation between “Dr. Karina” and “Bob”, she exposes how Bob’s misbehaviors and misunderstandings limit the usefulness and reliability of AI technology. In doing so, she urges a call to action on regulating this technology.

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Welcome to Insert AI-Generated Title, a podcast about artificial intelligence and how it impacts our lives, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona.

This season, CCEP student fellows explore the ethical and policy issues arising from the rapid development of AI. From its applications in crime prevention to generative technology, AI raises a variety of concerns around privacy, fairness, transparency, and bias, as well as questions of truth and our very perception of reality. How can we use and design AI in responsible ways? When, if ever, should we trust it?

In today’s episode, CCEP fellow Monserrat Perez Cabrales explores the ability of generative AI to trick the public into believing something is real when it is not. To do so, she shares some high-profile images created by generative AI with students on campus to test whether they can tell what’s real. She then discusses how best to prevent the harm done by fake images and how to prevent crimes committed through “deepfakes."

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Welcome to Insert AI-Generated Title, a podcast about artificial intelligence and how it impacts our lives, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona.

This season, CCEP student fellows explore the ethical and policy issues arising from the rapid development of AI. From its applications in crime prevention to generative technology, AI raises a variety of concerns around privacy, fairness, transparency, and bias, as well as questions of truth and our very perception of reality. How can we use and design AI in responsible ways? When, if ever, should we trust it?

In today’s episode, CCEP fellow Lana Kasfy investigates the potential harm AI poses to the youth. Lana discusses recent, tragic events that have occurred as a result of young people interacting with AI without proper guidance or supervision. She then interviews a school counselor to better understand the roles that schools, parents, and policy makers should play in protecting young people from the harms of certain types of AI. As a warning to listeners, this episode does cover the topic of suicide.

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Welcome to Insert AI-Generated Title, a podcast about artificial intelligence and how it impacts our lives, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona.

This season, CCEP student fellows explore the ethical and policy issues arising from the rapid development of AI. From its applications in crime prevention to generative technology, AI raises a variety of concerns around privacy, fairness, transparency, and bias, as well as questions of truth and our very perception of reality. How can we use and design AI in responsible ways? When, if ever, should we trust it?

In today’s episode, we are thrilled to share with you a recording of a panel discussion held this past year at Cal Poly Pomona, titled, “Algorithmic Identities? Race, Gender, and Power in AI and Social Media.” This panel brought together two experts for a rich discussion on questions of power and privilege, including narratives about gender in online wellness discourse and the harms caused by perceptions of “AI neutrality.” The panelists were Tiffany Tsantsoulas, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Cal State Bakersfield and Rayheem Eskridge, Research and Instruction Librarian for the College of Environmental Design at Cal Poly Pomona. You can find a video recording of the event on CCEP’s Youtube Channel. .

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Welcome to Insert AI-Generated Title, a podcast about artificial intelligence and how it impacts our lives, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona.

This season, CCEP student fellows explore the ethical and policy issues arising from the rapid development of AI. From its applications in crime prevention to generative technology, AI raises a variety of concerns around privacy, fairness, transparency, and bias, as well as questions of truth and our very perception of reality. How can we use and design AI in responsible ways? When, if ever, should we trust it?

In today’s episode, CCEP fellows Erik Jaimes-Garcia, Kevin Tapia, Anton Van Oppen, and Jesse Reyes discuss the connection between social media and mental health as it relates to AI. In particular, they explore today’s growing epidemic of social isolation and alienation, as well as toxic productivity.

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Welcome to Insert AI-Generated Title, a podcast about artificial intelligence and how it impacts our lives, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona.

This season, CCEP student fellows explore the ethical and policy issues arising from the rapid development of AI. From its applications in crime prevention to generative technology, AI raises a variety of concerns around privacy, fairness, transparency, and bias, as well as questions of truth and our very perception of reality. How can we use and design AI in responsible ways? When, if ever, should we trust it?

In today’s episode, CCEP student fellow Mark Haddad brings to light how AI is impacting current and prospective software engineers, both in terms of their job prospects and career pathways as well as how it changes the way they code. For insight on this topic, he interviews Dr. John Korrah, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Cal Poly Pomona. In doing so, they discuss the concept of “vibe coding” and provide concrete advice to computer science students struggling amidst these changes in the field.

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Welcome to Insert AI-Generated Title, a podcast about artificial intelligence and how it impacts our lives, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona.

This season, CCEP student fellows explore the ethical and policy issues arising from the rapid development of AI. From its applications in crime prevention to generative technology, AI raises a variety of concerns around privacy, fairness, transparency, and bias, as well as questions of truth and our very perception of reality. How can we use and design AI in responsible ways? When, if ever, should we trust it?

In today’s episode, CCEP student fellow Nancy Garay delves into the controversial relationship between AI’s capabilities and artistic creation. As AI continues evolving and produces more and more sophisticated artwork, is it on the road to replacing human beings in the art world? And, what does this mean for the future of human creativity? Through interviews with students, artists, and experts in the art realm, this episode examines both the fears and benefits presented by AI in the creative sphere.

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Welcome to Insert AI-Generated Title, a podcast about artificial intelligence and how it impacts our lives, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona.

This season, CCEP student fellows explore the ethical and policy issues arising from the rapid development of AI. From its applications in crime prevention to generative technology, AI raises a variety of concerns around privacy, fairness, transparency, and bias, as well as questions of truth and our very perception of reality. How can we use and design AI in responsible ways? When, if ever, should we trust it?

In today’s episode, CCEP student fellow Jazmine Quinones discusses the impacts of generative AI on our perception of reality, particularly in relation to misinformation and visual media. She examines the challenges of distinguishing between real and AI-generated images, the emotional responses to these images, and the need for improved media and AI literacy.

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Welcome to Insert AI-Generated Title, a podcast about artificial intelligence and how it impacts our lives, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona.

This season, CCEP student fellows explore the ethical and policy issues arising from the rapid development of AI. From its applications in crime prevention to generative technology, AI raises a variety of concerns around privacy, fairness, transparency, and bias, as well as questions of truth and our very perception of reality. How can we use and design AI in responsible ways? When, if ever, should we trust it?

In today’s episode, CCEP student fellows Rebecca Garcia-Marguez and Destiny Lorenz explore the implications of generative AI in the classroom setting. They highlight the experiences of both students and professors in understanding the challenges and opportunities that AI poses to learning and classroom pedagogy.

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Welcome to Insert AI-Generated Title, a podcast about artificial intelligence and how it impacts our lives, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona.

This season, CCEP student fellows explore the ethical and policy issues arising from the rapid development of AI. From its applications in crime prevention to generative technology, AI raises a variety of concerns around privacy, fairness, transparency, and bias, as well as questions of truth and our very perception of reality. How can we use and design AI in responsible ways? When, if ever, should we trust it?

In today’s episode, Tone It Down, CCEP student fellow Jonathan Carrigan speaks with Sylvan Jesien, a linguist studying prescriptive language devices, to better understand how these devices currently shape the way we write and may in the future shape how we speak to one another.

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Welcome to the Multiverse of Misinformation, a podcast about misinformation and the way it affects the many facets of our life, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona and generously supported by the Cal Poly Pomona Special Projects for Improving the Classroom Experience grant program.

This season, we explore the many ways in which misinformation affects our everyday lives through influencing, distorting, or driving the discourse in our society. In the past few years, the idea of misinformation has entered the zeitgeist through the concept of “fake news,” or online conspiracy theories shared by your relatives on Facebook, which is probably what most listeners will think of when they hear the term. However, misinformation is neither a new, nor a specifically online problem. In these episodes, the CCEP student fellows use examples from our own class discussions as well as their own lived experience to illustrate the many ways in which misinformation influences what we think, how we act, and what we believe.

In this final journey through the misinformation multiverse, student fellow Silas Hood unpacks the origin of the term “fake news,” the rise of its utility following the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, and the societal impacts associated with that rise. Helping him navigate this phenomenon will be Dr. Hyungjin Gill, an assistant professor of Communication at Cal Poly Pomona, who will provide insightful commentary regarding the topic, particularly in the use of the term “fake news” by political elites. The correlating distrust in mainstream and local media is a matter of concern, and Silas hopes that by drawing attention to and better understanding the term “fake news” we can help move away from its use as a misleading moniker used to counter arguments that conflict with our own personal narratives.

We ask that if you like what you hear, if you care about these issues, please share our podcast with your friends, family, and colleagues.

Thanks for listening, and stay tuned for our next season!

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Welcome to the Multiverse of Misinformation, a podcast about misinformation and the way it affects the many facets of our life, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona and generously supported by the Cal Poly Pomona Special Projects for Improving the Classroom Experience grant program.

This season, we explore the many ways in which misinformation affects our everyday lives through influencing, distorting, or driving the discourse in our society. In the past few years, the idea of misinformation has entered the zeitgeist through the concept of “fake news,” or online conspiracy theories shared by your relatives on Facebook, which is probably what most listeners will think of when they hear the term. However, misinformation is neither a new, nor a specifically online problem. In these episodes, the CCEP student fellows use examples from our own class discussions as well as their own lived experience to illustrate the many ways in which misinformation influences what we think, how we act, and what we believe.

For this year’s topic of misinformation, CCEP hosted a panel on April 11, 2024 titled Combating Misinformation: Psychological and Structural Approaches, with a focus on what kind of concrete actions could be taken by both individuals and institutions in combating the present iterations of misinformation in the digital age. The panelists for this discussion were Tiffany Zhu, a PhD student in Philosophy at the University of California Irvine, specializing in the ethics of artificial intelligence; Ian Anderson, a Postdoctoral Scholar in Psychology at Cal Tech, specializing in the effects of social media on psychology; and Shonn Haren, this year’s CCEP Faculty Fellow and Associate Librarian at the Cal Poly Pomona University Library, where I’ve been studying and teaching about misinformation since 2017.

We ask that if you like what you hear, if you care about these issues, please share our podcast with your friends, family, and colleagues.

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Welcome to the Multiverse of Misinformation, a podcast about misinformation and the way it affects the many facets of our life, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona and generously supported by the Cal Poly Pomona Special Projects for Improving the Classroom Experience grant program.

This season, we explore the many ways in which misinformation affects our everyday lives through influencing, distorting, or driving the discourse in our society. In the past few years, the idea of misinformation has entered the zeitgeist through the concept of “fake news,” or online conspiracy theories shared by your relatives on Facebook, which is probably what most listeners will think of when they hear the term. However, misinformation is neither a new, nor a specifically online problem. In these episodes, the CCEP student fellows use examples from our own class discussions as well as their own lived experience to illustrate the many ways in which misinformation influences what we think, how we act, and what we believe.

In this episode, student fellow Raven Maxwell takes the multiverse of misinformation to college, to discuss how colleges can improve student services and outreach to support students who are new to higher education, and often bewildered by its complexities. She will interview her mother, Tanya, a first-generation student and student advisor at California State University, Los Angeles, and compare Tanya’s experiences as a first-generation student with her own as a student who entered college benefiting from her mother’s experience with the system. Raven also includes data from a case study by Angela Maricela Chavez-Monroy to speak to the current struggles of marginalized and current first-generation students to provide current statistics and data about student needs and the barriers they face.

We ask that if you like what you hear, if you care about these issues, please share our podcast with your friends, family, and colleagues.

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Welcome to the Multiverse of Misinformation, a podcast about misinformation and the way it affects the many facets of our life, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona and generously supported by the Cal Poly Pomona Special Projects for Improving the Classroom Experience grant program.

This season, we will explore the many ways in which misinformation affects our everyday lives through influencing, distorting, or driving the discourse in our society. In the past few years, the idea of misinformation has entered the zeitgeist through the concept of “fake news,” or online conspiracy theories shared by your relatives on Facebook, which is probably what most listeners will think of when they hear the term. However, misinformation is neither a new, nor a specifically online problem. In these episodes, the CCEP student fellows use examples from our own class discussions as well as their own lived experience to illustrate the many ways in which misinformation influences what we think, how we act, and what we believe.

In this exploration of the multiverse of misinformation, student fellow Luis Gama takes us to the borderlands, in this case the southern border of the United States, where he analyzes some of the political rhetoric surrounding immigration. He looks at some examples of commentary offered by Former President Donald Trump and other commentators, where migrants are painted as violent criminals and placing Americans in imminent danger. Instead of taking those harmful contentions as truth, he then provides factual and statistical data to provide the listener with understanding about who exactly it is that is crossing the border, and thus provide a glimpse at how this rhetoric serves a particular political agenda. He also provides some potential ways to counteract this rhetoric.

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Welcome to the Multiverse of Misinformation, a podcast about misinformation and the way it affects the many facets of our life, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona and generously supported by the Cal Poly Pomona Special Projects for Improving the Classroom Experience grant program.

This season, we will explore the many ways in which misinformation affects our everyday lives through influencing, distorting, or driving the discourse in our society. In the past few years, the idea of misinformation has entered the zeitgeist through the concept of “fake news,” or online conspiracy theories shared by your relatives on Facebook, which is probably what most listeners will think of when they hear the term. However, misinformation is neither a new, nor a specifically online problem. In these episodes, the CCEP student fellows use examples from our own class discussions as well as their own lived experience to illustrate the many ways in which misinformation influences what we think, how we act, and what we believe.

Beyond the classroom, CCEP hosts a series of forums, panels and discussions throughout the semester dealing with the chosen topic for that particular year. On March 18, 2024, CCEP hosted a panel titled “Author Meets Critics” in which Desiree Lim, Assistant Professor in Philosophy and research associate at the Rock Ethics Institute discussed her recently published book Immigration and Social Equality: The Ethics of Skill-Selective Immigration Policy.

Dr. Lim completed her Ph.D. in Philosophy at King’s College London and was a post-doctoral fellow at the McCoy Center for Ethics in Society at Stanford University.

The panel of critics who will review Dr. Lim’s book are as follows:

• Dr. Itzel Garcia, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Cal Poly Pomona
• Leonel Alvarez Ceja, a Ph.D. student in Philosophy at the University of California, Irvine
• And Luis Gama, a Philosophy Major at Cal Poly Pomona and one of the 2024 CCEP Ethics and Policy Fellows.

We ask that if you like what you hear, if you care about these issues, please share our podcast with your friends, family, and colleagues.

Thanks for listening, and Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at CCEP!

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Welcome to the Multiverse of Misinformation, a podcast about misinformation and the way it affects the many facets of our life, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona and generously supported by the Cal Poly Pomona Special Projects for Improving the Classroom Experience grant program.

This season, we will explore the many ways in which misinformation affects our everyday lives through influencing, distorting, or driving the discourse in our society. In the past few years, the idea of misinformation has entered the zeitgeist through the concept of “fake news,” or online conspiracy theories shared by your relatives on Facebook, which is probably what most listeners will think of when they hear the term. However, misinformation is neither a new, nor a specifically online problem. In these episodes, the CCEP student fellows use examples from our own class discussions as well as their own lived experience to illustrate the many ways in which misinformation influences what we think, how we act, and what we believe.

In this exploration of the multiverse of misinformation, student fellows Allen Durghalli, Sebastian Gomez and Connor Ruiz will consider the role misinformation can play in religious environments. As they describe it, their episode developed into something conversational and humorous. They felt the best way to put forward something that was analysis-driven was to provide humor instead of a boring stream of facts. Thus, this episode is semi-informal and follows a conversation without cuts. The first section starts with a personal narrative, followed by a discussion of the topic of ambiguity when it comes to religious authority. The next section takes a historical approach where we talk about our experiences within different religious denominations. The episode concludes through a conversation about the strain that religious environments place on individuals and their families. Interspersed with the conversations will be interviews with members of religious faiths and religious leaders on this topic.

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Welcome to the Multiverse of Misinformation, a podcast about misinformation and the way it affects the many facets of our life, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona and generously supported by the Cal Poly Pomona Special Projects for Improving the Classroom Experience grant program.

This season, we will explore the many ways in which misinformation affects our everyday lives through influencing, distorting, or driving the discourse in our society. In the past few years, the idea of misinformation has entered the zeitgeist through the concept of “fake news,” or online conspiracy theories shared by your relatives on Facebook, which is probably what most listeners will think of when they hear the term. However, misinformation is neither a new, nor a specifically online problem. In these episodes, the CCEP student fellows use examples from our own class discussions as well as their own lived experience to illustrate the many ways in which misinformation influences what we think, how we act, and what we believe.

We are now one month away from the 2024 election, an event for which the topic of misinformation has been central. On February 16, 2024, CCEP hosted a panel titled, "Misinformation and Democracy," which focused on the threat that misinformation poses to democracy, with a special emphasis on the 2024 primary and general elections in the State of California. The panelists for this discussion were Hannah Cole, the Humanities and Communication Librarian at Cal Poly Pomona, Dr. Hyungjin Gill, Assistant Professor of Communication at Cal Poly Pomona, and Katie Priest, a Philosophy and Communication major at Cal Poly Pomona, journalist with the Poly Post, and one of this year’s CCEP Student Fellows.

We ask that if you like what you hear, if you care about these issues, please share our podcast with your friends, family, and colleagues.

Thanks for listening.

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Welcome to the Multiverse of Misinformation, a podcast about misinformation and the way it affects the many facets of our life, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona and generously supported by the Cal Poly Pomona Special Projects for Improving the Classroom Experience grant program.

This season, we will explore the many ways in which misinformation affects our everyday lives through influencing, distorting, or driving the discourse in our society. In the past few years, the idea of misinformation has entered the zeitgeist through the concept of “fake news,” or online conspiracy theories shared by your relatives on Facebook, which is probably what most listeners will think of when they hear the term. However, misinformation is neither a new, nor a specifically online problem. In these episodes, the CCEP student fellows use examples from our own class discussions as well as their own lived experience to illustrate the many ways in which misinformation influences what we think, how we act, and what we believe.

In this episode of the Multiverse of Misinformation, CCEP student fellow Anna Bachman takes us on a trip down memory lane by exploring the chilling world of Creepypastas. She’ll dissect the genre’s classics and consider how the phenomenon of creepypastas relate to concept of misinformation.

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Welcome to the Multiverse of Misinformation, a podcast about misinformation and the way it affects the many facets of our life, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona and generously supported by the Cal Poly Pomona Special Projects for Improving the Classroom Experience grant program.

This season, we will explore the many ways in which misinformation affects our everyday lives through influencing, distorting, or driving the discourse in our society. In the past few years, the idea of misinformation has entered the zeitgeist through the concept of “fake news,” or online conspiracy theories shared by your relatives on Facebook, which is probably what most listeners will think of when they hear the term. However, misinformation is neither a new, nor a specifically online problem. In these episodes, the CCEP student fellows use examples from our own class discussions as well as their own lived experience to illustrate the many ways in which misinformation influences what we think, how we act, and what we believe.

Perhaps the one great constant in the multiverse of misinformation is that everyone seems to be interested in either making money, or just taking your money. In this episode, student fellow Joshua Ramirez will discuss the phenomenon of online financial misinformation with Angel Campos, President of the CPP Student Managed Investment Club, and David Rivera, President of the CPP Finance Society. They will talk about the state of financial misinformation on social media, and what they believe might actually help an individual better prepare themselves for financial success in the future.

We ask that if you like what you hear, if you care about these issues, please share our podcast with your friends, family, and colleagues.

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Welcome to the Multiverse of Misinformation, a podcast about misinformation and the way it affects the many facets of our life, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona and generously supported by the Cal Poly Pomona Special Projects for Improving the Classroom Experience grant program.

This season, we will explore the many ways in which misinformation affects our everyday lives through influencing, distorting, or driving the discourse in our society. In the past few years, the idea of misinformation has entered the zeitgeist through the concept of “fake news,” or online conspiracy theories shared by your relatives on Facebook, which is probably what most listeners will think of when they hear the term. However, misinformation is neither a new, nor a specifically online problem. In these episodes, the CCEP student fellows use examples from our own class discussions as well as their own lived experience to illustrate the many ways in which misinformation influences what we think, how we act, and what we believe.

In this first episode, student fellows Katie Priest and Charlotte Hill examine the effects of misinformation specifically as it relates to health information in a post-COVID world. This kind of misinformation has spread rapidly via social media platforms such as TikTok and Reddit. Join Katie and Charlotte as they analyze perspectives from the student body about where their health information is coming from, before turning to the analysis of Dr. Gyasmine George-Williams, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology and Health Promotion at Cal Poly Pomona. Dr. George-Williams offers crucial insights as to what gathering information looks like in a technologically driven society and how we can use online spaces to our advantage.

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Welcome to Movements in California, a podcast series created by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP”--at Cal Poly Pomona. This podcast will explore how migration and mobility are embedded in many of our public discourses, practices, and politics.

In this final episode of the third season, CCEP student fellow Edward Nunez compels listeners to think about the effects that climate change will have on migration and mobility patterns in the California of the future. When cataclysmic floods and wildfires destroy homes, when coastal communities are lost to the sea, and when severe drought strikes, then people are displaced and must search for somewhere more hospitable. For Edward, upholding migration and mobility justice today requires that we reduce carbon emissions.

We ask that if you like what you hear, if you care about these issues, please share our podcast with your friends, family, and colleagues.

Stay tuned for season 4, which will focus on our next CCEP theme: "misinformation."

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Welcome to Movements in California, a podcast series created by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP”--at Cal Poly Pomona. This podcast will explore how migration and mobility are embedded in many of our public discourses, practices, and politics.

In this episode of the series, CCEP student fellow Rena Miller offers us two stories of immigrant families coming to the United States--one from Mexico and one from China. Her two interviewees and guests on the podcast discuss their unique challenges coming to this country and how they differ from the typical “immigration story” we see in the media and pop culture narratives. We hear sounds of the streets of Baldwin Park and Chinatown, important sites of these two stories. They also explore the role that US immigration policy, from the Chinese Exclusion Act to Operation Wetback, villanized immigrants arriving from different parts of the world.

We ask that if you like what you hear, if you care about these issues, please share our podcast with your friends, family, and colleagues.

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Welcome to Movements in California, a podcast series created by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP”--at Cal Poly Pomona. This podcast will explore how migration and mobility are embedded in many of our public discourses, practices, and politics.

In this episode of the series, CCEP student fellow Gabriel Esparza shares with us the experiences of disabled students at Cal Poly Pomona as they navigate transportation infrastructure. We ride the Access LA bus with Gabriel on their way to campus and learn about how this crucial service has improved mobility for so many, including Gabriel.

We ask that if you like what you hear, if you care about these issues, please share our podcast with your friends, family, and colleagues.

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Welcome to Movements in California, a podcast series created by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP”--at Cal Poly Pomona. This podcast will explore how migration and mobility are embedded in many of our public discourses, practices, and politics.

In this episode of the series, CCEP student fellow Jaden Oloresisimo explores the streets of Barrio Logan, a neighborhood in San Diego with strong roots in the Chicano movement and a rich artistic and political history. Jaden visits Chicano Park, in the heart of the neighborhood, to speak with residents and learn what the park signifies for the community. From first-time visitors to a seasoned muralist who has dedicated his life to fostering the park's growth, Jaden takes us through the neighborhood’s battle against displacement and how it has shaped the identity of Barrio Logan

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Welcome to Movements in California, a podcast series created by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP”--at Cal Poly Pomona. This podcast will explore how migration and mobility are embedded in many of our public discourses, practices, and politics.

In this episode of the series, CCEP student fellow Stefanie Padilla interviews her godfather and cherished family member, Uncle Frankie, about the impact of immigration policies on his life and their family. In exploring his journey from Nicaragua to the United States, they unravel the intricate connections between personal and familial narratives and the broader political landscape. Uncle Frankie’s story and its connections to Stefanie’s own story demonstrates the lasting, multigenerational impact of immigration journeys.

We ask that if you like what you hear, if you care about these issues, please share our podcast with your friends, family, and colleagues.

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Welcome to Movements in California, a podcast series created by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP”--at Cal Poly Pomona. This podcast will explore how migration and mobility are embedded in many of our public discourses, practices, and politics.

In this episode of the series, CCEP student fellow Andrew Zableckis examines trans political refugees who, in response to hostile rhetoric and/or anti-trans legislation, flee their states for refuge in another, oftentimes California. Andrews talks with Faith Leader Thomas Diaz at All Saints Pasadena about the migration experiences of these trans individuals, and the far reaching impacts of hate speech, bathroom bans, and healthcare bans. They also discuss the role of pride in providing trans people and their allies a source of strength in the face of oppression.

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Welcome to Uncertain Forecast, a podcast series created by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP”--at Cal Poly Pomona. The focus of our podcast is on climate justice, an issue that affects people worldwide, particularly where inequality is greatest, but which is often disguised or invisible.

In this episode of the series, CCEP student fellows Ana Ruiz and Cristian Arduz examine the connection between housing insecurity and climate change. Specifically, they ask the difficult question of how unhoused individuals deal with current and future climate extremes. Their two episodes include powerful interviews with a variety of stakeholders--including unhoused individuals themselves--about this issue and what can be done to address it.

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Welcome to Uncertain Forecast, a podcast series created by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP”--at Cal Poly Pomona. The focus of our podcast is on climate justice, an issue that affects people worldwide, particularly where inequality is greatest, but which is often disguised or invisible.

In this episode of the series, CCEP student fellow Victoria Tran examines what it means to be Asian American in the Golden State. She navigates the turbulent history of Asian immigrants in California, issues if environmental justice, and white supremacy. Her narrative is personal and moving, and highlights the likeness and difference between various Asian American experiences.

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Welcome to Uncertain Forecast, a podcast series created by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP”--at Cal Poly Pomona. The focus of our podcast is on climate justice, an issue that affects people worldwide, particularly where inequality is greatest, but which is often disguised or invisible.

In this episode of the series, CCEP student fellow Rebecca Prentice records a walking journey along the San Gabriel Valley, capturing the sound of the environment around her and reflecting on the meaning of nature as it relates to cities and the built environment. In doing so, she forces us to challenge notions of the natural and unnatural.

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Welcome to Uncertain Forecast, a podcast series created by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP”--at Cal Poly Pomona. The focus of our podcast is on climate justice, an issue that affects people worldwide, particularly where inequality is greatest, but which is often disguised or invisible.

In this episode of the series we share with you a panel discussion hosted by CCEP on the topic of wildfires, an important topic for California. For this conversation, which I had the pleasure of moderating, we brought together four individuals leading the fight for equitable access to wildfire mitigation and adaptation measures in California. We were joined by researchers, scholars, and people working in the field on behalf of the public and the ecosystems affected by extreme wildfire events, each of whom had unique insight into the many ways wildfires affect people and communities in ways that often don’t make the headlines – invisible to many, listen in to hear how vulnerability and exposure in the face of wildfire are heightened for some, not all.

We ask that if you like what you hear, if you care about these issues, please share our podcast with your friends, family, and colleagues.

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Welcome to Uncertain Forecast, a podcast series created by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP”--at Cal Poly Pomona. The focus of our podcast is on climate justice, an issue that affects people worldwide, particularly where inequality is greatest, but which is often disguised or invisible.

In this episode of the series, CPP political science student Melane Olmeda takes a close look at how the most invisible yet deadliest climate change-related issue, that of extreme heat, affects the lives of ordinary people. Melane is interested specifically on how extreme heat is affecting three different communities: a young representative for Latinx communities who is involved with a local activist group, a roof contractor who is part of a group installing solar on roofs in Southern California, and a resident of Pomona. Melane weaves in other seemingly tangential climate issues, such as wildfires, that greatly exacerbate extreme heat events, and asks of the people she interviews what impact such events have on their everyday lives and the lives of those around them – as well as what they are doing about it with the resources they have.

We ask that if you like what you hear, if you care about these issues, please share our podcast with your friends, family, and colleagues.

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Welcome to Uncertain Forecast, a podcast series created by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP”--at Cal Poly Pomona. The focus of our podcast is on climate justice, an issue that affects people worldwide, particularly where inequality is greatest, but which is often disguised or invisible.

In our second episode of the series, CPP philosophy student Emily Reyes looks specifically at the impact of climate change on houseless people in Pomona, the surrounding community outside of the Cal Poly Pomona campus. Emily interviews key organizers and stakeholders to highlight two key issues in Pomona: access to food and access to adequate shelter by those most in need – the houseless population. With an eye towards understanding the challenges houseless peoples in Pomona face, Emily interviews a wide range of people on the ground, experiencing these issues first-hand, as well as people working for organizations attempting to mitigate some of these challenges.

We ask that if you like what you hear, if you care about these issues, please share our podcast with your friends, family, and colleagues.

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Welcome to Uncertain Forecast, a podcast series created by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP”--at Cal Poly Pomona. The focus of our podcast is on climate justice, an issue that affects people worldwide, particularly where inequality is greatest, but which is often disguised or invisible.

In this first episode, CPP bio student Alec Iskenderian takes a close look at what people think of plastics. Inspired by an exotoxicology class where Alec learned that it takes about 500 years for plastic to degrade into a form of energy that can be used for living things, Alec interviews everyone he can, random people on the street, and a professor at Cal Poly Pomona, to find out more about the impact of plastics in our lives and the lives of the ecosystems and organisms around us. But he also looks at where we, people and their everyday lives, figure into this class of materials called plastic – how much do we produce, how does it affect public health, what is the relationship between plastic and climate change, and what, exactly, is plastic? 

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This is the eighth and final episode in our series, and therefore we wanted to offer something special. CCEP recently hosted Betto Arcos, who is a journalist and storyteller, to recite three stories at the intersection of housing and music. A native of Xalapa in Veracruz, Mexico, Betto now lives in LA where he is a frequent contributor to KPCC and PRX Radio. He is also the author of Music Stories from the Cosmic Barrio.

If you’ve been listening to this podcast all season, these stories bridge many of the themes we’ve already explored, such as identity, adversity, and the importance of community building.

This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit calhum.org. 

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This is the seventh episode in our series, which focuses on housing insecurity in California. This episode was created by two CCEP’s 2020-21 student fellows, Octavio Cuevas and Victoria Torres. As I mentioned in past episodes, each year CCEP recruits a new group of student fellows, whose coursework and research focuses on the year’s theme. 

For Octavio and Victoria’s episode on “housing insecurity”, they offer us a unique listening experience. It begins with their own meditations on the meaning of home and how housing access has shaped their lives. Then, they interview a friend and fellow student who has experienced homelessness. The student details their struggle and how it impacted their ability to learn and succeed academically. 

This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit calhum.org. 

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In this episode, we share with you our final 2021 panel discussion hosted by CCEP, titled “Racial Gaps in Homeownership, Income, and Savings”, which brought together three experts on the history of housing and wealth inequality in the US, and Los Angeles more specifically. 

This conversation is special because the moderator, Alvaro Huerta, Associate Professor in Urban and Regional Planning and Ethnic and Women’s Studies at Cal Poly Pomona, provokes our panelists to talk about their personal experiences--experiences with housing, poverty, and racism. These personal reflections lay the foundation for a discussion about historical and contemporary forms of discrimination in homeownership and other forms of institutional oppression that perpetuate wealth inequality along racial and ethnic lines. 

Panelists:

• Dr. Gary Painter, Chair, USC Department of Public Policy; Director, Sol Price Center for Social Innovation; Director, USC Homeless Policy Research Institute
• Lori Gay, President & CEO, Neighborhood Housing Services Los Angeles
• Dr. Anaid Yerena, Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Tacoma

This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit calhum.org. 

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This episode tells a story about collective struggle during the pandemic by tuning into the ways the Healthy LA coalition navigates the bureaucratic dissonance of a call-in public comment system. It was recorded back in early 2020 and first aired on the “Digital Salon Podcast”, a project of the UCLA Urban Humanities Initiative. 

In re-airing this episode, we thought we would do something a little different. We start with a brief conversation between the episode creator, Brady Collins, Assistant Professor of Political Science at CPP and his colleague, Dr. Cory Aragon, Professor of Philosophy at CPP, about the episode--what it was like to make it, what it is trying to get across, and what it means today.

This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit calhum.org. 

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In this episode, we share with you another 2021 panel discussion hosted by CCEP, titled “The Eviction Crisis on the Horizon: Rent Relief and Pandemic Recovery in California”. For this conversation, which I had the pleasure of moderating, we brought together three individuals leading the fight for rent relief in California, and particularly in Los Angeles. As with previous panels you’ll certainly hear some policy analysis here. However, we wanted to make sure we invited community organizers working at the grassroots level so listeners can also hear how the pandemic, and concomitant eviction crisis, is impacting the lives of tenants.

It’s worth mentioning that although this panel discussion was held several months ago, the issue is still very relevant today. The pandemic, while subsiding, is not over. And despite the funding for rent relief programs allocated to cities in the American Rescue Plan, renters remain vulnerable and an eviction crisis still looms on the horizon.

Panelists:

• Gary Blasi, Professor of Law Emeritus, UCLA
• Faizah Malik, Senior Staff Attorney, Public Counsel
• Pamela Agustin, Coalition Manager, Eastside LEADS

Moderated by Brady Collins, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Cal Poly Pomona and Faculty Fellow with CCEP.

For a full video of the panel, visit CCEP's YouTube page.

This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit calhum.org.

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In our third installment of Securing Justice, we share with you an episode created by one of CCEP’s 2020-21 student fellows, Itzia Salinas Cortes. To better understand the role that architects can play in addressing housing affordability, she interviews Jim Broeske, an architect with 40 years of experience working in Southern California. In their discussion, they talk about the ways in which building codes and design standards pose unique challenges to architects working in affordable housing construction, as well as creative solutions that architects--and cities--should consider to overcome them. 

This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit calhum.org. 

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In this episode of Securing Justice, we share with you a second panel discussion hosted by CCEP, titled “Representations of Place, Home, and Insecurity”. For this conversation, we invited three creatives--a filmmaker, a visual artist, and a theater maker--whose creative work somehow examines these themes in Southern California. The impact of art and artists on the city is a widely studied topic, and something that any urban resident has probably seen or felt in their day-to-day lives. For this reason I think listeners outside of California will still find this conversation relevant to their own experiences.

Panelists:

• Jeremiah Hammerling: Emmy-award-winning documentary filmmaker, who has worked on a number of projects including City Risingfor KCET.
• Alvaro Marquez: a visual artist and educator whose interdisciplinary practice integrates print-making, fiber art, installation, and sculpture.
• Marike Splint: a theater maker, Fulbright Scholar, faculty member in the Department of Theater at UCLA, and she specializes in creating work in public space that explores the relationship between people, places, and identity.

Moderated by Professor Rennie Tang, a designer, educator, and Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at CPP, whose research interests include kinesthetic engagement in urban landscapes, intergenerational playscape for health and wellbeing, and choreographic spatial practices.

For a full video of the panel, visit CCEP's YouTube page.

This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit calhum.org.

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Welcome to Securing Justice, a podcast series created by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP”--at Cal Poly Pomona.The focus of our podcast is housing insecurity, an issue that affects millions in the United States and is particularly acute here in California. This podcast will explore housing insecurity through a variety of means--panel discussions, interviews, and creative works by faculty and students.

Our aim is not necessarily to debate solutions to housing insecurity in California--though you will find some of that here--but rather to examine the multiple ways in which housing insecurity is experienced by different groups and individuals. From artists and activists to philosophers and policy wonks, we hope to provide listeners with a varied and nuanced look at how housing insecurity affects the lives of Californians, and what we--and you--can do about it.

In this first episode, we share with you the first of what was a series of panel discussions hosted by CCEP this past semester. This discussion, titled “Housing Justice: From Trump to Biden”, brings together four panelists to discuss the role and impact of the federal government on housing insecurity under the Trump and Biden administrations. This is our most policy-heavy panel discussion, but by providing a macro-level perspective on the politics of housing insecurity policy I think it appropriately sets the stage for our later episodes that take a closer look at the lived experiences of the housing insecure.

Panelists:

• Joan Ling (UCLA, Urban Planning, and former director of the Community Corporation of Santa Monica)
• Kristina Meshelski (CSUN, Philosophy, activist with LA Tenants' Union and Democratic Socialists of America)
• Thomas Safran (Chairman of Thomas Safran & Associates, Real Estate Developer)
• Joe Donlin (Deputy Director, Strategic Actions for a Just Economy (SAJE))

Moderated by Professor Anthony Orlando (CPP, Finance, Real Estate, & Law).

For a full video of the panel, visit CCEP's YouTube page.

This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit calhum.org.