Friday Recap

October 08, 2021

Today we revisit a few of the most interesting topics we covered this week including illiteracy in Indiana, the bubonic plague and its impact on labor markets, and we’ll hear from Richard Antoine White, the first African American to earn a doctorate in tuba performance.

Produced by Mariam Sobh.

Guests:

Charles Cole III
Founder and Executive Director, Energy Convertors; Co-Host and Co-Founder, 8 Black Hands Podcast

Shael Weidenbach
Simon Early Literacy Specialist, Indianapolis Public Library

Patrick Jones
Senior Vice President of Equity and Leadership, The Mind Trust

Justin Hicks
Workforce Development Reporter, Indiana Public Broadcasting

Daniel Graff
Director of the Higgins Labor Program, University of Notre Dame

Daniel Hobbins
Associate Professor of History, University of Notre Dame

Tamara Kay
Professor of Global Affairs & Sociology, University of Notre Dame

Richard Antoine White
Author of “I'm Possible: A Story of Survival, a Tuba, and the Small Miracle of a Big Dream”; Principal Tubist, New Mexico Philharmonic and Santa Fe Symphony; Professor of Tuba and Euphonium, University of New Mexico