Hard Reset

In this episode, Mollie talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
Jessica Miller about her work covering Utah’s ‘wilderness therapy’
industry, where states including Oregon have sent children for foster
care, and the dangers and exploitation facing those troubled teens.
Then, Justin, JC, and Mollie discuss a memo from the CDC instructing
state governments to start making preparations for a COVID-19 vaccine.
Finally, how might the public’s everyday interactions on social media
contribute to escalating violence such as recent events in Kenosha, WI
and in Portland?

In this episode, Molly and Justin explore some hidden consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak – How do prisons deal with the pandemic? How might rapid virus testing work in day-to-day life? And how has America’s complicated history of inequality affected people trying to navigate these new challenges?

In this episode, Mollie Bryant interviews Doris Crouse-Mays with the Virginia AFL-CIO about workplace safety under OSHA during COVID-19. Then, Aaron Phillips, President of the Amarillo Education Association talks with Mollie about the debate surrounding whether schools should open with in-person instruction in the fall with the virus threat still looming. 

In this episode, Mollie talks with Cassie Miller, Senior Research Analyst with the Southern Poverty Law Center, about the so-called “Boogaloo Boys” after recent violent confrontations and arrests. Then, we’ll hear from author and journalist Jacob Silverman about the difficulty of reporting on Facebook.

In this episode, Mollie talks to Dylan Goforth, Editor in Chief of The Frontier, about the controversies surrounding President Trump’s first campaign rally since the COVID crisis began. Then Molly and JC discuss the history of surveillance and tactics used against racial justice protesters. 

In this episode, JC and Justin talk with Big if True founder Mollie
Bryant about the unprecedented scale and intensity of protests against
police violence and racial discrimination in the wake of the killing of
George Floyd. The crew discusses the many ways journalists and news
organizations affect the framing and interpretation of events in society
and how the social responsibility of journalists is being questioned as
technology enables governments and individuals to target activists.

In this episode Mollie, Justin, and JC discuss the causes and impact of “news burnout” and how to build resilience to the fatigue caused by long, stressful news cycles. We’ll hear from several guests about their experience with news burnout and their strategies for coping when the piles of bad news start to get too heavy.

In their first broadcast episode Molly, Justin, and JC explain a little bit about Hard Reset and Big If True before digging into this week’s topics. Justin and JC will hear how Mollie examined President Trump’s pardon of Michael Milken and learn what history and connections surround the former Junk Bond King. Then, former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has joined the Democratic Presidential field of hopefuls and “up come the embarrassing sound bites.” Did Bloomberg imply that America’s farmers are lacking gray matter?