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Thursday, September 18 2014

  • The Feminist Response September 18, 2014

    The 'death of adulthood'; the&nbsp;International Rescue Committee's David Miliband; Israeli feminists; reading on screens is changing brains; and how to build a better breast pump.&nbsp; (episode)

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    • Humanitarian Help Across the Globe September 18, 2014

      As the world debates military action and political positioning, hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees continue to suffer -- particularly women and girls.

    • A Mature Conversation About American Adulthood September 18, 2014

      Each generation laments that young people don&rsquo;t have a clue, but three&nbsp;cultural critics point to why everyone&rsquo;s confused about what adulthood means, and how our T.V.s reflect that.

    • Israeli Women at the Back of the Bus September 18, 2014

      Do ultra-Orthodox Jews need their Rosa Parks? A leading Israeli feminist, an Orthodox Jew herself, calls for a civil rights&nbsp;movement within her religious community.

    • Training Your 'Bi-Literate' Brain September 18, 2014

      &nbsp;How&nbsp;screens are changing the way our brains process reading, and&nbsp;why we might need to train our brains to be 'bi-literate'.

    • How to Hack a Breast Pump September 18, 2014

      MIT is hosting a 150-person hack-a-thon this weekend in an attempt to do the impossible: Make the hated breast&nbsp;pump not suck so much.