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Mudbloods And Millennials

Chris Jackson
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AP

Mon 9/30/13 Noon & 7PM Do the books, stories, and movies consumed when we're young affect our behaviors and attitudes as we grow older? If so, how do celebrated stories like Star Wars or Harry Potter affect the values and morals of a generation? That's the question UVM professor Jack Gierzynski set out to answer in his new book Harry Potter and the Millennials: Research Methods and the Politics of the Muggle Generation.

We'll talk to Gierzynski and to Scott Keeter, Director of Survey Research at the Pew Research Center in Washington D.C., about the politics and attitudes of the Millennial generation.

Also in the program, we'll survey just a few of the tech projects being created by Vermont app developers. David Bradbury of the Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies talks to us about apps that connect people to the great outdoors, and to their own health data.  VCET was recently named one of the 11 best tech incubators in the world by UBI.

Jane Lindholm is the host, executive producer and creator of But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids. In addition to her work on our international kids show, she produces special projects for Vermont Public. Until March 2021, she was host and editor of the award-winning Vermont Public program Vermont Edition.
Sage Van Wing was a Vermont Edition producer.
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