Interviews
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Paging the Surgeon General: An Insight on the Military, Medicine, and Youth Involvement
What does it take to lead military medicine across a country as vast as Canada? Decades of clinical expertise? The ability to make life-or-death decisions under pressure? Or maybe just the patience to navigate bureaucracy while keeping soldiers safe?
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Beneath the Waters, The Key to Predicting Earthquakes May Surface
Earthquakes are scary, and what makes them even scarier is that they’re unpredictable: we never know when the next “big one” will hit. Earthquakes and tsunamis have wreaked havoc on human civilization since the beginning of time, with the earliest recorded occurring in the 2000s BCE. And we’ve been trying to explain why they occur…
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Science Fairs: the Barometer of American STEM Culture
Recently, heated debates have sparked in the Republican Party over the H-1B visa program and whether it ultimately benefits America. Tech entrepreneurs Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk have argued that the program is necessary because American culture does not value intelligence enough, with Ramaswamy tweeting that “American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence.” But are…
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Making Waves and Moving Earth – Dr. Lin Jian’s Quest to Understand Our Dynamic Planet
Interviews, Earth Making Waves and Moving Earth – Dr. Lin Jian’s Quest to Understand Our Dynamic Planet Over the course of the years, few scientists have bridged the worlds of oceanography and earthquake research as seamlessly as Dr. Jian Lin. Over decades of exploration, analysis, and innovation, Dr. Lin has made profound contributions to understanding…
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Humanitarianism: A Journey of Two Worlds
With the rise of tension in global geopolitics, the humanitarian crises and the relief efforts inevitably unveil under the media spotlights. What is the history of humanitarian aids? What is the present and future of the humanitarian system? YJA interviewed three UN OCHA leaders, Joyce Msuya (the assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs), Lisa Doughten (Director,…
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Conservation Chronicles: Inside CWF’s Mission to Protect Our Wild Neighbors
What does it take to become an advocate for wildlife? Is it a deep love for nature, a commitment to conservation – perhaps a touch of bravery when confronting the unpredictable impacts of climate change? Is it just as simple as taking a photo?
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Janet Yellen Interview
Kid Reporter Rory Hu interviews U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen on various topics.
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Pete Buttigieg Explains Infrastructure Bill
Kid Reporter Rory Hu interviews Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and finds out what the “Infrastructure Bill” is all about from Sec. Buttigieg himself
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Women trailblazers of Major League Baseball
Meet Alyssa Nakken, an American professional baseball coach for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball, and Kim Ng, the first female general manager of a men’s team in North American sports history. What does it take for women to be successful in a male dominated industry like MLB? To hear the answered from…
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One Day As White House Correspondent
Rory shadows the CBS White House correspondent, Ed O’Keefe, for a day to experience what it’s like to work as a member of the White House press. She has a sit-down interview with Jen Psaki and follows it up by asking the former White House press secretary two questions concerning the young generation during the…
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