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Month: March 2019

Ep. 35 – Searching for the World’s Best Strawberries

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Read the article: How Driscoll’s Reinvented the Strawberry

strawberry — photo illustration by S. King

Further Reading

UC Davis Strawberry Breeding & Research
The First GMO Field Tests
We have no bananas today
Berried Treasure

Next week’s article: Hopepunk, explained: the storytelling trend that weaponizes optimism

Susanna business, science Leave a comment March 28, 2019June 9, 2019

Ep. 34 – Kids, Screens & Mental Health

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Read the article: Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?

smartphones — photo illustration by S. King using photos by Kal Visuals, averie woodard, Hans Eiskonen, & Whelsko

Further Reading

Have smartphones really destroyed a generation? We don’t know.
How Generation Z is Changing Technology
Facebook has been paying teens $20 a month for total access to their phone activity
How teens use fake Instagram accounts to relieve the pressure of perfection

Next week: How Driscoll’s Reinvented the Strawberry

Susanna culture, psychology, technology Leave a comment March 9, 2019March 9, 2019

Ep. 33: Crops vs. Water in California

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Read the article: A Kingdom from Dust

dust — photo illustration by S. King, using photos by Joanna Kosinska, Matt Benson, Nikita Tikhomirov , and Beatrice Murch

Further Reading

Getting good advice about storytelling from Lynda Resnick
California State Water Project
Pop-Up Magazine

Next week’s article: Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? by Jean M. Twenge in The Atlantic

Susanna business, environment Leave a comment March 2, 2019March 2, 2019

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