Sarah Jones Breaks It Down

Hearing Aid Accessibility

How does the new FDA ruling affect access to hearing aids? Sarah talks with audiologist Dr. Michelle Hu and mother Jessica Lewis about what this change means for those with hearing loss.Sources Consulted:Aacap. (n.d.). Corporal punishment in schools. Retrieved August 30, 2022, from https://www.aacap.org/aacap/Policy_Statements/1988/Corporal_Punishment_in_Schools.aspxCommissioner, O. of the. (n.d.). FDA finalizes historic rule enabling access to over-the-counter hearing aids for millions of Americans. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Retrieved August 30, 2022, from https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-finalizes-historic-rule-enabling-access-over-counter-hearing-aids-millions-americansGershoff, E. T., & Font, S. A. (2016). Corporal punishment in U.S. public schools: Prevalence, disparities in use, and status in state and federal policy. Social policy report. Retrieved August 30, 2022, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5766273/Hollingsworth, H. (2022, August 26). Missouri School District reinstates spanking if parents OK. AP NEWS. Retrieved August 30, 2022, from https://apnews.com/article/education-school-boards-missouri-springfield-cassville-d3f3e3228be5a2209eb9761885795470 * If you have a question about war, or if there’s something else going on in the world that you want us to break down, write to us or record a message and email us at listen@akidsco.com. Follow the show on Apple Podcasts or wherever podcasts are found and check out other podcasts made for kids just like you by visiting akidsco.com. 

Seized Documents at Mar-a-Lago

What did the FBI find during the search of former president Trump’s property? Sarah talks about the investigation at Mar-a-Lago. And what is monkeypox? Susan Michaels-Strasser, the assistant professor of epidemiology at the Columbia University Medical Center, shares about this zoonotic disease.Sources Consulted:Attorney general Merrick Garland delivers remarks. The United States Department of Justice. (2022, August 11). Retrieved August 15, 2022, from https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-merrick-garland-delivers-remarksDesk, N. P. R. W. (2022, August 12). Read the full warrant documents from FBI search of Trump's mar-a-lago home. NPR. Retrieved August 15, 2022, from https://www.npr.org/2022/08/12/1117277865/read-the-full-warrant-documents-from-fbi-search-of-trumps-mar-a-lago-homeNational Archives and Records Administration. (n.d.). Press statements in response to media queries about Presidential Records. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved August 15, 2022, from https://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2022/nr22-001Read the unsealed DOJ documents underpinning search of Trump's mar-a-lago. POLITICO. (n.d.). Retrieved August 15, 2022, from https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/12/read-the-unsealed-doj-documents-underpinning-search-of-trumps-mar-a-lago-00051524S.139 - FISA amendments reauthorization act of 2017 115th ... - congress. (n.d.). Retrieved August 15, 2022, from https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/139Schorsch, P. (2022, August 8). Scoop - the Federal Bureau of Investigation @FBI today executed a search warrant at mar-a-lago, two sources confirm to @Fla_Pol."they just left," one source said.not sure what the search warrant was about.TBH, Im not a strong enough reporter to hunt this down, but its real. pic.twitter.com/hmsghlvp3d. Twitter. Retrieved August 15, 2022, from https://twitter.com/PeterSchorschFL/status/1556771253167558657Thrush, G., Haberman, M., & Protess, B. (2022, August 11). Trump search said to be part of effort to find highly classified material. The New York Times. Retrieved August 15, 2022, from https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/11/us/politics/trump-fbi-subpoena.htmlTrump authorizes DOJ to declassify Russia probe documents. POLITICO. (n.d.). Retrieved August 15, 2022, from https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/19/trump-doj-declassify-russia-probe-documents-460511* If you have a question about war, or if there’s something else going on in the world that you want us to break down, write to us or record a message and email us at listen@akidsco.com. Follow the show on Apple Podcasts or wherever podcasts are found and check out other podcasts made for kids just like you by visiting akidsco.com. 

Tribal Sovereignty and the US Supreme Court

What is tribal sovereignty? Sarah talks with Shaun Little Horn, advocacy organizer of the Lakota Law Project, about the case heading to the Supreme Court this fall, Brackeen v. Haaland.Sources Consulted:Schumacher-Matos, E. (2013, August 9). S. Dakota Indian Foster Care 4: The mystery of a missing $100 million. NPR. Retrieved August 9, 2022, from https://www.npr.org/sections/publiceditor/2013/08/09/209282064/s-dakota-indian-foster-care-4-the-mystery-of-a-missing-100-million * If you have a question about war, or if there’s something else going on in the world that you want us to break down, write to us or record a message and email us at listen@akidsco.com. Follow the show on Apple Podcasts or wherever podcasts are found and check out other podcasts made for kids just like you by visiting akidsco.com.

Mass Shootings and Dickey’s Amendment

What does research on gun violence look like? Sarah talks with NMVVRC Associate Director, Dr. Angela Moreland, about legislation that affects how mass shootings are researched.If you have a question about war, or if there’s something else going on in the world that you want us to break down, write to us or record a message and email us at listen@akidsco.com. Follow the show on Apple Podcasts or wherever podcasts are found and check out other podcasts made for kids just like you by visiting akidsco.com.

War Part 5: Peace Justice and Peacekeeping

How does the law influence war? Sarah talks with international lawyer Benjamin Duerr about what justice and peace mean from a legal standpoint in the final episode in our series on war.Sources Consulted:* If you have a question about war, or if there’s something else going on in the world that you want us to break down, write to us or record a message and email us at listen@akidsco.com. Follow the show on Apple Podcasts or wherever podcasts are found and check out other podcasts made for kids just like you by visiting akidsco.com.