Richard Jackson

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A hub of research and technology, North Carolina's tri-city region is built on the bones of a haunted past that's brought to life in twisted tales. The Research Triangle is a place of renowned progress and technology, but its three cities also boast a long and rich heritage, complete with many important historic sites where the past lingers a little too closely. From the otherworldly music at the Carolina Inn to the sound of laughter echoing in the...

This memoir attempts to capture the humor and sheer incongruity of working across cultures in an international career spanning diplomacy and education. Written in a light hearted tone, it also delves into tragic consequences in countries such as Somalia, Libya and Greece. While critical in many respects of US foreign policy, it also hopes to attract adventurous young men and women of today's generation to possible careers in diplomacy. The author...

Dr. Jackson believes that it's every citizen's right to live in a clean, healthy environment. But right now, not everyone lives in an environment like that. Many low-income neighborhoods that were built near big transportation hubs and struggling industrial cities are full of citizens denied that right: in Oakland, a morbidly obese grandmother struggles to raise seven grandchildren, all of whom have asthma as a result of living near the port; in the...

In this episode, Dr. Richard Jackson investigates the link between the obesity epidemic and the Type-2 Diabetes epidemic that's sweeping the United States that has been amplified by the urban sprawl fueled by car dependency. To prevent disease through better urban planning, Boulder, Colorado has redesigned the city to make bicycles a safe alternative form of transportation. Two Denver, Colorado suburbs have transformed dead malls into mixed-use and...

Eadweard Muybridge's gripping life story, one dripping with ambition, success, betrayal, deception and murder.