In Episode 4 of DON’s podcast series about the education system in the United States, co-hosts Elizabeth Fisher (@_elizabethafisher_) and Brian Le (@brianlele) discuss why STEM education is valued over the arts and how this came to be.

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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could not be Televised), Hulu