Yon Takes On

To understand all is to forgive all.

When people say that it is time that our country has the uncomfortable conversations about race in America, affirmative action is on the shortlist of topics that people often don't want to talk about. It is a very divisive topic that is often misunderstood. Today we revisit affirmative action in the context of the recent allegations by the Department of Justice that Yale discriminates against Asian and White students.

What exactly does it mean to abolish a system like ICE, prisons, or the police? It is something you hear increasingly from the left and it is not immediately obvious what it entails. I talk with ACLU intern and Yale student Anaheed Mobaraki about her take on abolishing the police.

The second half of my conversation with David Suggs.

With the entire world watching, it is time we finally make a plan to address systemic racism and let the black community heal.

In the midst of another horrific police shooting, David Suggs and I reflect on our own experiences with police, and how we as a society can and should do better.

This episode is much more philosophical than the other episodes so far. We discuss the implications of self-driving cars, general artificial intelligence (AI), and conscious AI through the use of thought experiments.

One of the greatest threats we face as a country today is misinformation. Accurate information is vital in all things political and personal, so we must find the delicate balance between censoring misinformation and protecting personal freedoms.

In this episode, we discuss the state of coronavirus in the US after we have just surpassed 50,000 deaths. How do we safely open up the country? When can people return to work and students return to school? Will there be another stimulus payment?

COVID-19 has hit college students especially hard, whether it is unfair grading systems hurting the poor, or being largely left out of the stimulus package. Today, we open with the impact of COVID-19 on student life then transition to the biggest threat college students face today, crushing student debt.