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  • Are Social Media Companies “Surveillance Machines”?

    On Sunday, August 19, EHST's program will feature a pre-recorded interview on C-Span with UNC Professor Zeynep Tufekci about how social media companies have stored reams of data about us, […]

  • Follow-Up Surveillance

    Is Facebook as dangerous as some believe? What about the Internet itself? EHST friend and frequent contributor Solomon Gibson will present a brief exploration of the overall problem, whether/why privacy […]

  • Does Inmate Labor Equate to Slavery?

    Labor Day often brings cheers to the "labor movement" for all of its accomplishments.  These days there does not seem to be much to cheer about, and this issue is […]

  • How Science Fiction Helps Us Understand the Problems Confronting North Carolina

    Extraordinary Ventures 200 S. Elliott Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

    Valerie Johnson, Distinguished Professor of Women’s Studies at Bennett College, will speak on "How Science Fiction Helps Us Understand the Problems Confronting North Carolina."  You may think this is a crazy idea, […]

  • Sex and Gender: What’s The Difference?

    Extraordinary Ventures 200 S. Elliott Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

    Ken Haslam, a retired professor of anesthesiology from UNC Chapel Hill, will speak about sex and gender.  He has taught courses on this subject at Osher Lifelong Learning at Duke […]