Keeping Up the Masks, Accessibility in Classrooms, 'The Mitchells vs. The Machines,' 'Interior Chinatown,' Space Colonization

As the city opens up, not everyone is ready to abandon mask wearing. Some people feel safer--from COVID, but also from street harassment and even violence. Some like the anonymity of it, and as VICE senior staff writer Shayla Love writes, some are simply and understandably, scared. Love joins to discuss her reporting and take listeners' calls.

Zoom and video chatting have changed the way students with disabilities experience the classroom. Now that students are returning to class, how will this affect the deaf and hard of hearing community? Michelle Morgan, an experienced digital accessibility specialist from Yale University, joins us to talk about accessibility in the classroom. She specializes in working with faculty to help create a more inclusive learning environment, and discusses the benefits both virtual and physical classroom space can provide.

Director Mike Rianda joins us to discuss his animated film, “The Mitchells vs. The Machines.”

[REBROADCAST FROM MARCH 23, 2020] Charles Yu joins us to discuss his new novel, Interior Chinatown, a "send-up of Hollywood tropes and Asian stereotypes."

Last month, NASA's perseverance rover touched down on the surface of Mars, making it the latest human-made object to call the red planet home. As of now, there are over 10 tons of human-made objects on Mars, with more missions planned for later in the decade. We look at the line between exploration and colonization. Joining us are Dr. Alice Gorman, AKA Dr. Space Junk, an archaeologist and who looks at spacecraft and off-earth landing sites the way others look at clay pots and cave art; and Chris Schaberg, an English professor at Loyola University New Orleans specializing in the environmental humanities, who recently wrote an article called, "We're Already Colonizing Mars."