Podcasts by Perception Gaps
What happens when what you think is true doesn’t line up with reality? We call that a perception gap, and it can lead to damaging misconceptions about society’s most pressing issues. In this podcast, we explore the spaces where our perceptions don’t reflect the truth of the world around us – and in doing so look for solutions and common ground. Hosted by The Christian Science Monitor’s Samantha Laine Perfas.
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Incarceration, Reimagined from 2020-09-14T04:04
Our justice system faces a lot of challenges – not least of which are the public’s misperceptions about the system and how it affects communities. How do we rethink and reimagine the way we serve j...
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The Purpose of Prison from 2020-08-31T04:03
Why do we lock people up? Is it to punish offenders or to rehabilitate them? A majority of Americans say they want… both. But those goals often compete with each other, and the result is a system t...
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When Corrections Goes Corporate from 2020-08-24T04:04
Private prisons receive a lot of flak from politicians, reform advocates, and the public. And yet data shows they make up a relatively small fraction of the billions of dollars that go into the cri...
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Justice at the Borders from 2020-08-17T04:04
For decades, research has shown that more immigration doesn’t mean more crime. But the myth of “the dangerous immigrant” remains a powerful force in American politics and rhetoric. In Episode 3, we...
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The Color of Imprisonment from 2020-08-10T04:07
Is the criminal justice system fair? It turns out white and Black Americans often have very different answers for that question. In Episode 2, we look at how race affects our perceptions of crime –...
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America Behind Bars from 2020-08-03T06:09
The American criminal justice system is based on the idea that a person is innocent until proven guilty. But did you know that most people in jail have not been convicted of a crime? How is this ha...
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Introducing Perception Gaps Season 2: Locked Up from 2020-07-29T10:52
Join the Monitor's Samantha Laine Perfas, Henry Gass, and Jessica Mendoza as they discuss the next season of"Perception Gaps,"which focuses on misperceptions in the criminal justice system.
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Episode 10: Solving Perception Gaps from 2018-12-17T15:13
During the last episode of our 10-part series, we have to ask… how do you solve perception gaps? Is it even possible? We look at the science of perception gaps, as well as the media’s role in closi...
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Episode 9: The Role of War from 2018-12-10T10:48
War… what is it good for? Turns out, perhaps peace. While we continue to fight long and expensive wars around the world, they are much less fatal than in the past. But with how much war has changed...
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Episode 8: The Drug Epidemic from 2018-12-03T09:13
The opioid epidemic is a frequent headline contender, and was recently declared a national public health emergency. But did you know that there’s another substance that regularly kills twice as man...
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Episode 7: The Generosity Game from 2018-11-26T10:02
Everything feels like a competition these days. Who is more generous: conservatives or liberals? There’s no easy answer, but data does show that both parties have become less generous in recent yea...
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Episode 6: Poverty Progress from 2018-11-19T09:19
After surveying a global segment of the population, the Gapminder organization in Sweden found that only 10 percent of people knew the state of extreme poverty. Why is it that our perceptions are s...
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Episode 5: A Closer Look at the Gender Pay Gap from 2018-11-11T13:11
Women take low paying jobs. Women don’t advocate for themselves. The gender pay gap isn’t real. These are some of the myths that persist about gender pay gap. But why does the gap really exist? It’...
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Episode 4: The Real Gun Tragedy from 2018-11-05T13:27
Due to multiple high profile mass shootings, many parents and students fear that a school shooting will happen at their school. But school shootings - and even mass shootings - are statistically ra...
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Episode 3: Revenge of the Robots from 2018-10-29T15:53
Who, or what, is stealing American jobs? Contrary to popular belief, it’s not immigrants. In fact, robots are projected to steal even more jobs in the coming decade. A lot of the conversation about...
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Episode 2: The Other Side from 2018-10-22T13:57
If you talk to anyone in the US, they’ll tell you that politics are more polarized than ever before. Which is true… technically. But millions of Americans find themselves in the middle. So are we r...
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Episode 1: High Crime and Misperceptions from 2018-10-15T12:35
Have you ever wondered about crime in the US, and how bad it is? A lot of people feel like the world is really unsafe - but would you believe me if I told we were safer now than we’ve been in the l...
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Introducing: Perception Gaps by The Christian Science Monitor from 2018-10-03T14:56
Have you ever thought about how sometimes our perceptions don’t always match reality? These perception gaps happen frequently, and the big question is… why? And what narratives might better help us...
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