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Episode 14 - Re-Visiting Mail In Voting/Video Game Representation/The Cost of College was Ridiculous before Covid-19
Episode 14
Monday, 24 August, 2020
This week, we start by revisiting mail-in voting as an issue, checking out if there is any new information since we covered the topic back in May. We do this using articles from the South Florida Sun Sentinel (via the New York Times - https://www.sun-sentinel.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-nyt-coronavirus-voting-by-mail-20200525-ewdetupwrrda7pyz5kegfzjf3e-story.html) and a USAToday report about the biggest critic of the practice, the President, and his use of mail-in voting (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/08/13/trump-requests-mail-ballot-florida-primary-despite-rhetoric/3371605001/). Then, we discuss the subject of representation in video games. Though our population is very diverse, does that diversity translate to the creators of our games or the products that they create for us to buy? We discuss a CNBC article on the subject (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/14/video-game-industry-grapples-with-murky-track-record-on-diversity.html) as well as some supplemental statistics (https://www.statista.com/statistics/189582/age-of-us-video-game-players-since-2010/)(https://www.statista.com/topics/1680/gaming/) related to gaming demographics. In our last segment, we talk about the rising cost of college as it relates to the Covid-19 pandemic (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/15/us/covid-college-tuition.html) and why we believe parent's outrage at the cost should have happened well before collegiate use of virtual instruction was an issue (https://www.cnbc.com/2015/06/16/why-college-costs-are-so-high-and-rising.html). Hello from Below the Median is a listener supported podcast - we appreciate all of your likes, shares, reviews, and listens. If you would like to support our efforts our Patreon site link is below. We are currently working on ideas and gifts to send to our Patreon supporters; at the moment patrons get access to our pre-show notes and on-air personal acknowledgement, but we are looking to expand the benefits that we can offer to our supporters. https://www.patreon.com/BelowtheMedian <a href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=35545158" data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button">Become a Patron!</a><script async src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script>
