Featured Interviews & Appearances
C-Span After Words
Nov 13, 2020
Featured conversation with Cathy O’Neil, author of Weapons of Math Destruction
NPR Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal
Oct 12, 2020
Interview about problems with unemployment statistics, and excerpt from Counting on NPR’s website.
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BBC Radio: More or Less with Time Harford
Nov 1, 2021
Featured on the BBC current affairs program More or Less, hosted by Tim Harford.
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Data Citizens
Dec 16, 2020
Data Citizens, University of Miami, Institute for Data Science and Computing, Distinguished Lecture, “There’s No Such Thing as a Raw Number”
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Podcasts
Curious Minds with Gayle Allen
Aug 2, 2021
Guest interview on human behavior, decision-making, and Deborah’s work.
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Something You Should Know with Mike Carruthers
Dec 14, 2020
Featured on the BBC current affairs program More or Less, hosted by Tim Harford.
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Technically Human with Deb Donig
Jan 12, 2024
Featured guest in a conversation about technology, ethics, society, and human decision-making.
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Television
The Today Show with Bryant Gumbel
Appeared in studio to discuss work related to genetic testing, diagnostic medical tests, and how those technologies can reduce access to health insurance.
This appearance grew out of Deborah ‘s work on the ethical, legal, and social implications of genetic test-ing, including service on the National Institutes of Health Task Force on Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues of Human Genome Research, an ethics advisory board for the Human Genome Project, and the Office of Technology Assessment’s Advisory Panel on Diagnostic and Predictive Tests.
Quoted & Featured Online
Psychology Today
Apr 27, 2021
Quoted in the article “What Is Preference Falsification?”
Additional Media Experience
In addition to the appearances listed above, Deborah has participated in multiple radio interviews in the United States and Canada on topics including genetic testing, insurance, public policy, and themes from The Samaritan’s Dilemma
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