Fri. 2 pm – “The word risk has acquired new prominence,” wrote anthropologist Mary Douglas in 1990. “One popular explanation is that risks from technology have greatly increased. 08/20/2021.

They have indeed, in all the industrial world. But some other risks have decreased, at least if the figures for mortality and morbidity mean anything.” How do we understand risk — especially in the midst of a global pandemic — and what are the domino effects of being forewarned but not forearmed? Who reaps the rewards, and who shoulders the burdens? This week, Leigh examines risk as a theoretical concept that’s challenging to understand in practice. And yet, as Douglas concludes, “risk is a word that admirably serves the forensic needs of the new global culture.” Listen live on WRUU 107.5 FM in Savannah and globally @wruu.org.