Casey Kuhn

Washington, D.C., United States

Digital Video Producer at PBS

Digital video producer, PBS @Newshour. Midwest at heart, Southwest style, Mid-Atlantic currently. Forever in a 🤔 mood. @newshourunion 💪 [email protected]

Articles

Americans are farming truffles and finding success. Here’s how

2 weeks ago | pbs.org | Casey Kuhn

Black truffles are most often associated with the European countryside. But as wild truffle habitats have declined, truffle farms in the U.S. are taking root. There are around 100 truffle orchards in the U.S., according to the North American Truffle Growers’ Association (NATGA).
As Arctic warms, Indigenous communities there face dramatic changes to their way of life

Dec 26, 2024 | pbs.org | Casey Kuhn

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3 ways empathy can help you handle conflict during the holidays

Nov 27, 2024 | pbs.org | Casey Kuhn

Holiday gatherings can come with the invisible stress of potential arguments and conflict. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Tapping into empathy can help prepare you to face conflict head-on and diffuse a disagreement before it escalates. The fact is, empathy, like basketball or drawing, is a skill you can practice. “That is a fairly new take on empathy that we’ve been exploring over the last decade or so,” Karina Schumann, associate psychology professor at the University of Pittsburgh, said.
As Hurricane Helene moves toward Florida, Philadelphia International feels its effects - CBS Philadelphia

Sep 26, 2024 | cbsnews.com | Nikki DeMentri |Casey Kuhn

Dozens of flights in and out of Philadelphia International Airport were delayed or canceled because of Hurricane Helene Thursday.
Why little is known about what causes many pregnancies to end in miscarriage

Jun 23, 2024 | pbs.org | Casey Kuhn

Jun 23, 2024 6:54 PM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio Every year, about 1 million pregnancies in the U.S. end in a miscarriage. In as many as half those cases, doctors are at a loss to explain why, and experts say stigma and shame are hampering efforts to learn about what causes miscarriages. PBS News Hour’s Courtney Norris reports.
Library book ban attempts are at an all-time high. These librarians are fighting back

Apr 11, 2024 | pbs.org | Casey Kuhn

Updated on Apr 15, 2024 1:32 PM EDT — Published on Apr 11, 2024 5:17 PM EDT Americans last year challenged more book titles than ever before, according to a new report by the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom. More than 4,000 unique titles were challenged in public libraries and school libraries in 2023, the most the group has recorded since it began tracking censorship efforts.
Palestinian American’s art exhibition in Indiana canceled after criticizing Gaza bombings

Feb 29, 2024 | artscanvas.org | Jeffrey Brown |Anne Davenport |Casey Kuhn |Alison Thoet

Texas music teacher uses mariachi to help students connect with Mexican culture The rhythm of mariachi music is known worldwide and becoming even more so.
A Black physician’s memoir looks at the legacy of medical racism in America

Jan 28, 2024 | pbs.org | Ambar Castillo |Laura Santhanam |Nicole Ellis |Casey Kuhn

John Yang: Dr. Uché Blackstock has seen firsthand how medical racism shapes America's health care system. She's seen it both as a physician and as a patient. She's dedicated her career to work at the intersection of medicine, health equity and systemic racism. She's an emergency medicine physician and is CEO and founder of Advancing Health Equity, an organization which works to dismantle racism in health care.
Astronaut who spent a year in space discusses readjusting to life back on Earth

Jan 26, 2024 | pbs.org | Casey Kuhn |Miles O'Brien |Geoff Bennett |Karina Cuevas

Astronauts of the future could be sent on missions to the moon and Mars that take years, but living in space that long poses all kinds of physical and psychological challenges. NASA is trying to learn as much as it can from astronauts who have spent the most time in space. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien spoke with the American who set the record for longest single space mission. Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors.
A look at 2023’s discoveries in space exploration

Jan 1, 2024 | pbs.org | Casey Kuhn |Miles O'Brien

PBS NewsHour In 2023, we saw incredibly detailed images from the most advanced telescope in space and the 25th year of a global partnership sending astronauts to orbit Earth. Digital video producer Casey Kuhn delves into the major discoveries from last year with our science correspondent Miles O'Brien. ShareInclude playlistAn error occurred while retrieving sharing information. Please try again later.