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2025
Breaking the Deadlock

BREAKING the DEADLOCK: Truth Under Fire

Online sports gambling has exploded. Should it be further regulated? What does it mean for college athletic programs and professional sports? How is AI transforming it? What is the public health impact? In BREAKING THE DEADLOCK: GAMBLING WITH YOUR LIFE, Moderator Aaron Tang guides panelists through scenarios to explore dilemmas around online sports gambling, and its impact on young men.

BREAKING the DEADLOCK: Truth Under Fire

BREAKING the DEADLOCK: A Power Play Episode 2 | 56m 5s | CC

Facing a gripping hypothetical dilemma—disinformation about a controversial school board decision spreading rapidly on social media—a panel of experts grapples with what is true, and what truth even means today. Watch BREAKING the DEADLOCK: Truth Under Fire.

Funding for this program was provided in part by grants from The Rosalind P. Walter Foundation and by a grant from Anne Ray Foundation and by contributions from viewers like you. Thank you. Location furnished by The New York Historical.

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