Jackie On:

Ep. 49 Gloves

WDRT — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0000

In the forty ninth episode of Jackie On:, Jackie discusses how gloves have been sought after as the most sanitary option, which isn't always true. She also explores the falling-out-of-fashion of the glove as an accessory.

Sources:

ASU FIDM Museum. 2025. “Gloves in the 20Th Century | ASU FIDM Museum.” Asu.Edu. https://asufidmmuseum.asu.edu/learn/articles/gloves-20th-century.

And Jackie's experiences in the food service industry and someone who watches cooking videos online.

Ep. 48 Meteorology

WDRT — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0000

In the forty eighth episode of Jackie On:, Jackie talks about her dislike for the field of meteorology (with some exception to that) and her explanations for why this is the case.

Sources:

Mylne, Ken. 2024. “What Does a 30% Chance of Rain Mean?” RMetS, May 23. https://www.rmets.org/metmatters/what-does-30-chance-rain-mean.

Truman, Rachel. 2025. “Epic Weather Fails: When the Forecasters Got It Badly Wrong.” Loveexploring.Com, January 31. https://www.loveexploring.com/gallerylist/108746/epic-weather-fails-when-the-forecasters-got-it-badly-wrong.

Waffle House. 2019. “How to Measure a Storm’s Fury One Breakfast at a Time.” Waffle House, March 25. https://www.wafflehouse.com/how-to-measure-a-storms-fury-one-breakfast-at-a-time/.

Ep. 47 Recipes

WDRT — Thu, 28 May 2026 22:00:00 +0000

In the forty seventh episode of Jackie On:, Jackie discusses the new digitization of recipes and laments how she now has to endure a lot more reading just to get to a recipe.

Sources:

Jackie’s thoughts and experiences as someone who cooks and bakes.

Ep. 46 Reality TV

WDRT — Thu, 14 May 2026 22:00:00 +0000

In the forty sixth episode of Jackie On:, Jackie goes into depth about the lack of realness in reality TV and what its proliferation as a genre says about society.

Sources:

Jackie’s thoughts and experiences as a human being who watches television.

Ep. 45 Curiosity

WDRT — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0000

In the forty fifth episode of Jackie On:, Jackie discusses her thoughts on the types of curiosity, how they influence the ways people act in society today, and maybe what to do about it.

Sources:

Heidegger, Martin. 1962. Being and Time. San Francisco: Harper And Row.

Jackie’s thoughts and her experiences as a human being.

Ep. 44 Objectivity

WDRT — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0000

In the forty fourth episode of Jackie On:, Jackie discusses her thoughts on objectivity as a practice in the scientific and journalistic fields alongside the belief that shapes it.

Sources:

Bahlai, Christie, Lewis J. Bartlett, Kevin R. Burgio, Auriel M. V. Fournier, Carl N. Keiser, Timothée Poisot, and Kaitlin Stack Whitney. 2019. “Open Science Isn’t Always Open to All Scientists.” American Scientist. January 30, 2019. https://www.americanscientist.org/article/open-science-isnt-always-open-to-all-scientists#.

Clark, Stuart. 2018. “A Brief History of Stephen Hawking: A Legacy of Paradox.” New Scientist. March 14, 2018. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2053929-a-brief-history-of-stephen-hawking-a-legacy-of-paradox/.

Crow, Michael M, and Greg Tananbaum. 2020. “We Must Tear down the Barriers That Impede Scientific Progress.” Scientific American. December 18, 2020. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-must-tear-down-the-barriers-that-impede-scientific-progress.

Douglas, Heather. 2023. “The Importance of Values for Science.” Interdisciplinary Science Reviews 48 (2): 251–63. https://doi.org/10.1080/03080188.2023.2191559.

Meyer, Will. 2020. “The Abuses of Objectivity.” The New Republic. February 6, 2020. https://newrepublic.com/article/156486/abuses-objectivity.

Radsken, Jill . 2019. “In ‘Why Trust Science?’ Naomi Oreskes Explains Why the Process of Proof Is Worth Trusting.” Harvard Gazette. October 22, 2019. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/10/in-why-trust-science-naomi-oreskes-explains-why-the-process-of-proof-is-worth-trusting/.

Reiss, Julian, and Jan Sprenger. 2020. “Scientific Objectivity.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. October 30, 2020. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/scientific-objectivity.

Singh, Ajay. 2019. “Objective Journalism Doesn’t Exist | Opinion | the Harvard Crimson.” Www.thecrimson.com. October 22, 2019. https://www.thecrimson.com/column/little-nuances/article/2019/10/22/singh-objective-journalism/.

Ep. 43 Cop Shows

WDRT — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0000

In the forty third episode of Jackie On:, Jackie categorizes the five different types of cop shows she's experienced as: positive, scientific, specialized, gritty, and fake.

The only sources were Jackie's thoughts and her consumption of cop and police shows.

Ep. 42 Wackiest Legal Defenses

WDRT — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +0000

In the forty second episode of Jackie On:, Jackie explores a variety of wacky legal defenses and some of the ways they have been used in the court of law.

Sources:

Pogash, Carol. 2003. “Myth of the ‘Twinkie Defense’ / the Verdict in the Dan White Case Wasn’t Based on His Ingestion of Junk Food.” Archive.org. November 23, 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20031202025625/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/11/23/INGRE343501.DTL.

Price, Chris. 2009. “Identical Twin Escapes Hanging in Malaysia after Judge Fails to Tell Brothers Apart.” The Telegraph. February 8, 2009. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/malaysia/4559065/Identical-twin-escapes-hanging-in-Malaysia-after-judge-fails-to-tell-brothers-apart.html.

Schone, Mark. 2003. “Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Ideas / the Matrix Defense.” Web.archive.org. November 9, 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20120324091019/http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2003/11/09/the_matrix_defense/.

Wallin, Paul. 2014. “7 Unusual Criminal Defenses That Actually Worked | WK Law.” Wallin & Klarich. November 17, 2014. https://www.wklaw.com/7-unusual-criminal-defenses-actually-worked/.

Additional sources were the Wikipedia entries for each legal defense.

Ep. 41 University Majors

WDRT — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 23:00:00 +0000

In the forty first episode of Jackie On:, Jackie explains some of the cool and wacky majors offered at her university and society's propensity for defining people by them.

The only sources were Jackie's thoughts and her university's website cataloguing all possible majors.

Ep. 40 Coffee Ethics

WDRT — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 23:00:00 +0000

In the fortieth episode of Jackie On:, Jackie goes over how to drink coffee ethically, and what affects this from different stages in the coffee supply chain.

Sources:

Barreto Peixoto, Juliana A., Joana F. Silva, M. Beatriz P. P. Oliveira, and Rita C. Alves. 2022. “Sustainability Issues along the Coffee Chain: From the Field to the Cup.” Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety 22 (1): 287–332. https://doi.org/10.1111/1541-4337.13069.

Brudney, Allie, and Reynolds Taylor. 2023. “Certification Schemes: Why Fairtrade International, Rainforest Alliance and Others Are Failing Workers and Consumers.” Corporate Accountability Lab. February 2, 2023. https://corpaccountabilitylab.org/calblog/2023/2/1/certification-schemes-why-fairtrade-international-rainforest-alliance-and-others-are-failing-workers-and-consumers.

Coffeewatch. 2016. “Coffee and Human Rights Abuses | Coffee Watch.” Coffeewatch.org. 2016. https://coffeewatch.org/coffee-and-human-rights-abuses/.

Higonnet, Etelle. 2025. “Op-Ed: Coffee Companies Are Readier for the EUDR than They Claim | Coffee Watch.” Coffeewatch.org. March 23, 2025. https://coffeewatch.org/coffee-companies-are-readier-for-the-eudr-than-they-claim/.

MacDonald, James. 2018. “The Connections between Coffee and Biodiversity.” JSTOR Daily. March 5, 2018. https://daily.jstor.org/the-connections-between-coffee-and-biodiversity/.

McKoy, Mary Kate. 2023. “How a 20-Year Partnership Is Addressing Coffee’s Climate Woes | Conservation International.” Conservation International. August 14, 2023. https://www.conservation.org/news/as-coffee-demand-grows-farmers-work-deliver-sustainable-brew.

Pomeroy, Hugh. 2025. “A 2025 Guide to Understanding Coffee Certifications: Organic, Fair Trade, and beyond - Fair Trade Coffee Blog.” Fair Trade Coffee Blog. April 10, 2025. https://blog.cafecampesino.com/coffee-certifications/.

Royal Cup. 2017. “What Do Coffee Certifications Really Mean?” Royal Cup Coffee. March 29, 2017. https://www.royalcupcoffee.com/blog/articles/what-do-coffee-certifications-really-mean.