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If you're motivated to improve your wellness but struggle to fit healthy habits into real-life demands, this conversation is for you. Lindsey Whissel Fenton and co-host Dr. Christina Lightner break down what wellness actually means and why it is often more approachable and more actionable than it seems. Christina explains the differences between health, wellbeing, and wellness and walks through the twelve interconnected degrees that shape how we feel and function, from emotional and social wellness to digital, cultural, and creative wellbeing. Together, they explore how wellness does not have to be overwhelming. Small, intentional choices, like taking a mindful breath or swapping five minutes of scrolling for stretching, can create sustainable change over time. It is a compassionate reminder that your wellness journey starts with one doable step and that every small choice truly matters.

In Performance at Penn State is a monthly hour-long program that showcases performances from Penn State's School of Music. This month, hear a Trio for Flute, Oboe and Bassoon by twentieth century composer Jurriaan Andriessen from the Penns Woods Music Festival, and the students of Penn State’s Philharmonic Orchestra, led by Gerardo Edelstein, in the Symphony No. 8 in G by Antonin Dvorak.

This month, hear the "Overture on Hebrew Themes" by Sergei Prokofiev from the Penn's Woods Music Festival; Chopin’s Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp Minor from a recital by Penn State Faculty Member Christopher Guzman; and the Penn's Woods Music Festival Orchestra in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2 in D.

This month, hear an opera overture by Domenico Cimarosa from the Penn's Woods Music Festival Orchestra; the Penn State Philharmonic in the overture, “From the South” by Sir Edward Elgar; and PSU faculty members Margaret Fey, bassoon and Timothy Shafer, piano in a piece called “Mathematics” by contemporary composer Alyssa Morris.

Younger Americans pay less attention to the news than any other age group. And this is kind of a big deal, since a functioning democracy relies on an informed citizenry. While many news organizations are pinning their hopes on interactive and mobile technologies to try to engage younger audiences, research shows there may be a simpler, lower-tech way to cultivate the next generation of news consumers. In this episode of News Over Noise, hosts Lead Dajches and Matt Jordan with media scholar Stephanie Lynn Edgerly about the concept of news socialization and parent-learning model.

Ever feel lousy and look up your symptoms on the internet? Sometimes the information you find can hurt as much as it helps. Health misinformation is something we’ve all experienced and our emotions play a big role in how vulnerable we are to it. Subtle differences in wording or the order in which a story is presented to you can make a massive difference in how you respond to it and what actions you take—or don’t take—going forward. On this episode of News Over Noise, hosts Leah Dajches and Matt Jordan talk with media scholar Jess Myrick about what this all means for health reporting and the spread of misinformation.

It’s hard to go a day without seeing mention of AI. While the technology itself may be groundbreaking, the reporting of it isn’t. News about technology is not new; it’s dominated the front pages for decades, with near constant reporting on the next best thing that will change the world as we know it. And, clearly it has, but not always in a good way. What happens when technology reporting misses the mark and fails to give us the full story? On this episode of News Over Noise, hosts Leah Dajches and Matt Jordan talk with reporter Karl Bode about what technology reporting has done well and the times it has fallen short and failed to serve the public interest.

Do you feel discouraged or even defeated about the state of the world? So much so that you find yourself disengaging? What if we told you that there was another path? That there’s a form of reporting that doesn’t just tell you what's wrong in your community but actively works to empower you to help set it right? On this episode ofNews Over Noise, host Matt Jordan and Leah Dajches talk with James Causey, a projects reporter and columnist at theMilwaukee Journal Sentinel, about solutions journalism and the potential it holds for strengthening democracy.

The question of who owns the news has serious implications for the quality of journalism we have access to. Media buyouts and mergers have become so commonplace you might not even realize that your local paper or news station is owned by a massive corporation in some far-off place. You might think, “I’m still getting access to information, so why does diversity in media ownership matter?” To find out, Leah Dajches and Matt Jordan talk with Michael Copps, a former commissioner for the Federal Communications Commission.

Climate change was once a bipartisan issue…until it wasn’t. What happened? To find out, hosts Leah Dajches and Matt Jordan talk with Geoff Dembicki, an investigative climate journalist about how fossil fuel companies used the public media system to sew skepticism and cynicism about climate change.