What is the cost of deepfakes? The Advocates explores

Sonia Baghdadi, host of this week’s Advocates, is working with the University at Buffalo Media Forensics Institute to create her own deepfakes. The real Baghdadi interviews Institute Director Siwel Yu about discovering deepfakes and who is most at risk of being scammed.

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Next up is a heartwarming story about a teacher and his amazing rescue dog. Christopher Hanna is a public school teacher who works with students with special needs. When he saw Cole, a deaf pit bull mix listed as a special needs dog on the shelter’s website, he knew he was the one. He took him home and named him Cole, and it soon became clear that this adoption was meant to be. Find out how Cole became not only a disability advocate, but a superhero to others.

Advocate Channel meteorologist and environmental editor Michael Smith talks with sustainability expert Henry Gordon Smith about the growing trend in urban agriculture. You can grow food on your balcony, windowsill or rooftop. Learn about the countless different options for small-scale and even apartment-scale farming.

And finally, are you feeling burnt out at work? Author and New York University professor Tessa West talks about the real reasons we feel unfulfilled at work and how to know if it’s time to look for a new job.

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