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The GOP's ambitions in the House

House Republicans are getting down to business, drafting legislation to spend more money on border control, less on the IRS. Hardliners are calling for radical changes to social security and...

47:03Jan 27, 2023

Why some anxiety is good, even though it feels bad

Over 40 million adults in America suffer from an anxiety disorder. But anxiety, the emotion, has an evolutionary purpose: It helps us prepare for an uncertain future.

46:58Jan 26, 2023

Migrants, mostly from Haiti, gather at a makeshift encampment under the International Bridge on the broder between Del Rio, TX and Acuña, MX on September 17, 2021 in Del Rio, Texas. (Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty Images)

The U.S. immigration crisis through the eyes of a border town mayor

Until recently Bruno Lozano was the mayor of Del Rio, Texas. Once seen as a rising star in the Democratic party, he’s now a fierce critic of President Biden’s handling...

47:05Jan 25, 2023

People walk by an office building at the business district of La Defense west of Paris on October 7, 2020. (Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP)

Rethinking diversity, equity and inclusion training

Almost every major company in the U.S. requires their employees to participate in diversity, equity and inclusion training. But is DEI training achieving what it aims to do?

47:33Jan 24, 2023

President Biden waves as he disembarks Air Force One at JFK International Airport in New York City on September 20, 2022. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

'The fight of his life': Journalist Chris Whipple's inside look at the Biden White House

So far, the presidency of Joe Biden has seen some big legislative successes, but a disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. With a new Republican House majority determined to block his agenda,...

47:33Jan 23, 2023

In this May 17, 2018, file photo, new graduates line up before the start of the Bergen Community College commencement at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Seth Wenig/AP)

The future of small colleges

College enrollment is down across the nation. Demographic changes are largely driving that. What does the decline mean for the future of small colleges?

47:13Jan 20, 2023

Elderly spectators needing a walking aid arrive to attend a concert specifically tailored to people living with dementia at the Wiener Musikverein in Vienna on December 5, 2022. (ALEX HALADA/AFP via Getty Images)

Is it time to rethink how we care for dementia patients?

In Europe there are ‘dementia villages’ where residents can live freely despite their memory loss. Could that work here in the United States?

46:14Jan 19, 2023

Congressman-elect George Devolder Santos joined the newly elected GOP members of the Senate and Congress during a press conference on November. 9, 2022 in Baldwin, New York. (Photo by Alejandra Villa Loarca/Newsday RM via Getty Images)

Inside the mind of a fabulist

Representative George Santos has lied about almost every aspect of his life. How do uncontrolled fabulists get that way -- going way beyond the little fibs we all tell --...

47:13Jan 18, 2023

A sewing station complete with an industrial machine and large spools of thread at a clothing manufacturer in Fall River, Massachusetts. (Allison Hagan/Here & Now)

Point taken: Listeners sew their way to quality clothing

Three On Point listeners share why they see major value in good quality fashion.

Jan 17, 2023

A closeup of a beam scale. (Patrick Sison/AP)

New guidelines recommend early, aggressive treatment for childhood obesity

The American Academy of Pediatrics has released new guidelines to tackle the obesity epidemic. They’re calling for family counseling, early treatment with drugs and even surgery. Can pediatricians turn the...

47:23Jan 17, 2023

Gun control advocacy groups rally with Democratic members of Congress during of a news conference on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, May 26, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts on a decade of taking on the NRA

In 2012, horrified by the Sandy Hook school shooting, stay-at-home mom Shannon Watts founded Moms Demand Action. It’s now one of the largest anti-gun violence groups in the nation.

47:11Jan 16, 2023

San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo has proposed introducing a gun insurance requirement for all gun owners except police, less than a month after a mass shooting in Gilroy, California. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)

Can gun liability insurance make our neighborhoods safer?

The nation’s first gun insurance mandate took effect this year in San Jose, California. Gunowners in the city are required to have liability insurance, or they'll be fined a minimum...

47:25Jan 13, 2023

How fast fashion and social media fuel a high consumption, low quality world

Fast fashion retailers like Shein sell t-shirts for less than $5 apiece. This business model, along with social media, fuels an erosion in the quality of clothing at every level....

47:25Jan 12, 2023

A train passing amongst pine trees in the Santa Cruz Mountains, California, 1930. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Earth's growing population: 'A direct affront to our own survival'

Elizabeth Hadly is a professor of biology at Stanford University, and director of the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve in California's Santa Cruz Mountains. For four decades, she's been an eyewitness...

05:02Jan 11, 2023

Parts of North America and Central America as seen from the Apollo 11 spacecraft during its translunar journey toward the Moon, 16th July 1969. The spacecraft is 10,000 nautical miles from the Earth. (Photo by Space Frontiers/Getty Images)

8 billion humans and counting: What it means for the planet's future

In the early 1800s, the human population hit 1 billion. As of late last year, human population 8 billion. And by the end of the century, it’s expected to top...

47:26Jan 11, 2023

An empty classroom. (John Coletti/Getty Images)

First person: How one teacher thinks AI could help his students

Daniel Herman, a high school English teacher in Berkeley, California, has some ideas about how ChatGPT might find its way into his classroom.

05:35Jan 10, 2023

How AI chatbots are changing how we write and who we trust

ChatGPT is one of the most sophisticated AI chatbots ever released. A high school teacher says it writes better than some students. But what happens when we can't tell the...

47:23Jan 10, 2023

383356 17: The execution bed sits empty on Death Row April 25, 1997 at Texas Death Row in Huntsville, Texas. About 450 prisoners are on the Row. Texas has the most executions in the US each year. The inmates are executed by lethal injection. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Liaison)

Concerns, contradictions and the continued use of the death penalty in the U.S.

After a series of botched executions, Alabama could soon begin executing death row incarcerated people using lethal gas. Oklahoma, Mississippi, Missouri, California, Wyoming and Arizona have legalized execution by lethal...

47:07Jan 9, 2023

Close-up of flowering peyote cactus, Lophophora williamsii, Native to Chihuahuan Desert of Mexico, Texas, and New Mexico, Garden in Tucson, Arizona, USA, (Photo by Wild Horizons/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

'The eyes, the ears of all things': The spiritual power of peyote

The Indigenous peoples of the Americas have been using psychedelics for thousands of years. Colonization and extermination ripped away their right to use psychedelics for generations.

05:31Jan 6, 2023

Shirley Gooding, a physical Therapy Aid, helps William Rexroat, a WWII Navy veteran exercise during a physical therapy session at the Quincy Veterans Home February 17, 2005 in Quincy, Illinois. The home, with its 683 beds, is the largest and oldest of four veteran's nursing homes in Illinois. The federal budget, as currently proposed by the Bush Administration, seeks to reduce the number of residents nationwide in these facilities from 38,000 to 33,000. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Remarkable science: Why aging might be reversible

Aging might be reversible. Harvard researcher and biotech founder Dr. David Sinclair theorizes in his New York Times best-selling book “Lifespan” that aging doesn’t have to be inevitable.

05:53Jan 6, 2023

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Why some anxiety is good, even though it feels bad

The U.S. immigration crisis through the eyes of a border town mayor

Rethinking diversity, equity and inclusion training

'The fight of his life': Journalist Chris Whipple's inside look at the Biden White House

The future of small colleges

Is it time to rethink how we care for dementia patients?

Inside the mind of a fabulist

Point taken: Listeners sew their way to quality clothing

New guidelines recommend early, aggressive treatment for childhood obesity

Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts on a decade of taking on the NRA

Can gun liability insurance make our neighborhoods safer?

How fast fashion and social media fuel a high consumption, low quality world

Earth's growing population: 'A direct affront to our own survival'

8 billion humans and counting: What it means for the planet's future

First person: How one teacher thinks AI could help his students

How AI chatbots are changing how we write and who we trust

Concerns, contradictions and the continued use of the death penalty in the U.S.

'The eyes, the ears of all things': The spiritual power of peyote

Remarkable science: Why aging might be reversible

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The GOP's ambitions in the House

Why some anxiety is good, even though it feels bad

The U.S. immigration crisis through the eyes of a border town mayor

Rethinking diversity, equity and inclusion training

'The fight of his life': Journalist Chris Whipple's inside look at the Biden White House

The future of small colleges

Is it time to rethink how we care for dementia patients?

Inside the mind of a fabulist

Point taken: Listeners sew their way to quality clothing

New guidelines recommend early, aggressive treatment for childhood obesity

Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts on a decade of taking on the NRA

Can gun liability insurance make our neighborhoods safer?

How fast fashion and social media fuel a high consumption, low quality world

Earth's growing population: 'A direct affront to our own survival'

8 billion humans and counting: What it means for the planet's future

First person: How one teacher thinks AI could help his students

How AI chatbots are changing how we write and who we trust

Concerns, contradictions and the continued use of the death penalty in the U.S.

'The eyes, the ears of all things': The spiritual power of peyote

Remarkable science: Why aging might be reversible