podcastSilicon Valley Bank's collapse: What happens when midsized banks get too big to failThe collapse of Silicon Valley Bank marks the second largest bank failure in America’s history. Some say a 2018 rollback on bank regulations helped cause it. What happens when so-called...10 hours ago'Battle for your brain': What the rise of brain-computer interface technology means for youComputer brain interfaces used to be the stuff of science fiction. Now, headphones and earbuds with sensors that can read your brain waves – and sell your data – are...Play47:20Mar 17, 2023Advertisement The abortion pill lawsuit that could change how the FDA approves drugsA Texas lawsuit attempting to ban the abortion pill could undermine how the FDA approves drugs. If the plaintiffs succeed, experts say the pharmaceutical industry could be thrown into chaos...Play47:12Mar 16, 2023First person: Why clownfish need darknessEmily Fobert is a research fellow at the University of Melbourne in Australia. In the lab, Emily studies how light pollution affects marine life.Play05:31Mar 15, 2023In defense of darknessEarth needs darkness just as much as it needs light. Human light pollution is pushing back the dark, which is changing the natural world, and could be hurting us, too.Play47:20Mar 15, 2023The fight for control of the St. Louis police forceThe State of Missouri controlled the St. Louis police force from the Civil War until a decade ago. Now Republican state politicians want that power back. We explore the struggle...Play47:14Mar 14, 2023First person: Behind a scientist's discovery of a tongue-replacing parasiteProfessor Nico Smit specializes in aquatic parasitology at Northwestern University in South Africa. Many years ago, while working on his Ph.D., Smit ran across something special in the coastal waters...Play06:48Mar 13, 2023Why losing parasites could have devastating effects on our ecosystemParasites. Cause of human disease. Big on the yuck-factor. It's easy to think of them as doing no good -- but researchers say that's the wrong way to think of...Play47:20Mar 13, 2023Cartoonist Barbara Brandon-Croft on being the first Black woman with a nationally syndicated comicBarbara Brandon-Croft is the first Black female cartoonist to be nationally syndicated. Her comic strip, “Where I’m Coming From,” ran from 1991 to 2005 and featured nine Black women who...Play47:17Mar 10, 2023Journalist Hannah Barnes on the inside story of the collapse of Tavistock’s gender identity clinicFollowing a scathing independent report last year, Britain is shutting down its leading gender identity clinic. We’ll talk about what lead to the closure, and how the debate over “gender...Play47:04Mar 9, 2023The science and politics of COVID natural immunityMore studies are finding that natural immunity from COVID can be as protective as vaccination. U.S. health leaders knew this in 2021 — but most didn’t publicly acknowledge it. Why?Play47:20Mar 8, 2023Courts, profit and the monetization of America's justice systemInjustice in America’s for-profit justice system. When profit becomes the point, families become targets of the very justice system that is meant to protect everyone.Play47:11Mar 7, 2023Could a four-day work week work in the United States?When dozens of companies in the U.K. experimented with a four-day work week, employers and employees loved it. Could a four-day work week work in the United States?Play47:03Mar 6, 2023First person: The book bans leaving Florida school bookshelves emptyIn July 2022, Florida Governor DeSantis signed Florida House Bill 1467. It requires all schoolbooks to be reviewed by a district employee holding an educational media specialist certificate. Shortly after...Play07:00Mar 3, 2023The politics and policies behind Ron DeSantis's reshaping of Florida educationFlorida governor Ron DeSantis is making changes to public K-12 education. How are his policies and politics impacting Florida classrooms?Play47:16Mar 3, 2023What can Russian sanctions achieve?The international community responded to Russia's invasion of Ukraine with harsh sanctions. But a year later, Russia is still fighting in Ukraine. Have sanctions failed?Play47:25Mar 2, 2023'The last supper': How a 1993 Pentagon dinner reshaped the defense industryThirty years ago, a secret dinner at the Pentagon led to a flurry of consolidation in the defense industry. We hear the story of that so-called "last supper" and what...Play47:33Mar 1, 2023'Blood Money': Inside the global business of selling plasmaMillions of Americans sell their blood plasma every year. It’s part of a global, multibillion dollar business. Play47:01Feb 28, 2023Who benefits, who loses from the occupational licensing system?Since the 1950s, the number of occupations requiring a state license has ballooned. Who benefits, who loses when one in four workers in America need a license to do their...Play47:14Feb 27, 2023'60 is the new 50': As life expectancy rises, how Americans are embracing life's third act100 years ago, average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47. Today, it's closer to 80 -- and lots of people are using those extra 30 years to reinvent themselves....Play47:34Feb 24, 2023Next Page
Silicon Valley Bank's collapse: What happens when midsized banks get too big to failThe collapse of Silicon Valley Bank marks the second largest bank failure in America’s history. Some say a 2018 rollback on bank regulations helped cause it. What happens when so-called...10 hours ago
'Battle for your brain': What the rise of brain-computer interface technology means for youComputer brain interfaces used to be the stuff of science fiction. Now, headphones and earbuds with sensors that can read your brain waves – and sell your data – are...Play47:20Mar 17, 2023
The abortion pill lawsuit that could change how the FDA approves drugsA Texas lawsuit attempting to ban the abortion pill could undermine how the FDA approves drugs. If the plaintiffs succeed, experts say the pharmaceutical industry could be thrown into chaos...Play47:12Mar 16, 2023
First person: Why clownfish need darknessEmily Fobert is a research fellow at the University of Melbourne in Australia. In the lab, Emily studies how light pollution affects marine life.Play05:31Mar 15, 2023
In defense of darknessEarth needs darkness just as much as it needs light. Human light pollution is pushing back the dark, which is changing the natural world, and could be hurting us, too.Play47:20Mar 15, 2023
The fight for control of the St. Louis police forceThe State of Missouri controlled the St. Louis police force from the Civil War until a decade ago. Now Republican state politicians want that power back. We explore the struggle...Play47:14Mar 14, 2023
First person: Behind a scientist's discovery of a tongue-replacing parasiteProfessor Nico Smit specializes in aquatic parasitology at Northwestern University in South Africa. Many years ago, while working on his Ph.D., Smit ran across something special in the coastal waters...Play06:48Mar 13, 2023
Why losing parasites could have devastating effects on our ecosystemParasites. Cause of human disease. Big on the yuck-factor. It's easy to think of them as doing no good -- but researchers say that's the wrong way to think of...Play47:20Mar 13, 2023
Cartoonist Barbara Brandon-Croft on being the first Black woman with a nationally syndicated comicBarbara Brandon-Croft is the first Black female cartoonist to be nationally syndicated. Her comic strip, “Where I’m Coming From,” ran from 1991 to 2005 and featured nine Black women who...Play47:17Mar 10, 2023
Journalist Hannah Barnes on the inside story of the collapse of Tavistock’s gender identity clinicFollowing a scathing independent report last year, Britain is shutting down its leading gender identity clinic. We’ll talk about what lead to the closure, and how the debate over “gender...Play47:04Mar 9, 2023
The science and politics of COVID natural immunityMore studies are finding that natural immunity from COVID can be as protective as vaccination. U.S. health leaders knew this in 2021 — but most didn’t publicly acknowledge it. Why?Play47:20Mar 8, 2023
Courts, profit and the monetization of America's justice systemInjustice in America’s for-profit justice system. When profit becomes the point, families become targets of the very justice system that is meant to protect everyone.Play47:11Mar 7, 2023
Could a four-day work week work in the United States?When dozens of companies in the U.K. experimented with a four-day work week, employers and employees loved it. Could a four-day work week work in the United States?Play47:03Mar 6, 2023
First person: The book bans leaving Florida school bookshelves emptyIn July 2022, Florida Governor DeSantis signed Florida House Bill 1467. It requires all schoolbooks to be reviewed by a district employee holding an educational media specialist certificate. Shortly after...Play07:00Mar 3, 2023
The politics and policies behind Ron DeSantis's reshaping of Florida educationFlorida governor Ron DeSantis is making changes to public K-12 education. How are his policies and politics impacting Florida classrooms?Play47:16Mar 3, 2023
What can Russian sanctions achieve?The international community responded to Russia's invasion of Ukraine with harsh sanctions. But a year later, Russia is still fighting in Ukraine. Have sanctions failed?Play47:25Mar 2, 2023
'The last supper': How a 1993 Pentagon dinner reshaped the defense industryThirty years ago, a secret dinner at the Pentagon led to a flurry of consolidation in the defense industry. We hear the story of that so-called "last supper" and what...Play47:33Mar 1, 2023
'Blood Money': Inside the global business of selling plasmaMillions of Americans sell their blood plasma every year. It’s part of a global, multibillion dollar business. Play47:01Feb 28, 2023
Who benefits, who loses from the occupational licensing system?Since the 1950s, the number of occupations requiring a state license has ballooned. Who benefits, who loses when one in four workers in America need a license to do their...Play47:14Feb 27, 2023
'60 is the new 50': As life expectancy rises, how Americans are embracing life's third act100 years ago, average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47. Today, it's closer to 80 -- and lots of people are using those extra 30 years to reinvent themselves....Play47:34Feb 24, 2023
