Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCalls Escalate for Release of Caribbean Boat Strike Video
Lawmakers are demanding that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth release video of the September strike that killed two survivors of a U.S. attack on their boat in the Caribbean. That strike, which the Pen…
Published on 15 hours ago
How NIH Funding Cuts Are Slowing the Search for Cures
The National Institutes of Health have historically funded scientists to find cures for diseases and protect public health. NIH funding has led to the discovery of immune therapies for cancer, antivi…
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Investigation: Lax State Oversight Endangers California’s Child Farmworkers
Children as young as 12 can legally work on California’s farms, picking strawberries and pruning blueberry bushes along with a host of other physically demanding jobs. Pulitzer prize-winning journali…
Published on 1 day, 16 hours ago
Mobile Homes Provide Affordable Housing, But Their Future Is at Risk
In California, mobile homes make up to 6% of the state’s housing stock. With as many as 300,000 homes in 5,000 mobile home parks in the state, they play a critical role in providing affordable housin…
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Would You Erase a Painful Memory, if You Could?
In groundbreaking experiments with mice, Boston University neuroscientist Steve Ramirez has succeeded in turning memories on and off, even implanting new ones. He says that someday we’ll be able to d…
Published on 2 days, 15 hours ago
How Private Soundtracks Are Changing Public Life: The New Normal of Constant Headphone Use
On the bus and in the grocery store line, more and more people are keeping their AirPods in. While we work, while we walk, while we shower, even while we fall asleep — we listen. But what does consta…
Published on 2 days, 15 hours ago
Patricia Lockwood on How Illness Can Give You ‘Another You’
When writer Patricia Lockwood fell ill with Covid in March 2020, she says she felt insane for months, experiencing “Brian fog” (not brain fog) and what she called “The Refrains,” where a single song…
Published on 5 days, 15 hours ago
How Are You Managing Giftflation this Holiday Shopping Season?
Giftflation is here. Prices for go-to gifts such as boxes of chocolates or the latest iPhone will be higher this year than last thanks to rising tariffs and inflation. And while consumers are anxious…
Published on 5 days, 16 hours ago
Congress Scrambles to Address Healthcare Funding Before Year End
With just weeks before enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies expire for 22 million Americans, Congress faces mounting pressure to act on healthcare funding. We’ll talk about the negotiations unfoldi…
Published on 6 days, 15 hours ago
What Trump’s ‘Pause’ on Asylum Decisions Means for the Bay Area’s Afghan Community and Beyond
The Trump administration has paused all asylum immigration decisions, affecting more than a million people, following a shooting of two National Guard members allegedly by an Afghan asylum recipient.…
Published on 6 days, 15 hours ago