Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCalifornia to consider requiring mental health warnings on social media sites
California, home to some of the largest technology companies in the world, would be the first U.S. state to require mental health warning labels on s…
1 year ago
Hong Kong will display 2,500 panda sculptures to capitalize on a local bear craze
Thousands of giant panda sculptures greeted residents and tourists in December 2024 in Hong Kong, where enthusiasm for the bears has grown since two …
1 year ago
Philadelphia goes the distance with RockyFest week dedicated to ‘Rocky’ movies
Rocky Balboa fans went the distance—by bus, on ice skates, by 72 steps—to honor Philly’s favorite fictional fighter almost 50 years after the first m…
1 year ago
Sumo to hold second-ever event outside of Japan, returning to London after 34 years
Sumo wrestling will return to London for the first time in 34 years in 2025 as the historic Royal Albert Hall hosts a Grand Sumo Tournament next Octo…
1 year ago
Is Enron back? If it’s a joke, some former employees aren’t laughing
An elaborate parody appears to be behind an effort to resurrect Enron, the Houston-based energy company that exemplified the worst in American corpor…
1 year ago
End of an era for the largest model railway in southeastern Europe
It’s the end of an era for the largest model railway in southeastern Europe. The Backo Mini Express—a 1.5-kilometer model railway with 150 mini locom…
1 year ago
Nearly 30% of US drugstores closed in one decade, study shows
Nearly three out of 10 U.S. drugstores that were open during the previous decade had closed by 2021, new research shows. Some neighborhoods were mos…
1 year ago
What billionaires and their advisers say keeps them from giving more and faster
America’s wealthiest people have urged each other to give away more of their money since at least 1889, the year Andrew Carnegie argued that the rich…
1 year ago
Panasonic opens its first fully renewable energy factory in Europe, powered by solar and hydrogen
Tech giant Panasonic has converted its 50-year-old microwave production facility in Cardiff, Wales, to operate entirely on renewable energy. This pr…
1 year ago
Sails ahoy! Pioneers spearhead comeback for wind to clean up global shipping
Seafaring pioneers are spearheading a comeback for wind power in the shipping industry, to try to make a dent in its huge carbon footprint. The inte…
1 year ago