Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
Race, Society, and the Coronavirus Crisis
Episode 311
The growth of American institutions like public education and organized labor has been stunted by racial hostility. Eduardo Porter, author of America…
6 years, 4 months ago
Digital Access: The Haves and Have Nots
Episode 310
The Digital Divide is the gap between those who have easy access to computers and the internet, and those who don’t. The problem this gap creates is …
6 years, 5 months ago
How Will America Reopen? A Bioethicist Weighs In.
Episode 309
Zeke Emanuel was an architect of the Affordable Care Act, which turned 10-years-old this spring. With 22 million people unemployed in America because…
6 years, 5 months ago
Lincoln's Leadership in a Time of Crisis
Episode 308
Humility, loyalty, rhetorical mastery — these were the leadership traits of President Abraham Lincoln, says historian John Stauffer. When Lincoln ent…
6 years, 5 months ago
A Coronavirus Stress Test for the World
Episode 307
Journalist and New York Times op-ed writer Thomas Friedman says countries around the world are undergoing a stress test thanks to the coronavirus pan…
6 years, 5 months ago
China, Technology, and the Coronavirus
Episode 306
China was the first country in the world to experience effects from COVID-19. Now the epidemic there is slowing. How did the country of more than 1 b…
6 years, 6 months ago
Highs and Lows: Unpacking Teen Emotions
Episode 305
During the coronavirus epidemic, many families are spending lots of time together. Families with teenagers may notice extreme highs and lows – and it…
6 years, 6 months ago
How to Be Less Fearful in Turbulent Times (Rebroadcast)
Episode 304
What are the best tools for dealing with fear, particularly in an uncertain period? “Human beings wrestle with fear. We are living in anxious times,”…
6 years, 6 months ago
Reporting the News in a Fractured America
Episode 303
Two major news stories are dominating headlines: the novel coronavirus and the 2020 presidential contest. Both are vulnerable to disinformation campa…
6 years, 6 months ago
Straight from the Source: Experts Discuss Novel Coronavirus
Episode 302
More than 100 cases of the novel coronavirus have been reported in the United States, as of March 3, 2020. Nine people in the country have died from …
6 years, 6 months ago