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Europe’s Best Healthcare Systems Are Starting To Crack
Europe’s universal healthcare systems have long been held up as models for other parts of the world. But in many countries they are now under extreme…
2 years, 10 months ago
How Are the Billions in Biden’s Climate Law Being Spent?
It’s been eight months since President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. And already the hundreds of billions of dollars it contains…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Dark Side of TikTok’s Algorithm
Bloomberg senior investigative reporter Olivia Carville is back with her latest reporting on TikTok. She explains how the superpopular app’s algorith…
2 years, 10 months ago
The US-Saudi Relationship Is In Danger of Falling Apart
For decades, the United States and Saudi Arabia maintained an important strategic alliance, which gave the US access to Saudi oil in exchange for gua…
2 years, 10 months ago
A Gun That Knows Who’s Pulling The Trigger
For decades, inventors have tried and failed to make a smart gun. A company called Biofire now appears to have pulled it off. It uses both fingerprin…
2 years, 10 months ago
America’s Allies Are Not Pleased About the Intel Leaks
The US intelligence community was relieved when a suspect was arrested last week in the leak of highly sensitive classified documents about America’s…
2 years, 10 months ago
A Flu Shot That Might Work Better–Thanks to Covid-19
It’s estimated that half a million or more people around the world die of influenza each year. And many of these deaths could be prevented with a hig…
2 years, 10 months ago
Dust Off Your Dice–Dungeons & Dragons Is Back
The tabletop roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons is approaching its 50th anniversary and it has never been more popular, attracting players of all ag…
2 years, 10 months ago
What’s Next In the Fight Over the Abortion Pill?
This episode was recorded before a federal appeals court ruling partly granted the Biden administration’s request to put on hold a Texas court decisi…
2 years, 10 months ago
Germany Cautiously Rebuilds Its Military Might
For decades, Germany has downplayed military spending. But after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the government reversed its longstanding ban on sendin…
2 years, 10 months ago