Podcast Episodes
Back to Search“You approach people where they are.” Using knowledge and compassion to overcome vaccine hesitancy
The COVID-19 vaccines are here and becoming more accessible every day. And while much of the population would do just about anything to get vaccinate…
5 years ago
Is that a sign of economic recovery or are you just happy to see me?
The stock market has had a couple rough days in a row. What’s up with Wall Street, and the dip be a sign of better days ahead in real life? A signifi…
5 years ago
FDR's radio and Trump's Tweets: Presidents and the media they mastered
It's hard to imagine Donald Trump the President, or even Donald Trump the candidate, without Twitter. And after four years of being able to count on …
5 years ago
The 51st state of the United States of America
There's been momentum building behind the idea of adding states to the USA, with most of the buzz around Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico. It's an int…
5 years ago
Does Joe Biden's presidency change the future of the Affordable Care Act?
In an early move on the healthcare front, the Biden administration recently opened a special enrollment period for people to sign up for the Affordab…
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Police departments are using the BolaWrap to take down suspects without inflicting pain
The city of Philadelphia is looking at getting police officers a new tool for taking down suspects. It's called the BolaWrap, it's nonlethal, and it'…
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You are always being watched: "Most people, if you asked them, would have no idea."
The world of forensics is very different than it was 50 years or even a decade ago. To say the field has changed would be a complete understatement -…
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How the Perseverance rover will look for extinct life on Mars
Big space news this week, as NASA landed the rover Perseverance on Mars. It was an incredible achievement to just get the rover on the planet, and no…
5 years ago
Trickle-up economics: When you send people money, they spend it
The bad news: jobless claims were astronomically high this week, coming up on the anniversary of even astronomically higher unemployment. The good ne…
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The pandemic habits Americans say they're keeping after COVID
As vaccines get into more arms, it's not crazy to fantasize about returning to some sort of normalcy sometime soon. And as the pandemic winds down, i…
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