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The Jackpod: It can happen here. It is happening.
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on Philip Roth’s 2004 novel "The Plot Against America," and its parallels with the U.S. today.
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4 months ago
Why seeing red can give you the blues
Color can affect our mood, memory and relationship to people and places. How is color being used to design the world around us and shape our feelings…
4 months ago
What's driving the rise in grandparent childcare
The number of grandparents helping with childcare is going up nationally. According to a 2023 Harris Poll, 42% of working parents rely on grandparent…
4 months, 1 week ago
Siddhartha Mukherjee on understanding cancer now
In 2011, Siddhartha Mukherjee won the Pulitzer Prize for his biography of cancer, “The Emperor of All Maladies.” Now, he’s back with an update on how…
4 months, 1 week ago
Can we even trust videos anymore?
OpenAI’s Sora 2 app lets anyone with a smartphone create AI-generated deepfake videos, from phony footage of a corgi rock climbing to fake videos of …
4 months, 1 week ago
The Atlantic and 'The unfinished revolution'
Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief of The Atlantic, joins Meghna at WBUR’s CitySpace to discuss The Atlantic's new project examining America at 250 an…
4 months, 1 week ago
The once and future dictionary
The quest to define and canonize new words in American English is as old as the country itself. In the new book "Unabridged: the thrill of (and threa…
4 months, 1 week ago
The Jackpod: Over there
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the Trump administration’s new national security strategy and what it could mean for U.S. relations with longsta…
4 months, 1 week ago
Wasted money, effort and opportunity in Afghanistan
A government oversight report exposes billions in wasted U.S. aid during Afghanistan’s reconstruction -- highlighting corruption, mismanagement, and …
4 months, 1 week ago
When can the U.S. government actually revoke citizenship?
The U.S. Department of Justice says it’s prioritizing denaturalization, or stripping foreign-born Americans of their citizenship. How would that proc…
4 months, 2 weeks ago