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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…
6 months, 3 weeks 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 …
6 months, 3 weeks 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…
6 months, 4 weeks 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…
6 months, 4 weeks 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…
6 months, 4 weeks 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 …
7 months 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…
7 months ago
The Trump administration’s real goal in Venezuela
The U.S. is ready for war with Venezuela with more than a dozen warships and 15,000 troops now in the region. The Trump Administration says it’s abou…
7 months ago
Is education research actually helping teachers?
A recent analysis finds the majority of presentations at a big annual education research conference were about things like “resistance,” “safe spaces…
7 months ago
Is hip-hop dying?
Earlier this fall, there were no rap songs in the Billboard Top 40 for the first time since 1990. Is this just a blip in commercial popularity, or is…
7 months ago