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Patricia Lockwood on How Illness Can Give You ‘Another You’
When writer Patricia Lockwood fell ill with Covid in March 2020, she says she felt insane for months, experiencing “Brian fog” (not brain fog) and what she called “The Refrains,” where a single song…
Published on 1 week ago
How Are You Managing Giftflation this Holiday Shopping Season?
Giftflation is here. Prices for go-to gifts such as boxes of chocolates or the latest iPhone will be higher this year than last thanks to rising tariffs and inflation. And while consumers are anxious…
Published on 1 week ago
Congress Scrambles to Address Healthcare Funding Before Year End
With just weeks before enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies expire for 22 million Americans, Congress faces mounting pressure to act on healthcare funding. We’ll talk about the negotiations unfoldi…
Published on 1 week, 1 day ago
What Trump’s ‘Pause’ on Asylum Decisions Means for the Bay Area’s Afghan Community and Beyond
The Trump administration has paused all asylum immigration decisions, affecting more than a million people, following a shooting of two National Guard members allegedly by an Afghan asylum recipient.…
Published on 1 week, 1 day ago
Simon Winchester Charts History and Future of the Wind in 'The Breath of the Gods'
Journalist and author Simon Winchester says that wind is “a universal….It lifts seeds and supports birds and insects. It warms and it chills. It builds and creates; it ruins and destroys.” From a vib…
Published on 1 week, 2 days ago
Bay Area Startups Want to Make Genetically Engineered Babies. What Could Go Wrong?
In the U.S., it’s illegal to edit genes in human embryos with the intention of creating a genetically engineered baby. But according to the Wall Street Journal, Bay Area startups are focused on just …
Published on 1 week, 2 days ago
Fred Armisen on Recording the Sounds of the Everyday
Fred Armisen, the comedian, actor and musician known for “Portlandia,” “Documentary Now!” and “SNL,” has a new album out called “100 Sound Effects.” There’s a jacket zipping, glass shattering, the “o…
Published on 1 week, 3 days ago
Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power and the Downfall of a Bay Area Wellness Cult
In 2011, Nicole Daedone took to the stage at a San Francisco TedTalk to discuss her biggest business venture: the female orgasm. The founder of OneTaste, a company dedicated to “orgasmic meditation”,…
Published on 1 week, 3 days ago
‘Nerd Reich’ Author Gil Duran on the Tech Authoritarian Movement
Journalist Gil Duran’s newsletter “The Nerd Reich” documents the latest developments in anti-democracy extremism within Silicon Valley. These extreme views include calls for accelerationism: the idea…
Published on 1 week, 4 days ago
Most People Dread Jury Duty, But Some Never Get the Chance to Serve
If you’ve watched any legal drama on TV, you know that criminal defendants are entitled to a jury of peers. But does our court system fulfill that promise? Filmmaker Abby Ginzberg’s short documentary…
Published on 1 week, 4 days ago