Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhat Animal Caregiving Reveals About Us
A blue whale mother that fasts for months while her calf puts on close to 250 pounds a day. A male hamster who acts as a midwife while his partner gi…
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Court Battle Over Abortion Access Returns to Center Stage
After a federal appeals court on Friday blocked mail-order access to the abortion pill mifepristone, the Supreme Court stepped in to pause the ruling…
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It’s Not Personal: When Rejection Gets Political
We all know the stinging pain of rejection: the exclusion from a high-school in-group or the all-too-common experience of applying for a job and rece…
1 week, 3 days ago
Stage Diving into Sonoma County’s Early Punk Scene
When punk rock thrashed through the Bay Area in the 70s and 80s, there were some venues that became iconic hubs, like Mabuhay Gardens in San Francisc…
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Scammers Pretended To Be Forum's Mina Kim. Here's Why
In the last month, about a dozen authors wrote to Forum saying they’d been messaged by a fraudster claiming to be Mina Kim. In exchange for a “small …
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Trump’s War in Iran Nears Critical Deadline
When President Trump sent troops into Iran, he did so without a green light from Congress. Now he faces a deadline on May 1 to either end the war in …
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Roundup: The Controversial Weedkiller Sprayed Throughout California Forests
The Supreme Court this week heard a case about Roundup, a weedkiller widely used in agriculture — and that tens of thousands claim has caused their c…
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When Your Devices Fritz And Your Digital Life Is Lost. What Next?
What happens when your hard drive gets fried and every photo documenting your kid’s life, or that novel you didn’t back up, or that cache of old emai…
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Have We Learned How to Talk About GLP1s?
An estimated one in eight Americans has now tried a GLP-1 medication like Ozempic or WeGovy: to lose weight, manage diabetes or experiment with anecd…
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How ‘Muskism’ is Reshaping America
Everyone has an opinion about Elon Musk, who has carved out a uniquely powerful place for himself in the worlds of auto-making, space launch, social …
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