Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA Public Defender’s Blueprint For How To Fix Our Criminal Justice System
The shortcomings and inequities of the American criminal justice system are painfully clear to those who have worked in it. Former public defender an…
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CA Chocolatiers Adapt to Climate Change
Chocolate is changing — and not just in flavor. As the planet warms, cacao is becoming harder to grow, reshaping how chocolate is made and who gets t…
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How Bad Bunny Fuses Activism and Global Superstardom
One week ahead of his much-anticipated Super Bowl performance, Bad Bunny made history when he won the first Grammy for album of the year for a Spanis…
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UCSF's Dr. Bob Wachter on AI's Healthcare Transformation
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Bob Wachter was one of the nation’s trusted voices, helping us better understand the disease that upended our world…
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Iran and US Tensions Escalate
Against a backdrop of threats made by President Trump to attack Iran with “speed and violence,” talks between the two nations are set to resume this …
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Federal Agents Deploy High Tech to Track Protesters
As protests against federal immigration agents’ use of deadly force in Minneapolis spread nationwide, privacy experts are raising alarms. Immigration…
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SF Public School Teachers Ready for First Strike Since 1979
Over the weekend, San Francisco’s public school teachers voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike. The dispute is centered on pay, health benefits,…
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Yewande Komolafe on Disability, Cooking and the Restorative Power of a Good Meal
New York Times cooking writer and columnist Yewande Komolafe has long loved the solitary, meditative act of crafting intricate meals and comfort food…
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George Saunders Takes on Mortality, Morality and Climate, Comically, in New Novel ‘Vigil’
George Saunders is one of America’s most celebrated writers. His worlds and characters often live in a reality just beyond or behind our own, and his…
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Historian Jarvis Givens on Who Made Black History
This February marks 100 years of celebrating Black History month, which began as just a week in 1926. Now, as political efforts to scrub Black histor…
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