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How Silicon Valley Became the ‘New Lobbying Monster’
Big Tech-funded super PACs have spent hundreds of millions of dollars this election cycle to protect their interests in crypto and AI. In a piece for…
1 year, 6 months ago
How Much Do We Need to Worry About the Election Being Overturned?
Since Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the election in 2020, laws have been passed to protect our election results. But there has also been a conce…
1 year, 6 months ago
‘Band People’ Highlights the Working Musicians Behind the Scenes
You see them on stage every night – the musicians whose names are buried in the liner notes and driven by passion rather than by rockstar-dom. Franz …
1 year, 6 months ago
Is Social Media Activating or Repelling Voters This Election Cycle?
The latest stars of TikTok and social media are not just influencers, they are presidential candidates. The campaigns of Kamala Harris and Donald Tru…
1 year, 6 months ago
Edie Falco and Tony Shalhoub Star in New Radio Play 'It Happened Here 2024'
What happens if fascism takes root in the United States? Actors Edie Falco and Tony Shalhoub have teamed up to voice a new radio play called “It Happ…
1 year, 6 months ago
Neuroscientist Daniel Levitin on Using Music as Medicine
Neuroscientist and musician Daniel Levitin says we can trace beliefs about music’s power to heal mind, body and spirit back 20,000 years, to the Uppe…
1 year, 6 months ago
R.L. Stine on the Stories that Give Us ‘Goosebumps’
“Living Dummy.” “The Haunted Mask.” “Welcome to Dead House.” For ’90s kids, R.L. Stine, author of the “Goosebumps” series, is synonymous with spooky.…
1 year, 6 months ago
Election 2024: How the Demographics of American Voters Are Changing
In the final weeks before election day, candidates are scrambling to win over groups of voters who could tip the results. American voters have shifte…
1 year, 6 months ago
Elizabeth Kolbert on What Happens "When the Arctic Melts"
As the Greenland ice sheet melts, more freshwater is pouring into the oceans and that’s triggering feedback loops that could mean disastrous coastal …
1 year, 6 months ago
Should You Be Giving Your DNA to Consumer Health Companies?
It’s been nearly twenty years since 23andMe, the consumer health company was founded. Since then, other companies have emerged, and in exchange for a…
1 year, 6 months ago