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Podcasts:
The Atlantic's Michelle Nijhuis discusses her new book, "Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction" and environmental policy during the pandemic.
Economic Strategy Institute president Clyde Prestowitz discusses his new book "The World Turned Upside Down: America, China, and the Struggle for Global Leadership."
Physicians for a National Health Program president Dr. Susan Rogers discusses health inequity in America and potential reform.
Historian Brian Rosenwald discusses Rush Limbaugh's legacy and the future of bigotry and disinformation in media.
Scholars Mark Robert Rank and Lawrence M. Eppard discuss their new Oxford University Press book "Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong About Poverty."
American scientist Eric Feigl-Ding discusses cultivating an equitable and prepared health infrastructure in the United States.
Brown University medical leader Dr. Megan Ranney discusses how the one-shot J&J vaccine could alter the forecast for U.S. immunity.
Harvard epidemiologist Michael Mina discusses the FDA's inexplicable refusal to approve testing technologies that would have saved American lives.
Popular Information editor Judd Legum discusses defunding the vast lobbying complex that has supported anti-democratic politicians and media.
Parkway Bakery chef and proprietor discusses the history, legacy, and future of the New Orleans born creation.
Constitutional scholar Kimberly Wehle discusses how Chief Justice Roberts and Republican Senators effectively nullified the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump and prevented conviction.
“Hiding in Plain Sight” author Sarah Kendzior discusses how to reverse U.S. authoritarianism and prosecute treason.
Columbia University Emergency Medicine Dr. Tsion Firew discusses the factors contributing to vaccine hesitancy and how to address them.
UpGuard director Chris Vickery discusses the state of cyber security, the failure to establish global virtual governance, and the future of money-equalizing hacks.
Ithaca College evolutionary ecologist Brooks Miner discusses his project tracking the COVID variants and the race to advance U.S. genomic sequencing.
