We’re Taking Your Assignments: Drug Shortages and Ageism

We’re Taking Your Assignments: Drug Shortages and Ageism

How does ageism impact all of us? What is causing the chemotherapy drug shortage? These questions come from you, our listeners, who call in week after week with ideas for our next assignment. This week Audie speaks with CNN Health reporter Jacqueline Howard and Gerontologist Dr. Tracey Gendron about the future of ongoing pharmaceutical drug shortages and the impact ageism could have on the 2024 presidential election. If you have an assignment you’d like us to look into, leave us a voicemail at 202-854-8802 and you might just hear your voice on an upcoming episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Meet the New Homeschoolers

Meet the New Homeschoolers

The pandemic kicked off a dramatic rise in homeschooling. And who had the largest increase? Black families. This week, Audie talks with two parents who chose to homeschool their children, Carlos Birds...

29 Kesä 202328min

After Roe: Navigating the Legal Landscape of New Abortion Laws

After Roe: Navigating the Legal Landscape of New Abortion Laws

One year after Roe v Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, we were wondering: what is happening to people caught up in the web of changing law? It's been a tumultuous and uncertai...

22 Kesä 202334min

Gratuitous Gratuity? The Truth About Tipping

Gratuitous Gratuity? The Truth About Tipping

This week, Audie visits a restaurant that got rid of tipping, and looks into the movement to get rid of the practice all together. Our guests are Amanda Cohen, chef and owner of Dirt Candy, a no-tippi...

15 Kesä 202329min

Wired for Trouble: Kara Swisher on Big Tech

Wired for Trouble: Kara Swisher on Big Tech

Today, we explore the perils of social media on kids and the way families are fighting back against big tech. First, how the experience of Candace Wuest and her daughter CeCe show the consequences of ...

8 Kesä 202332min

Flying This Summer? Pack Your Patience

Flying This Summer? Pack Your Patience

Staffing shortages caused major disruptions for air travelers last summer. Now air crew unions are pushing back against their bosses and losing patience with customers.  From "no toe nail clipping" to...

1 Kesä 202328min

What’s Your Sign? Astrology's Modern Renaissance

What’s Your Sign? Astrology's Modern Renaissance

Why is astrology having such a moment? The business of astrology — estimated to be worth more than $2 billion — is booming: apps, classes, conferences, startups. All being fueled by the social media a...

25 Touko 202330min

Navigating Misinformation at the Border

Navigating Misinformation at the Border

How has technology reshaped the migrant journey? When the Trump-era immigration policy called Title 42 expired, misinformation proliferated on social media platforms that migrants use to communicate a...

18 Touko 202330min

The Rise and Fall of “Woke” with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi

The Rise and Fall of “Woke” with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi

What’s it like to be at the forefront of a cultural backlash? Academic and author Dr. Ibram X. Kendi certainly knows. His books, “How to Be an Antiracist,” and its follow-up, a youth-friendly version ...

11 Touko 202328min

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