Decoding the Flood of COVID Data

Decoding the Flood of COVID Data

Every week, it feels like some new piece of coronavirus information dominates the headlines. Mysterious symptoms, changing government directives. This constant trickle of updates can quickly turn into a flood.


How should normal people interpret this deluge of data?


Guest: Emily Oster, professor of economics at Brown University and co-founder of COVID-Explained.


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Lizzie O’Leary

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Who Owns Your DNA Data?

Who Owns Your DNA Data?

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser discuss Elon Musk’s other, other project with their Slate colleague Henry Grabar. Not space travel, not electric cars, but the Boring Company, whic...

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Turkey Makes the Most of Its Moment

Turkey Makes the Most of Its Moment

Slate senior editor Josh Keating explains why Turkey has seized on the disappearance of a foreign journalist to stick it to Saudi Arabia. And Slate writer Aymann Ismail reconsiders going on hajj.  We’...

23 Okt 201821min

The Health Care Turnabout

The Health Care Turnabout

Andrew Gillum began his candidacy as a "Medicare for All" supporter. His subtle slide from that position to another is a small, but telling one. Today on the show, a look into the health care debate i...

23 Okt 201816min

Just an Old Sweet Song

Just an Old Sweet Song

Kai Wright of WNYC and Slate’s Jamelle Bouie on the governor’s race in Georgia. Plus, Deadspin’s Dvora Meyers explains the implosion of USA Gymnastics. We’ll be piloting What Next in public for the ne...

19 Okt 201821min

Now Is a Good Time to Cheat on Your Taxes

Now Is a Good Time to Cheat on Your Taxes

Budget cuts have crippled the IRS allowing tax cheats to run rampant. ProPublica's Jesse Eisinger says the agency's ability to pursue criminal cases is in collapse because of budget cuts and the fact ...

18 Okt 201816min

From One Caravan to Another

From One Caravan to Another

Mary Harris is joined by Vox’s Dara Lind to discuss how the latest caravan from Honduras is shining a light on the danger and red tape facing asylum seekers. Plus, what else did you miss today?We’ll b...

17 Okt 201820min

How Senator Mark Warner Wants to Crack Down on Tech

How Senator Mark Warner Wants to Crack Down on Tech

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser discuss the continuing saga that is Facebook’s effort to fix itself--ideally, without breaking everything else. On Friday, the company finally rele...

17 Okt 201837min

Could the Saudi Monarchy Fall Over This?

Could the Saudi Monarchy Fall Over This?

Host Mary Harris talks to Dexter Filkins of the New Yorker on the fraught relationship between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia. Plus, Slate’s Jim Newell explains why you should care about the final debate t...

16 Okt 201825min

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