Do We Need a Third Covid Shot?
The rise of the Delta variant has prompted a thorny question: Do we need a booster dose of the vaccine for Covid-19? Vaccine makers think so, but regulators are yet to be convinced.Principles are also...
19 Jul 202122min
The Sunday Read: ‘The Mystery of the $113 Million Deli’
It made headlines around the world: a New Jersey sandwich shop with a soaring stock price. Was it just speculation, or something stranger?This story was written by Jesse Barron and recorded by Audm. T...
18 Jul 202134min
State-Sponsored Abuse in Canada
This episode contains accounts of physical and sexual abuse.The residential school system was devised by the Canadian government under the auspices of education, but very little education took place. ...
16 Jul 202126min
Cubans Take to the Streets
This episode contains strong language.It was a surprise to many recently when protesters took to the streets in a small town near Havana to express their grievances with Cuba’s authoritarian governmen...
15 Jul 202126min
The Heat Wave That Hit the Pacific Northwest
The heat wave that hit the usually cool and rainy American Pacific Northwest was a shock to many — Oregon and Washington were covered by a blanket of heat in the triple digits.After the temperatures s...
14 Jul 202124min
Will a Top Trump Deputy Flip?
In its investigation of the Trump Organization’s financial affairs, the Manhattan district attorney’s office has zeroed in on Allen Weisselberg, the company’s former finance chief, who spent almost ha...
13 Jul 202129min
A City’s Step Toward Reparations
For decades, the granting of racial reparations in the United States appeared to be a political nonstarter. But Evanston, Ill., recently became the first city to approve a program of reparations for i...
12 Jul 202138min
From The Sunday Read Archives: ‘Alone at Sea’
For Aleksander Doba, pitting himself against the wide-open sea — storms, sunstroke, monotony, hunger and loneliness — was a way to feel alive in old age. Today, listen to the story of a man who paddle...
11 Jul 202142min
