Savannah's mayor on the Georgia facemask fight
Public health officials almost all agree that wearing masks in public could help flatten the coronavirus curve, but not all elected officials are willing to require mask use. In Georgia, where coronav...
17 Jul 202012min
Inside the NBA bubble
The National Basketball Association is scheduled to resume the season that it abruptly suspended in March in just two weeks. Until then and through the season, players, coaches, support staff, and eve...
16 Jul 202012min
Ex-CDC director Richard Besser on the vaccine race
Stocks rose today on promising new COVID-19 vaccine data from Moderna Therapeutics — the latest news cycle in which vaccine optimism outpaces the science. Dan is joined by Dr. Richard Besser, former a...
15 Jul 202013min
Behind the gun sales spike
Gun sales in America have surged since the pandemic began, with 7.8 million background checks run for firearms purchases between March and June. Dan is joined by Wall Street Journal reporter Zusha Eli...
14 Jul 202011min
Teachers union president on reopening schools
In parts of the country, including states where coronavirus cases are surging, the start of the school year is just weeks away. Yet the nation seems to be getting further from a consensus on if and ho...
13 Jul 202013min
Rural America has its own COVID-19 problem
Outbreaks in cities like New York, Miami and Houston have gotten a lot of attention, but coronavirus is hitting rural areas, too, and while it can be easier to socially distance in rural America, it i...
10 Jul 202011min
Inside Joe Biden's Economic Plan
Joe Biden returned to his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania today to give his first major speech on economic policy since becoming the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential nominee. Former U.S....
9 Jul 202012min
Facebook ad boycott organizers on today's meeting with Zuckerberg
Facebook is currently dealing with the largest ad boycott in its history, with nearly 1,000 brands pulling paid advertising for the month of July. The boycott aims to apply pressure on Facebook to add...
9 Jul 202019min
