TEAM FAVORITE: Summer Heat Is Straining The US Power Grid. Winter Cold Could Be Worse.
We're taking a break this week, so here's a favorite you might have missed. We'll be back with fresh episodes next week. Record temperatures in Texas and across the southern US this summer put immense...
30 Aug 202328min
TEAM FAVORITE: Chatbots And Deepfakes Are Coming For Your Election Cycle
We're taking a pause this week, so here's a favorite episode you might have missed. Thanks for listening. We'll be back with new episodes next week. As the saying goes: a lie gets halfway around the w...
29 Aug 202323min
TEAM FAVORITE: How A Satellite Hack Became a Cybersecurity Wakeup Call
We're taking a break this week, so here's a favorite episode you might have missed. Thanks so much for listening. We'll be back with new episodes next week. People around the world rely on satellites ...
28 Aug 202332min
Xi Jinping’s Economic Plan: Let China Struggle
China’s economic slowdown is catching the attention of countries around the world as they brace for a possible hit to their own economies. Bloomberg’s Rebecca Choong Wilkins and Tom Hancock discuss wh...
25 Aug 202328min
Why Is The US Dependent On Russian Uranium?
About half of the enriched uranium that nations around the world use for nuclear power comes from Russia. It supplies almost a quarter of America’s 92 nuclear reactors and dozens of other plants acros...
24 Aug 202324min
Chris Christie's Anti-Trump Strategy: Act Like Trump
Donald Trump says he’ll be a no-show tonight at the first Republican debate of the 2024 US presidential campaign. Still, at least one of his rivals for the party nomination is expected to take square ...
23 Aug 202326min
The Latest AI Scams Look And Sound Just Like You
By now we’re familiar with the many ways hackers and scammers try to fool us into handing over our personal data–and our money. But the thieves keep getting more sophisticated. And now they have a pow...
22 Aug 202321min
Massive Wind Turbines Are Rising From The Atlantic Ocean
America’s first major offshore wind farm in the Atlantic Ocean is now under construction 15 miles south of Nantucket, off the coast of Massachusetts. Once complete, the 800-megawatt project is expecte...
21 Aug 202326min
