Off-Peak Pandemic
The current COVID wave in the U.S. is relatively mild considering what we’ve seen in the past. For instance, recent data from Johns Hopkins University shows that the daily COVID death rate has really ...
2 Maj 202218min
FDA Says Last Call For Menthol
Moderna said on Thursday that they were asking the FDA for emergency use authorization for their vaccine for children under 6. If granted, they would be the first shots available to the youngest of ki...
29 Apr 202219min
Reckoning With Racist Policing in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Department of Human Rights found that Minneapolis and the city’s police department engaged in a pattern or practice of race discrimination in violation of the state’s Human Rights Act. T...
28 Apr 202218min
Harvard Faces Its Legacy Of Slavery
Harvard University pledged $100 million to redress its ties to slavery. In an email on Tuesday, the school’s president said that the university bore “a moral responsibility to do what we can to addres...
27 Apr 202220min
Musk Rules Everything Around Me
Elon Musk reached a deal with Twitter on Monday to take over the company for roughly $44 billion. Mike Isaac, a tech reporter for the New York Times, joins us to discuss how we got here and what comes...
26 Apr 202220min
Delete Your Shared Netflix Account
The Supreme Court is in session this week and will hear two cases that could have a big impact. The first will be heard today and could affect our First Amendment right to freedom of religion, includi...
25 Apr 202219min
The Tragic Kingdom Of Ron DeSantis
The GOP-led Florida state legislature gave the final stamps of approval to a pair of proposals on Thursday. The first redraws Florida’s Congressional voting map in a way that would eliminate two major...
22 Apr 202223min
Run For Something (You Better Clerk)
Russia gave Ukrainian forces in Mariupol an ultimatum earlier this week: surrender or die. Russian-backed separatists said only five people surrendered, which could mean that the city could be capture...
21 Apr 202224min
