California’s Delta Surge; History of Native Americans in Comedy; Postpartum Drug Offers Hope and Frustration
The California Report Magazine30 Juli 2021

California’s Delta Surge; History of Native Americans in Comedy; Postpartum Drug Offers Hope and Frustration

Remember that moment just about a month ago when there was a palpable sense everything might be OK? The economy was reopening. People were packing back into restaurants. Even exhausted health care workers breathed their first deep sigh of relief — as communities across California experienced the first real lull in the COVID-19 pandemic. Then the Delta variant hit California, and rapidly took hold, particularly in unvaccinated pockets of the state. It now appears to be spreading two to three times faster than the original strain of the virus. Plus, author Kliph Nesteroff has written about comedy for years. His latest book, We Had a Little Real Estate Problem: The Unheralded Story of Native Americans & Comedy, takes a look at a community of Hollywood talent that’s been misunderstood, stereotyped, and often thought not to exist at all. And one out of eight new moms in California experiences postpartum depression. Two years ago, the FDA approved the first and only medication designed to TREAT postpartum depression. It’s called brexanolone and most women who get it start feeling better within days. But the drug is outrageously expensive: $34,000. And according to a new KQED investigation, California’s largest insurer makes it extremely difficult to get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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17andMe

17andMe

Daley Dunham was a junior at UC Berkeley when he decided to donate sperm. He likened it to donating blood — an opportunity to do something good for a person in need. Except when you donate blood, you don’t get a tidal wave of children crashing into your life 20 years later. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Do You Really Want to Know? One Man’s Search for Family From Jonestown and Beyond

Do You Really Want to Know? One Man’s Search for Family From Jonestown and Beyond

Forty years ago, preacher Jim Jones ordered hundreds of his followers to drink cyanide-laced punch. One man unravels the tangled family history that binds him to that tragedy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Veterans Day Special: Californians and The Vietnam War

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Women Finding Their Political Voice

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SPECIAL: Her Double Life

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One Year After Firestorm, Some Scars, Some Hope

One Year After Firestorm, Some Scars, Some Hope

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Ballet Star Moves Past Pain for a New Stage: Science

Ballet Star Moves Past Pain for a New Stage: Science

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