Health and science reporter Benjamin Ryan joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how carpal tunnel became an epidemic and what its disappearance says about how seriously we take workplace injuries today.
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Harvard government professor Steven Levitsky joins guest host John McCaa to discuss how minority rule undermines democracy and why the U.S. is vulnerable to partisan takeovers from both the left and the right.
Read moreWho would benefit from breaking up Big Tech?
Elizabeth Nolan Brown, a senior editor at Reason, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why this focus on anti-trust lawsuits isn’t popular with the general population and may be blowing the problems created by big tech well out of proportion.
Read moreCould Kamala Harris be president?
Elaina Plott Calabro, staff writer at The Atlantic, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the work the vice president has been doing the last three years.
Read moreCan execution ever be humane?
Elizabeth Bruenig, staff writer at The Atlantic, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss her reporting about the incompetence in America’s death chambers.
Read moreExpiration dates don’t mean what you think
Josh Zumbrun of The Wall Street Journal joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why anti-food waste advocates want expiration dates overhauled to minimize confusion.
Read moreThe absurdity of Texas politics
New Yorker staff writer, playwright and novelist Lawrence Wright joins host Krys Boyd to discuss his fictional character Sonny Lamb, a rancher who makes the unlikely move to run for state legislature, and the pursuit of virtue in a political system.
Read moreAbortion may soon be legal in some unexpected states
Emily Bazelon, staff writer at The New York Times Magazine, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss efforts to get abortion rights on the ballot in several states, and how those pushes are resulting in popular wins.
Read moreWhere do your online returns really end up?
New Yorker staff writer David Owen joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the enormous volume of returns in this country and the environmental impact of what seems like a harmless action.
Read moreShould presidents be our lone nuclear decision makers?
Science writer Sarah Scoles joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how psychologists want to study what factors into that high-stakes thinking.
Read moreTo stop teen suicide, we need to act much earlier
Dr. Madhukar Trivedi, founding director of the Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care UT Southwestern Medical Center, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why suicide rates among Texas youth are on the rise.
Read moreIf aliens visited, would we even know?
Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb joins host Krys Boyd to discuss identifying and having contact with an extraterrestrial and the implications it would have for humankind.
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