Nature editor Richard Van Noorden talks about how bias, error and, yes, even fraud, infect clinical trials – and what can be done to clean them up.
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How We Set Ourselves Up To Be Cheated
J.M. Fenster joins us to talk about a system of fibs, infidelities and fraud that permeates every corner of our society and why, big or small, they matter.
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An Autopsy Of The Great Recession
Reveal journalist Aaron Glantz joins us to talk about how “mortgage products” let so many Americans down.
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The College Admissions Scandal
Kevin Carey, vice president of education policy and knowledge management at New America, joins host Krys Boyd to talk through the many ways that wealthy parents use their money to get around the admissions process – and about the effect that has on other students.
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The Art Of The Con
This hour, we’ll talk about how people manage to fake us out with Maria Konnikova.
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GMO (Oh No!)
This hour, we’ll talk with William Saletan about the fear of genetically modified organisms when hundreds of studies find nothing wrong with them.
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