Gina Kolata, a New York Times reporter focused on science and medicine, joins us to talk about the scale and mystery of the disease and how pandemics compare then and now.
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To Improve Healthcare, Cut Costs
Jay Shambaugh, director of The Hamilton Project and a senior fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution, joins us to talk about why health care prices are so high and how we can improve future outcomes.
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In A Time Of Oversharing, Money Is Still Off Limits
Joe Pinsker, staff writer at The Atlantic, joins us to talk about one of the last American taboos: asking about what’s in someone’s bank account.
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Life On The Front Lines Of Covid-19
Dr. Robert J. Hancock, president-elect of the Texas College of Emergency Physicians, joins us to talk about how hospitals are planning ahead.
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Coronavirus is Attacking the Economy
David Wilcox, nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, joins us for a conversation about the alarming dive to a bear market and how the nation might weather this growing storm.
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The Wild West Of Deep-Sea Mining
Journalist Wil S. Hylton joins us to talk about the dangerous and unregulated push to pull resources from the depths of the Earth.
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Paul Krugman Explains the Economy
New York Times columnist and Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman joins us to talk about disproven ideas that have been resurrected by politics and fear – and about how to argue for common sense.
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Latinos And The Invention Of The Cool, Walk-able Neighborhood
A. K. Sandoval-Strausz, director of the Latina/o Studies Program and associate professor of history at Penn State University, joins us to talk about how Latinos have influenced cities across the country.
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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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How Will Iran Punch Back?
Ilan Goldenberg, senior fellow and director of the Middle East Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, joins host Krys Boyd to talk about what might happen next between Iran and the U.S. – and about if a face-saving option exists.
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Can Moms Who Stay Home Catch Up On Careers?
Pamela Stone, professor of sociology at Hunter College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York, joins us to talk about the struggles of highly-educated, well-connected women with resume gaps.
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How Economists Can Save The World
MIT economics professors Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo join us to talk about building a more humane world through rethinking the exchange of goods and services.
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