Dr. Marty Makary, a surgeon and professor of health policy at Johns Hopkins University, joins us to talk about the medical debt that consumes one in five Americans.
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The Deadly Cost of Amazon’s One-Day Delivery
Buzzfeed News reporter Caroline O’Donahue joins us to talk about the safety, labor, and human costs that are very much a part of our consumer demands when it comes to delivery services.
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Who’s Looking After Home Health Care Workers?
Reporter Alexia Fernández Campbell joins us to talk about the harsh realities of a job asked to provide comfort when supplying very little of its own.
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The Case For Single Payer Healthcare
Healthcare activist Timothy Faust joins us to discuss why, he says, it’s more dangerous to get sick in the U.S. than anywhere in the world.
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Why Female Vets Have It Harder
Director of Women’s Health Sciences Division National Center for PTSD and director of WoVen (the Women’s Veterans Network), Tara Galovski joins us to talk about the research paving the way for healthy re-entry for female veterans.
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A Better Place In A Warming World
Southern Methodist University professor Klaus Desmet talks about the importance of strategizing long-term solutions for commerce and conservation in the era of climate change.
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Rethinking the U.S. Approach to China
Former national security adviser to Vice President Joe Biden, Jake Sullivan joins us to talk about U.S. strategy when it comes to dealing with China.
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Is The U.S. Headed For A Recession?
Policy director at The Hamilton Project and a fellow in economic studies at The Brookings Institution, Ryan Nunn joins us to talk about whether or not we are headed toward recession.
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How Black Farmers Lost 90% Of Their Land
ProPublica reporter Lizzie Presser joins guest host John McCaa to tell the stories of families who are fighting to keep their property.
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The Kids Who Pick Your Produce
Valeria Fernández joins host Krys Boyd to talk about how the farming industry is exempt from the standards that govern other sectors.
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Revitalizing The American Worker
Former New York Times labor correspondent Steven Greenhouse joins host Krys Boyd to talk about how the decline of labor unions led to income inequality and other modern problems.
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Why Poor Couples Crave Strong Relationships
University of Wisconsin-Madison associate professor Sarah Halpern-Meekin joins guest host Courtney Collins to talk about how low-income parents struggle for family and community.
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