Ed Morales joins guest host John McCaa to talk about how years of corruption, economic problems and the aftermath of Hurricane Maria have led to the current uprising in Puerto Rico.
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Sarah Parcak joins us to talk about how satellites are being used to scan for buried artifacts and more.
Read moreHow Meteorologist Predict The Future
Andrew Blum joins us to talk about how satellites and super computers are vital to putting together a weather forecast.
Read moreThe Border As A War Zone
John Carlos joins us to talk about how defense contractors, lobbyists and other profiteers are lining their pockets in connection with the ongoing questions of immigration and border security.
Read moreCan You Steal The Cure For Cancer?
Peter Waldman joins us to talk about how the FBI and NIH are quietly purging Chinese scientists at cancer research institutions, out of fear of China stealing intellectual property.
Read moreA Marine Revisits The Battlefield
Veteran and writer Elliot Ackerman joins us to talk about the people he met upon returning to the Middle East after previous military tours.
Read moreGetting To Know China One Cab Ride At A Time
NPR correspondent Frank Langfitt joins us to talk about what he learned as a taxi driver in China.
Read moreTrained Monkeys: The Cruelty of Wildlife Tourism
Natasha Daly joins us to talk about the wildlife tourism business– and how it often harms the natural world and creatures we want to see.
Read moreCan We Trust Generic Drugs?
Katherine Eban joins us to talk about how companies frequently ignore safe manufacturing practices in order to maximize the profits of generic drugs.
Read moreThe Foreign and the Familiar: A Novel of the Border
Oscar Cásares joins host us to talk about putting a fictional – though very human – face on life at the U.S.-Mexico border, the subject of his latest novel.
Read moreMass Shootings Often Start As Domestic Violence
Rachel Louise Snyder joins us to debunk myths about domestic violence, and to talk about what it will take to truly address the problem that the World Health Organization deems a global epidemic.
Read moreA Doctor On The Difference Between Health And Healthcare
Dr. Sandro Galea talks about how we should rethink our understanding of what it means to be healthy – and how that shift will guide our approach to healthcare.
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