Former deputy director of the CIA’s Counterterrorist Center and the FBI’s National Security Branch, Philip Mudd joins host Krys Boyd to talk about the U.S. security strategy in the age of terrorism.
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Understanding The Unrest In Puerto Rico
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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Lost Cities As Seen From Space
Sarah Parcak joins us to talk about how satellites are being used to scan for buried artifacts and more.
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How Meteorologist Predict The Future
Andrew Blum joins us to talk about how satellites and super computers are vital to putting together a weather forecast.
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The 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.
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Can 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.
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A 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.
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Getting 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.
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Trained 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.
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Can 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.
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The 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.
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Mass 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.
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