Journalist Jack Holmes joins guest host Courtney Collins to discuss why heroin and fentanyl are now easily-accessible street drugs, and if this radical way of confronting addiction as a behavioral-health issue is doing more harm than good.
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When science silences debate
Political scientist Jason Blakely joins host Krys Boyd to discuss what he calls “scientism,” when scientific authority silences political debate, and why relying on data might not always be the best approach to problem solving in a crisis.
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The dream the Taliban couldn’t kill
Sola Mahfouz is a quantum computing researcher at Tufts University Quantum Information Group. She joins host Krys Boyd to discuss her life in Afghanistan under the Taliban and her daring escape to the U.S. for a more fulfilling life.
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How to fight the war on facts
Lee McIntyre, research fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the origins of disinformation and the playbook it uses, and to offer tips for how ordinary citizens can fight back.
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For old-school conspiracy theorists, QAnon crossed a line
Conspiracy theory researcher Annie Kelly discusses how old-school skeptics raised on late-night call-in radio fear modern day conspiracy theorists are giving their passion a bad name.
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Elon Musk basically owns space
New York Times reporter Cade Metz discusses Starlink, the satellite internet company Musk runs that accounts for more than 50 percent of all active satellites, and the issues it’s raising for global security.
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China and Russia are spying in ways you didn’t imagine
Harvard intelligence expert Calder Walton discusses spy networks post-Cold War and the new methods, like disinformation and cyberwarfare, that are being deployed.
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In Nigeria, DNA testing is a part of courtship
Harper’s contributor Krithika Varagur discusses Nigeria’s approach to “genetic responsibility,” and what couples are up against when they meet a mate whose genes when combined with their own could produce a child with the painful disease.
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What we could learn from Vienna’s public housing
Writer Francesca Mari discusses the way housing is set up in Vienna and why it’s become a model for building wealth and security for even low-income renters.
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What the failed coup says about Putin’s future
Global policy expert Igor Khrestin discusses current events in Russia – from the insurgency to the war in Ukraine.
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When it comes to carbon credits, what’s a whale worth?
Wired staff writer Gregory Barber discusses a new way of looking at carbon credits – assigning monetary value to creatures that help offset carbon emissions.
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How South Korea became the beauty capital of the world
NPR correspondent Elise Hu discusses K-beauty – which prioritizes perfection – its reach across the globe, and the consumerism that has crept into our very skin.
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