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  • Big Tech Gets Even Bigger; COVID-19 Testing Problems

    For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple and Alphabet are each worth more than a trillion dollars according to their market capitalizations. While the virus …

    July 14, 2020 read more
    Listen — 42:42
  • COVID-19 Survivors; Implicit Racial Bias In Social Settings, Policing

    More than 1 million people in the U.S. have recovered from COVID-19, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, but their experiences with the disease vary widely. We speak with two people who …

    July 14, 2020 read more
    Listen — 43:37
  • Washington NFL Team Retires Name; Ohio Restaurant Reopens

    The Washington NFL franchise announced Monday that it will drop its name and logo immediately after decades of criticism that they are offensive to Native Americans. David Glass, a member of the …

    July 13, 2020 read more
    Listen — 42:15
  • Emmanuel Acho’s Video Series On Race; Disney World Reopens

    Former NFL linebacker Emmanuel Acho joins us to talk about his online series, “Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man.” The video series addresses race and was created as an educational tool …

    July 13, 2020 read more
    Listen — 42:41
  • Universal Basic Income Pilot Program; Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan

    U.S. schools are trying to plan for the upcoming academic year as the pandemic intensifies. Arne Duncan, former Secretary of Education under Obama, joins us to discuss the push by the Trump …

    July 10, 2020 read more
    Listen — 41:48
  • K-pop Top Hits With Soju; Upcoming Missions To Mars

    Soju, who competed on “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” tells us about what it was like growing up queer and Korean in the Midwest and answers all our burning questions about K-pop idols and fans. Plus, she …

    July 10, 2020 read more
    Listen — 41:48
  • Empathy And Power; U.S. Military Confronts Racism

    Why did George Floyd’s death spark a worldwide movement demanding social change? Stanford Professor Jamil Zaki says it has to do with empathy, how it’s fostered and how it atrophies. He joins us to …

    July 9, 2020 read more
    Listen — 41:40
  • ‘Pandemic Dreams’ Captured In New Book; House Race In New Mexico

    Dream researcher Deidre Barrett has collected thousands of COVID-19 related dreams online. She joins us to discuss publishing a number of them in the new book “Pandemic Dreams.” Also, in New …

    July 9, 2020 read more
    Listen — 41:03
  • Ohio Epidemiologist; Gail Caldwell’s ‘Bright Precious Thing’ Memoir

    Ohio is one of several states seeing an uptick in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations after remaining fairly steady in May and June. Dr. Tara Smith, an infectious disease epidemiologist at Kent …

    July 8, 2020 read more
    Listen — 41:40
  • Gen Z Talks Protests, Pandemic; Stargazing Without A Telescope

    Americans have been grappling with the emergence of a deadly pandemic and a nationwide protest movement forcing a reckoning on police violence and racial injustice. Host Jeremy Hobson speaks with …

    July 8, 2020 read more
    Listen — 41:50
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