After the Fact

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“After the Fact” is a podcast from The Pew Charitable Trusts that brings you data and analysis on the issues that matter to you—from our environment and the sciences, to larger economic trends and public health. Experts from Pew and other special guests discuss the numbers and trends shaping some of society’s biggest challenges, then go behind the facts with nonpartisan analysis and stories.

In each episode, host Dan LeDuc discusses pressing policy issues with featured experts and relevant voices to the conversation. If you like what you hear, we hope you will subscribe to “After the Fact” and share it with others.

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In a special series, Pew’s “After the Fact” podcast explores the changing nature of the American family—from marriage trends to retirement finances—blending individual and family voices with expert perspectives on trends and their implications.

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Pew’s “After the Fact” podcast asks a question at the heart of the human experience—how do we learn? And as we continue to live longer than previous generations, what are we discovering to help increase lifelong learning and prepare the workforce of the future?

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In this three-part series, we explore the decline in local news coverage across America.


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Public trust in science is front and center today as researchers seek to learn more about the coronavirus. In this episode, France Córdova, former ...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2020
  • Length: 19:47
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In this episode, we explore what science really is (and what it’s not) with Ira Flatow, host of the popular “Science Friday” radio program, and Car...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2020
  • Length: 13:49
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In the first episode of our new season “Conversations on Science,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious ...

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  • Added: Aug 28, 2020
  • Length: 22:53
  • Purchases: 1
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In the latest installment of our “Scientists at Work” series, Pew marine fellow Vreni Häussermann talks about Chilean Patagonia’s diverse ecosystem...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2020
  • Length: 19:41
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Giraffes are dying, and experts are trying to figure out why. Host Dan LeDuc speaks to two giraffe experts, ecologist David O’Connor and researcher...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2020
  • Length: 15:44
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The penguin population in Punta Tombo, Argentina, has declined by 43 percent since 1987. Not all of those birds are dying, but expert Dee Boersma, ...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2020
  • Length: 17:44
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At least 63 million sharks are taken from the ocean every year. And that’s the low estimate; it could be as high as 273 million. In this episode, ...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2020
  • Length: 22:20
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The rise of deepfakes—realistic fake videos made with artificial intelligence software—is beginning to make sorting fact from fiction even harder. ...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2020
  • Length: 19:42
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Your medical records have gone digital—a change that promises to make health care more efficient and accessible. But as with any technology, there ...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2020
  • Length: 17:46
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Newspapers are cutting staff or closing altogether, but in the final episode of our local news series we visit The Berkshire Eagle in western Massa...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2020
  • Length: 19:52