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In this episode, we explore the importance of precision in language - in particular for journalists and other content creators seeking to inform an...
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- Added: May 21, 2021
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 1
There’s a lot we don’t know about the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus but there is a consensus that it came from animals. This is called zoonosis. H...
- Added: May 14, 2021
- Length: 04:18
In this episode, we take a deeper look at California’s fire outlook in 2021 and moving forward.
Over the past few years, massive wildfires tore ac...
- Added: May 14, 2021
- Length: 29:30
In this episode, we hear from US Congressman Andy Kim about how the power competition between China and the US creates fear and anxiety on the home...
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- Added: May 13, 2021
- Length: 59:00
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Why Biden May Finally Be Ending Reagan’s ‘Rancid Legacy;' At 100 Days, Bi...
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- Added: May 05, 2021
- Length: 29:00
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Domestic abuse affects everyone it touches—intimate partners, children, and elders. COVID-19 created new problems for victims of domestic violence ...
- Added: May 03, 2021
- Length: 29:59
In this episode, we discuss the current state of California’s climate - how it’s changed in recent years, and what we face in 2021, including a sig...
- Added: Apr 30, 2021
- Length: 29:30
In this segment of EPIDEMIC, Dr. Celine Gounder looks at disinformation during the pandemic. Specifically, we’re going to look at how the Russian g...
- Added: Apr 29, 2021
- Length: 04:06
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Lawsuit Challenges Florida’s ‘Anti-Riot’ Law Criminalizing Protest; Mine W...
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- Added: Apr 28, 2021
- Length: 29:00
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US military forces have occupied Afghanistan for almost 20 years and now, President Biden says it’s time to end the war. But Afghanistan is still f...
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- Added: Apr 28, 2021
- Length: 59:00
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In this episode, we explore the role and power of language - words and phrases - in how we discuss the issues that affect us and that drive our new...
- Added: Apr 23, 2021
- Length: 29:30
Pandemics have played a huge role in human history. A cholera outbreak in Europe had huge implications for the way we see public health. And it was...
- Added: Apr 22, 2021
- Length: 04:06
In this episode, we explore how the imagery and visuals that are infused into racist and misogynistic tropes today can be traced to classical works...
- Added: Apr 16, 2021
- Length: 29:30
In this episode, we look at what happens when you think you know what you’re doing and don’t listen to the people you are trying to help. Our guest...
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- Added: Apr 14, 2021
- Length: 59:00
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews:
U.N. Now Engaged in Afghan Negotiations to End America’s Longest War; Vote...
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- Added: Apr 14, 2021
- Length: 29:01
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Black healthcare workers are taking on the mission to inform and hopefully convince more people of color to get vaccinated. We’ll hear where this o...
- Added: Apr 08, 2021
- Length: 03:52
In this episode, we talk with Senior Fellow for Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations Michelle Gavin about how this happened, Amnesty ...
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- Added: Apr 07, 2021
- Length: 59:00
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Two incidents of anti-Asian hate — the beating of an elderly grandfather in a San Francisco park and the harassment of a mourning son in a New York...
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- Added: Apr 03, 2021
- Length: 29:59
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Black Americans are twice as likely to die from COVID as white Americans. Despite this, polls show that African-Americans are less interested in re...
- Added: Apr 01, 2021
- Length: 03:58
In this episode, we explore how journalists experience trauma and manage - or fail to manage - the stressors that are inherent to the job. My guest...
- Added: Mar 25, 2021
- Length: 29:30
Domestic workers have been especially hard hit by the pandemic but have been consistently excluded from bills meant to help frontline workers. In t...
- Added: Mar 25, 2021
- Length: 04:10
We’re looking at the variant that emerged in South Africa: 501Y.V2. This variant is not only more transmissible, but has demonstrated the troubling...
- Added: Mar 11, 2021
- Length: 04:00
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews:
Passage of H.R. 1, ‘For The People Act,’ Urgently Needed to Repair America...
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- Added: Mar 10, 2021
- Length: 29:00
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Combating misinformation has become more important than ever during the pandemic. The novel coronavirus, social media, and a polarized political en...
- Added: Mar 01, 2021
- Length: 04:00
COVID “long-haulers” are people who have extended experiences with COVID symptoms that never let up, or keep recurring. The virus is so new that we...
- Added: Mar 01, 2021
- Length: 04:03
