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America is the only major industrialized country that doesn't guarantee healthcare to all. Read this and you'll have a better understanding of how our health insurance system came to be. (article)
A few of our favorite segments from this week: Andrew Solomon on the Importance of Travel (First) | Tamir Rice’s Family Lawyer (Starts 36:28) | Tracy K. Smith’s Poems (Starts 56:54) (article)
There's a social stigma against discussing mental health in Japan. So what are the costs of seeking professional care for depression? (article)
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio; Facebook's micro-targeting influence on politics; comparing developed nations' healthcare; the roots of mass incarceration; meaning in minimalism. (episode)
Mayor de Blasio says his team has been "exacting" in following campaign finance laws, and the media should focus on getting to the bottom of why he's been targeted for common practices.
The newly launched New York Magazine technology website Select All explores how Facebook could swing and election by controlling what users consume.
America is the only major developed country that doesn't guarantee healthcare for all. Hear how other countries do it, and what each of the presidential candidates are proposing.
Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton have been haunted by their support for the 1994 Crime Bill. Hear how mass incarceration's roots go back before the bill, to President Johnson's era.
Minimalism isn't about deprivation. It's about intentionally keeping things that are of value in your life.
Spain has the highest organ donation rate in the world, and that's partly because of its opt-out system. That means everyone is an organ donor unless they’ve explicitly stated otherwise. (article)
The history of America’s healthcare debate; what's motivating the key players in the Middle East; Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tracy K. Smith. (episode)
As the delegate math continues to turn against Bernie Sanders, his supporters call in to talk about what they hope he does next with the momentum he has created.
New York Times columnist Jim Dwyer argues that the fundraising practices of Mayor de Blasio's campaign team, which are under investigation, are routine in Albany politics.
From Lyndon B. Johnson signing medicare, to Bill Clinton asking for bipartisan support, to Obama setting the ACA in motion, hear a helpful history of health insurance in America.
Former Israeli intelligence officer Avi Melamed says Donald Trump is partly right when he says it's time to stop applying western-style democracy to Middle Eastern countries.
Brooklyn poet Tracy K. Smith gives a mini poetry lesson and reads aloud some of the listener-submitted poems for her challenging assignment.
Thailand is the gender affirmation surgery capital of the world, but Thai transsexuals don't get government-subsidized surgeries. (article)
Results from Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Rhode Island; how do we talk about gentrification; "Boaty McBoatface" and modern democracy; a right to prenatal testing. (episode)
Susan Page says yesterday's primary results strongly suggest a Donald Trump versus Hillary Clinton general election - and we shouldn't make assumptions about how that'll turn out.
Do you say hello to your neighbors? Listeners call in to share their stories of either being the gentrifiers or the gentrified and the complexities of changing neighborhoods.
Honduran activist Berta Cáceres was murdered in her home. An Amnesty International director describes how the US could use its influence to convince Honduran officials to pursue justice.
The British government has pushed back against an internet poll's choice to name an expensive research vessel "Boaty McBoatface." Hear what this says about democracy.
Out with amniocentesis. Now, a routine blood test gives women information about Down Syndrome, along with the sex of their baby at just ten weeks.
April is National Poetry Month! See if you can complete this poetry challenge. (article)
Imagine you're a Norwegian citizen, about to have a baby. Your healthcare costs for treatment before, during, and after birth? Zero. (article)