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Brooke discusses the fifth episode of House of Cards with Fred Kaplan and Patti Solis-Doyle. (article)
A deep dive into cancer: in the media, in language, and in our mind's eye. (episode)
Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Emperor of All Maladies, charts cancer’s 2,500 year history.
The latest cancer cures, fundraising campaigns, and miraculous survival stories are ubiquitous in the news— but cancer coverage rarely reflects real-world cancer incidence rates.
A rare muscle cancer made David Grover sick—and famous—when he was just a kid. But then the media moved on.
We tend to describe cancer with war metaphors: “battling” the disease, winning the “fight.” But this war language might actually be distorting how we think about cancer prevention.
Receiving a cancer diagnosis can be like entering a foreign land where you don't speak the language.
Brooke discusses the fourth episode of House of Cards with Andrea Bernstein and Matt Katz. (article)
Brooke discusses the third episode of the season with two foreign policy experts. (article)
OTM examines the line between making great documentary and heeding the law. Plus, Florida officials suppressing the term "climate change," and Wikipedia vs. NSA. (episode)
You've probably heard of the NSA's "Prism" program, which collects metadata. Wikimedia and other groups are now suing over a different surveillance apparatus called "upstream."
The Wikimedia Foundation is suing the NSA over its "upstream" spy program. Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales discusses the "chilling effect" he says surveillance has on its users.
Stephen Kim is in prison for speaking about a classified document with a reporter, but according to journalist Peter Maass the government threw the book at the wrong leaker.
Even as Florida is threatened by rising sea levels, Gov. Rick Scott's administration has reportedly banned officials from using the term “climate change” for state business.
Craig Silverman founded the website Emergent to track rumors in news media, and how the press deals with debunking them. The patterns are already emerging and they will make you sad.
Following the sensational conclusion of HBO's true crime series, "The Jinx," Bob discusses the fine line between interpretation and manipulation in documentary film.
Brooke discusses the third episode of the season with two foreign policy experts. (article)
Tell us what you think about the language used to describe cancer, and how cancer is portrayed in movies. (article)
Etsy has a selection of mystics, spellcasters, and witches to help you get money now, have better sex, and become enviously beautiful. (episode)
How do you shop for a haunted doll? (article)
Has constant media presence turned the town of Ferguson into a symbol and a brand? Also, Brooke charts the history of nihilism. (episode)
Ferguson has become a buzzword, a symbol, and a business—all while ignoring the struggles of daily life for protesters on the ground.
The National Iranian American Council's Jamal Abdi discusses the potential fallout from the media's coverage of the open letter to Iran by forty-seven Senate Republicans.
Radiolab host Jad Abumrad explores the philosophy that turned his brother-in-law's book cover into a celebrity fashion statement.
Brooke follows up on her conversation with Radiolab, and explores our longstanding fascination with nihilism: why it's popular today, and whether that's always been the case.