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Advertising used to be advertising. During the pandemic, it's become disastertising. (episode)
What the pandemic teaches us about urban density, incarceration, climate and time. (episode)
Instinctive anti-urbanism in coronavirus coverage has a long history in America.
American jails and prisons are coronavirus hotspots. How did we end up here?
Coronavirus is not a course correction.
Is it Sunday? Tuesday? Friday? What can we learn from our current time disorientation?
The Trump administration is gutting the EPA. But the agency was created by a Republican president in a time of widespread environmental concern. How we got here, and what's at stake. (episode)
The evolution of Trumpian coronavirus disinformation and partisan sparring over coronavirus projections. Plus, how exactly do we interpret models? (episode)
The president tries to obscure the truth with his bark — but the press is biting back.
What happens when scientific models are put through the spin machine?
Infections disease models have drastically altered our way of life. Do we know what the projections mean?
The surprising historical roots of Zoom seders and mass. (episode)
How government opacity hurts pandemic relief; toilet paper hysteria; and esports on TV. (episode)
Why so many turn to the COVID Tracking Project — and not federal health agencies — for data aggregation and explanation.
How the federal government's opaque approach has kept watchdogs from more closely examining its distribution of medical supplies.
Hint: it has to do with supply chains.
A look at the experimental, utterly bizarre state of sports.
The path of a misleading study, from France to Elon Musk to Fox to the White House. (episode)
What is gained and what is lost when we wage "war" against the coronavirus? And the pandemic celebrity backlash. (episode)
History shows us how the heroes of war can be empowered to demand better treatment and protections.
The economic policies put into place now could have implications for years to come.
"If thought corrupts language,” George Orwell once wrote, “language can also corrupt thought.” So, what does it mean to be "at war" with Covid-19?
What responsibility do A-list celebrities have to the public in the midst of a pandemic?
The tech platform has a track record of misrepresenting its privacy and encryption policies. (episode)