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Guest host Roxanne Khamsi on scientific journalism during the pandemic and beyond. Plus, naming — and soothing — our pandemic mental health crises. (episode)
Why scientists are arguing about which online database is best.
Has the pandemic changed academic publishing forever?
Accessing therapy is an elusive process for many people. Can these apps help?
Languishing. Trauma. Breakdown. Burnout.
Brooke speaks to writer Jenny Odell who offers an alternative way to think and be, in relation to an overstimulating world. (episode)
The politicized search for COVID-19's origins; mixing up the science on aerosol transmission; and investigating the "metaverse." (episode)
How a once-fringe theory about COVID-19's origins has returned to the scientific mainstream.
How one scientific error, and a heap of miscommunication, helped the coronavirus spread.
Tech CEOS have dubbed the next phase of the internet the "metaverse." What does that mean?
A few years back, novelist Margaret Atwood submitted a manuscript, Scribbler Moon, to the Future Library — which means we'll have to wait until 2114 to read it.
A three-part dive into economic transformation in the rust belt. (episode)
Before Pittsburgh was the land of healthcare, it was the land of steel.
How the Rust Belt economy transformed.
Part three of our episode on economic transformation in the rust belt.
What to make of this month's jobs report. (episode)
A startling wave of anti-trans legislation; histories of trans children; and the promise of trans visibility. (episode)
Making sense of the science behind legislation targeting trans youth in over 30 states.
History shows that trans children aren't a "trend."
How a more complete history of trans lives offers new pathways to the future.
The Netflix documentary "Disclosure" walks us through the good, the bad, and the troubling.
Revisiting the incident after remains of at least one victim were returned just last week. (episode)