Understanding Hate Crime Laws
Dr. Jeannine Bell, law professor at Indiana University who has studied hate crimes for more than 20 years, discusses the complex process of defining and charging someone with a hate…
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Setbacks: Global Health Inequity is Solvable
As part of our Setbacks series examining the impact of COVID-19 on global development, Paul Farmer explains why he is still optimistic after working for 40 years to end global…
Andrew Bird + Jimbo Mathus
Listening to Jimbo Mathus and Andrew Bird’s new album, These 13, is like taking a trip down South … a century ago. It’s new territory for Andrew Bird, a classically…
Episode 6: One More Day in Paradise
Lost Hills Station is embroiled in scandal. But the new captain is determined to set the story straight.
Happiness Lessons of the Ancients: The Day of Rest
Sarah Hurwitz worked 24/7 at Harvard, and barely took time off as she built a career in DC writing speeches for first Hillary Clinton and then Michelle Obama. Sarah would…
Ted Danson & Mary Steenburgen
Ted was a self-proclaimed “hot mess” in 1994 when he met Mary in a cast meeting for the film “Pontiac Moon.” During our magical visit to their Santa Monica bungalo,…
Number Fever: How Pepsi Nearly Went Pop
Pepsi twice ended up in court after promotions went disastrously wrong. Other big companies have fallen into the same trap – promising customers rewards so generous that to fulfill the…
The Future of the NCAA
A case currently before The Supreme Court presents the single largest legal battle the NCAA has ever faced. The case, which comes after years of player activism, argues that the…
Surgical Site Infections in Developing Countries Can be Solved
Dasia Taylor is a senior at Iowa City West High School. She’s working to develop and produce medical sutures, dyed with beets, that can detect infections and alert patients to…
Barry Gibb’s Wild Ride
Few bands have experienced such extreme highs and lows as the Bee Gees. Throughout their decades-long career, the band of brothers managed to be both grossly underrated and one of…
Episode 5: Krazy Horse
Who is Anthony Rauda?He’s more than a drifter. He’s an aspiring musician and a writer, with a long history of mental-health struggles and an extensive criminal record. He’s a committed…
Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: The Torah
Sarah Hurwitz grew up thinking there was little the great texts of Judaism could teach her – she even hatched a plot to get out of Hebrew school. But in…