Episode summary: Alondra Nelson is arguably the most important sociologist of science in America. She isn’t just a brilliant researcher of how race and racism has shaped public health in America, nor just a thoughtful, savvy tech policy maker. She is also someone with a gift for communicating resear...

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Episode summary: In this episode, Sarah Kernan talks to Victoria Flexner [https://www.victoriaflexner.com/], food historian and founder of the historical dining collective, Edible History [https://www.ediblehistorynyc.com/]. She is the author of A History of the World in 10 Dinners: 2,000 Years,...

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Episode summary: Episode 1: Whispering Pines

Episode summary: Introducing Charlie’s Place

Episode summary: A rock icon sets out to save music with a strange yellow gadget that almost no one understood.

Episode summary: The United States generally does not allow a standing army to be used against civilians. But Trump has been exploiting an exception to keep troops in Los Angeles to protect ICE agents, with terrifying implications.

Episode summary: Books: Why keeping a notebook can change your life. Plus, the history of bound blank pages.

Episode summary: If you’re a fan of Anxious Machine, you might enjoy Rob’s new show Phonograph, an audio zine about podcasts. On this episode, as the 15th anniversary of 99% Invisible approaches, Rob and his co-host Britta Greene dig into four very different episodes…

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Episode summary: Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the evolution of lungs and of the first breaths, which can be traced back 400 million years to when animal life spread from rock pools and swamps onto land, as some fish found an evolutionary advantage in getting their oxygen from air rather than wate...

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Episode summary: “I get in trouble when I say things like this” - Michael Lewis on Sam Bankman-Fried from Cautionary Tales