Included in this episode: 1. Climate Change Threatens to Spread Viruses Through an Unprepared World 2. How the Pandemic Era May Have Deterred Witnesses From Trying to Stop a Rape 3. FDA Authorizes Moderna and J&J Booster Shots 4. Why Netflix Investors Should Care About Its Chappelle Controversy 5. Scientists Successfully Attached a Pig Kidney to Human For the First Time .

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Climate Change Threatens to Spread Viruses Through an Unprepared World... and More Stories

Included in this episode: 1. It May Be Too Late to Find the Origin of COVID-19. The WHO Is Trying Anyway 2. ‘I Am Both Ancient and Trendy.’ He’s a Buddhist Monk, a Makeup Artist and an LGBTQ Activist 3. Major League Baseball Will Cover Housing Costs for Minor Leaguers. Advocates Say It’s a Start, But Far From Enough 4. Bergman Island Is the Rare Movie About Writers Trying To Write That Really Works .

It May Be Too Late to Find the Origin of COVID-19. The WHO Is Trying Anyway... and More Stories

Included in this episode: 1. Colin Powell and the Transformative Power of Owning Your Mistakes 2. What Colin Powell’s COVID-19 Death Says About the Current State of the Pandemic 3. What Donald Trump's Jan. 6 Records Lawsuit Means for Biden 4. Japan’s Plummeting COVID-19 Cases Create Mysterious Success Story 5. Chinese Scientist Hopes to Conserve What May Be the World’s Oldest Art .

Colin Powell and the Transformative Power of Owning Your Mistakes... and More Stories

Included in this episode: 1. A New Study Makes the Case for Mixing and Matching the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and J&J Vaccine Doses 2. Queen Elizabeth and Greta Thunberg Are Sending the Same Message on Climate Change. Will World Leaders Listen? 3. Column: Europe's Youngest Democracies Are in Turmoil at the Worst Possible Time 4. Reluctant Towns, Cities and States Are Being Dragged Into Court to Fix Sidewalks for People With Disabilities 5. This Native American Illustrator Is Bringing Indigenous Stories to Life—and Opening the Door for Others

A New Study Makes the Case for Mixing and Matching the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and J&J Vaccine Doses... and More Stories

Included in this episode: 1. Why Coal Shortages in Asia Might Be Good News for Clean Energy 2. Why Everyone Is So Rude Right Now 3. Why a One-Size-Fits-All Approach to Breast Cancer Prevention Can Leave Women Vulnerable 4. How COVID-19 Opened the Door to a New Era in Psychedelic Medicine .

Why Coal Shortages in Asia Might Be Good News for Clean Energy... and More Stories

The Shorter Work Week Really Worked in Iceland. Here’s How... and More Stories

Included in this episode: 1. Why Literally Millions of Americans Are Quitting Their Jobs 2. Biden Wants Banks to Give More Information to the IRS. Here’s Why That’s a Good Idea 3. FDA Panel Votes to Recommend Moderna COVID-19 Booster Shot 4. In ‘Alarming’ Trend, More People Than Ever are Trying to Carry Guns Onto Planes 5. This Trans Politician Is Fighting for Change in Brazil — Despite the Dangers .

Why Literally Millions of Americans Are Quitting Their Jobs... and More Stories

Included in this episode: 1. Washington Wants to Regulate Facebook’s Algorithm. That Might Be Unconstitutional 2. In ‘Transformational’ Immigration Shift, Biden Administration Wants to Target Employers, Not Undocumented Workers 3. The NFL Will Survive Jon Gruden’s Bigotry. But It Must Force Change 4. Why William Shatner’s History-Making Spaceflight Is Something to Celebrate 5. Social Security Benefits Get the Biggest Cost-of-Living Adjustment in 39 Years .

Washington Wants to Regulate Facebook’s Algorithm. That Might Be Unconstitutional... and More Stories

Included in this episode: 1. Why Big Businesses in Texas Are Ignoring Gov. Abbott’s Vaccine Mandate Ban 2. An Innovative Washington Law Aims to Get Foreign-Trained Doctors Back in Hospitals 3. U.S. Task Force Reconsiders Daily Low-Dose Aspirin Use for Preventing Heart Attacks in Adults Over 60 4. Prince Harry, Meghan Join New York Investing Fund as ‘Impact Partners’ .

Why Big Businesses in Texas Are Ignoring Gov. Abbott’s Vaccine Mandate Ban... and More Stories

Included in this episode: 1. Biden Is Expelling Migrants On COVID-19 Grounds, But Health Experts Say That’s Wrong 2. The Nobel Committee Sent a Message That Freedom of the Press Is Essential for Peace 3. Brittany Murphy, Britney Spears and the Gendered Perils of Child Stardom 4. Afghanistan Faces a ‘Make-or-Break Moment,’ U.N. Chief Says .

Biden Is Expelling Migrants On COVID-19 Grounds, But Health Experts Say That’s Wrong... and More Stories

Included in this episode: 1. Facebook Will Not Fix Itself 2. Small Businesses That Rely on Facebook and Instagram Question Their Loyalty After Global Outage 3. Review: The Harder They Fall Fails to Make Enough Room for Each Star Among Its Stellar Cast 4. Food Stamp Benefits Are Increasing This Month. Here’s How to Apply If You’re In Need

Facebook Will Not Fix Itself... and More Stories

Included in this episode: 1. The Invisible Tragedy Facing Refugees Like Me 2. Why Dmitry Muratov’s Nobel Peace Prize Matters for Russia’s Journalists 3. Rome Didn’t Fall When You Think It Did. Here’s Why That Fabricated History Still Matters Today .

The Invisible Tragedy Facing Refugees Like Me... and More Stories

Included in this episode: 1. Climate Pressure Mounts for Biden As a Major Conference Looms 2. Why Maria Ressa’s Nobel Peace Prize Win Came at a Crucial Time for Journalists in the Philippines 3. Facebook’s Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week — And What It Means for Antitrust Reform 4. How the Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Hurts All of Us . 5. Meet the Women Participating in the Study That Could Change the Future of Breast Cancer

Climate Pressure Mounts for Biden As a Major Conference Looms... and More Stories

Included in this episode: 1. How U.S. Troops in Taiwan Add Even More Fuel to the China-U.S. Tinderbox 2. This Is the White House’s Plan to Take on Facebook 3. Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov Win Nobel Peace Prize for Fighting for Press Freedom 4. NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Found Some Boulders. That’s a Much Bigger Deal Than it Seems 5. Why Nike Hasn’t Weighed In on NBA Superstar Kyrie Irving’s Vaccine Hesitancy .

How U.S. Troops in Taiwan Add Even More Fuel to the China-U.S. Tinderbox... and More Stories

Included in this episode: 1. The World's First Malaria Vaccine—and What it Means for the Future of Pandemic Response 2. Tech Billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes on How Australia Could Become a Renewable Energy Superpower 3. Column: What History Teaches Us About Women Forced to Carry Unwanted Pregnancies to Term 4. What Does Kyrsten Sinema Want? 5. Charlize Theron and Darren Walker on How to End Global Vaccine Inequity .

The World's First Malaria Vaccine—and What it Means for the Future of Pandemic Response... and More Stories

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