You ever wonder about the history of profanity in America? This podcast’s got that shit covered.
Code Switch :: When Disaster Strikes
Inequality rears its ugly head in America in many ways. Code Switch explores how disaster aid is biased in favor of white, prosperous homeowners and against poorer, people of color who rent.
WBUR CommonHealth :: New Gene Therapy Shows Promise For Patients With Sickle Cell Disease
Gene therapy at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Hospital is working to cure sickle cell disease.
Fresh Air :: The White House And Its ‘Shadow Cabinet’ Of Fox News TV Hosts
How Fox News has becom the state media of the fascist administration in the White House.
99% Invisible :: The Known Unknown
The Tomb of the Unknown at Arlington Cemetery is meant to represent the remains of military lost in war that cannot be identified, but in the case of the Vietnam War, the remains buried there were in fact known and only slowly revealed to the family.
60 Second Science :: Warm-Blooded Animals Lost Ability to Heal the Heart
Warm-blooded animals are able to regulate body temperature thanks to Thyroid hormone, but it also prevents warm-blooded animals from being able to regenerate heart tissue.
Throughline :: American Shadows
A history of conspiracy theories in the United States going back to the Founding Fathers and the American Revolution.
Running tally of Podcast of the Week appearances:
- Afropop Worldwide – 1
- The Anthropocene Reviewed – 1
- BackStory – 1
- Code Switch – 2
- Decoder Ring – 1
- Fresh Air – 2
- Hidden Brain – 1
- Household Name – 1
- Hub History – 1
- Memory Palace – 1
- More Perfect – 1
- 99% Invisible – 5
- The New Yorker Radio Hour – 1
- On the Media – 2
- Planet Money – 1
- Planet Money: The Indicator – 1
- Radio Boston – 2
- 60 Second Science – 1
- Smithsonian Sidedoor –
- This American Life – 1
- Throughline – 3
- Tomorrow Society – 1
- The Truth – 2
- The War on Cars – 1
- WBUR News – 1
- We Need Some Milk – 1
- What Next – 1