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Sep 26, 2023 • 8min
Autoworkers want a four-day workweek. Can they get it?
Exploring the push for a four-day workweek by the United Auto Workers. Devastation caused by two dams failing in Libya. The crisis of pet affordability and its impact on animal shelters. Efforts to resurrect the extinct Tasmanian tiger.
Sep 25, 2023 • 9min
A tentative deal to end the writers’ strike
Tentative deal reached to end writers' strike, calls for Senator Menendez's resignation, NASA's first asteroid sample, Megan Rapinoe's farewell match
Sep 22, 2023 • 9min
Reasons why a government shutdown is getting closer
With a government shutdown looming, the podcast discusses the challenges faced by the House speaker. Megan Rapinoe's 10 best moments are highlighted. The transformation of the Colorado football team by coach Deion Sanders is explored. Biographer Walter Isaacson discusses the reach and influence of Elon Musk on In Conversation.
Sep 21, 2023 • 1min
Sneak Peek: Elon Musk’s biographer on two years of shadowing the tech billionaire
Walter Isaacson, biographer of Elon Musk, shares insights on what drives the tech billionaire and how his childhood shaped him. Isaacson also discusses Musk's reach and power, as well as his weekly meetings about colonizing Mars.
Sep 21, 2023 • 10min
Men behind ‘Sound of Freedom’ face misconduct allegations
Allegations of sexual misconduct against men behind 'Sound of Freedom'; Rise in crime in Washington, D.C.; Impact of Hollywood writers strike on fall season lineup of scripted shows.
Sep 20, 2023 • 12min
The three big threats to the U.S. economy
The podcast discusses three threats facing the US economy, the elimination of cash bail in Illinois, the unfolding senior-care crisis, and a masterpiece built by Indigenous people in Ohio.
Sep 19, 2023 • 9min
Ukraine’s president visits America to push for more aid
Ukraine’s president pushes for more American aid, baby boomers becoming homeless, science of baby babble explained.
Sep 18, 2023 • 10min
How extreme heat drives deadly flooding
Discussion on the potential role of global warming in deadly flooding. Exploration of the link between extreme heat and severe flooding. Highlight on the rise of legal sports gambling and lack of resources for gambling addiction treatment.
Sep 15, 2023 • 9min
Iran’s protest movement, a year after Mahsa Amini’s death
Iran’s crackdown on women’s rights activists, struggles in American kids learning to read, cleaning up Burning Man
Sep 14, 2023 • 3min
Sneak Peek: Why so many American kids are struggling to learn how to read — and how to fix that
Karen D'Souza, a reporter for EdSource, discusses America's struggle with teaching kids to read. The science of reading, a new approach, is gaining steam. Many classrooms haven't caught up, leaving some students behind. The episode explores the evolution of literacy, solutions for the reading crisis, and the importance of addressing this issue for future opportunities and democratic participation.
