In this week's podcast, we look at the World Cup through the prism of spectator health, domestic violence, stadium safety, and how an international astronomy conference in South Africa offers another avenue to economic advancement for the developing world.

In this week’s podcast newsletter, Emily Badger examines the implications of a government shutdown. In addition, we open with a discussion of how technology and artistic effort coexist uneasily.

In this week's podcast Tom Jacobs discusses how music creates a cooperative spirit and Emily Badger explains how the concerns over employment lead many to reject greater environmental or safety regulation that likely would benefit them.

In this week's podcast, we look at how men rationalize their mistakes through proverbs, research that suggests lobbying is less effective than thought, and how microfinance is not the solution to global poverty.