In this week's podcast newsletter we look at how marijuana might preserve California ag industry, positive uses for sewage, music and the brain and the how innovation is a required part of U.S. energy security.

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 we listen to Emily Badger discussing the Presidential Records Act and Tom Jacobs on how "Lie to Me" make us worse at ferreting out the truth.

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.