Music drawn from Creative Commons, “Heart on Redial” by Loveshadow, is featured on this podcast.
Surveying Troops, Elderly Rats
In this week’s audio newsletter, we tackle science and technology. In addition, Emily Badger examines changes in the food industry.
In this week's podcast, learn how an experiment that involved skipping rope demonstrated the value of self-doubt, while Emily Badger examines the idea of taxing drivers by the miles they travel, not the fuel they use.
In this week’s podcast, we discuss the juvenile justice system. In addition, Emily Badger examines the practice of slugging for the work-day commute.
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 and Melinda Burns discuss studies they reported on concerning gender differences in math and science, while Emily Badger examines the hubbub over the idea of government oversight of Google search algorithm.
In this week’s audio newsletter, we discuss the horrific events in Japan, while Emily Badger examines the state of nuclear energy regulation in the U.S.
