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How the Bond Market Broke in March May 15, 2020

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In this bonus episode, Boaz Weinstein, founder of the hedge fund Saba Capital, tells the story of how the bond market broke for a few days in March.

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The Financial Markets and COVID-19 May 13, 2020

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Boaz Weinstein, founder of the hedge fund Saba Capital, discusses why the stock market seems to be doing relatively well when the economy is in shambles.

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SPECIAL: Noah's New Book May 12, 2020

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Jacob Weisberg, the CEO of Pushkin Industries, interviews Noah Feldman about his new book "The Arab Winter: A Tragedy" which comes out today.

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The Global Fight Against COVID-19 May 07, 2020

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Nader Mousavizadeh, who formerly served in the Executive Office of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, explains why international organizations like the WHO and the UN have not been able to effectively coordinate a global response to the pandemic. Plus, is it a good thing or a bad thing that Bill Gates had stepped in to fill that void?

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When Will We Have a Vaccine? May 06, 2020

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Akiko Iwasaki, a professor of immunobiology at Yale University School of Medicine, explains what types of coronavirus vaccines are currently being researched and evaluates their chances of success.

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What to Read During a Pandemic May 01, 2020

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Marta Figlerowicz, an associate professor of comparative literature and English at Yale, discusses classic works of literature about pandemics from Boccaccio's The Decameron to Camus' The Plague. Plus, she psychoanalyzes Noah's love of detective novels.

Marta Figlerowicz's Pandemic Reading List

The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio
Stalingrad by Vasily Grossman
Everything Flows by Vasily Grossman
Molloy by Samuel Beckett
Malone Dies by Samuel Beckett
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
The Plague by Albert Camus
Occupation Journal by Jean Giono

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A New Strategy in the Fight Against COVID-19 Apr 29, 2020

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Dr. Louise Ivers, the executive director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Global Health, explains why states like Massachusetts are investing in a strategy called contact tracing to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus.

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The Way out of the Pandemic? Generosity. Apr 23, 2020

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Pardis Sabeti, a computational biologist at Harvard and the Broad Institute, discusses when and how to re-open colleges and universities, why the US is behind other countries when it comes to containing the spread of coronavirus, and a plan to stop pandemics in the future

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The Roadblocks to Mass Testing Apr 22, 2020

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Omai Garner, the director of clinical microbiology testing at UCLA Health, explains why more Americans have not been tested for COVID-19.

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Modeling the Coronavirus Apr 16, 2020

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Carl Bergstrom, a computational biologist at the University of Washington and co-author of the forthcoming book "Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World," explains how to make sense of all the different coronavirus models and discusses the impact of misinformation on public health.

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