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Are We on the Verge of Curing Alzheimer’s? Mar 08, 2023

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More than 6 million Americans live with Alzheimer’s, meaning it touches almost all our lives. That number could double by 2050, unless a cure is found. How far away are we? Andy speaks with Dr. Paul Aisen and Dr. Rudolph Tanzi about the genetic factors that contribute to Alzheimer’s, promising blood tests that can detect the disease long before symptoms begin, and a treatment that could be approved by the FDA as soon as July.

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COVID Behind Bars (with Prof. Aaron Littman) Mar 06, 2023

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During the beginning of the Pandemic, prisons were a hothouse for COVID infections. In some states, deaths from Covid more than doubled. Andy talks with Aaron Littman, director of the COVID Behind Bars Data Project, about what makes U.S. prisons "incubators of disease" and what it was like for incarcerated people as the virus ran rampant behind prison walls. They discuss why incarcerated people, who already lack access to adequate health care and live in unsanitary conditions, deserve not just better care but our empathy.

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Fox News and Why Some in Media Lie to Us (with Dylan Byers) Mar 03, 2023

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Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch admitted under oath that hosts promoted election fraud claims while privately criticizing Trump officials. That’s just one revelation in the $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox by Dominion Voting Systems. Puck News correspondent Dylan Byers joins Andy to discuss why people still watch Fox News, plus what’s happening with CNN, and how news executives can capture a wider audience and better serve our democracy.

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Big Oil’s 9 Biggest Lies About Climate (with Bill McKibben and Neela Banerjee) Mar 01, 2023

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Record gas prices helped oil giants rake in record profits last year while the climate crisis continues escalating. The companies say they are committed to a green future, but are their proposed climate solutions viable, or just more greenwashing? Andy breaks down these issues with Bill McKibben; scholar, climate activist and founder of Third Act; and NPR climate editor Neela Banerjee, who led the first investigation into Exxon’s climate denialism efforts.

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Learn more about Third Act and activism for people over the age of sixty: https://thirdact.org/
Follow Neela Banerjee’s reporting for NPR: https://www.npr.org/people/1102879885/neela-banerjee
Read “Exxon: The Road Not Taken” from Inside Climate News.

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The Man Charged with Getting Us to Net Zero Emissions (with John Podesta) Feb 27, 2023

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Several bills signed into federal law by President Biden pave the way for considerable investments in the fight against climate change. But what exactly are those investments and where will they show up in your everyday life? Andy gets those answers from John Podesta, the man tasked with turning Biden’s vision of a clean energy future into a reality. They discuss EV charging stations, heat pump rebates, and how to pressure gas companies to invest in alternatives.

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Read about the plan for building a national electric vehicle charging network: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/06/09/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-proposes-new-standards-for-national-electric-vehicle-charging-network/
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The War in Ukraine: Year Two (with Liana Fix) Feb 24, 2023

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We are one year into the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II. President Biden marked the anniversary with a surprise visit to Ukraine while Vladimir Putin countered with a major speech from Moscow. Andy speaks with Liana Fix, a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, about where Russia and Ukraine stand today, what could escalate this war into something broader, and whether we’re entering World War III without knowing it yet.

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Narcan: A Million Lives Worth Saving Feb 22, 2023

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Every five minutes an American dies from an opioid or fentanyl overdose. An FDA panel is recommending Narcan be sold over the counter, which experts say would reverse more overdoses and save more lives. Andy traces the line between opioid prescriptions, heroin, fentanyl, and tranq with Scott Hadland, a pediatrician and addiction specialist at Mass General Hospital, and Sarah Laurel, who overcame her own struggle with substance use disorder to eventually found an addiction recovery nonprofit in Philadelphia. They discuss whether the problem is getting better or worse, how to reduce stigma, and where to direct opioid overdose settlement funds.

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Learn more about the FDA panel’s recommendation to approve over-the-counter naloxone: https://www.statnews.com/2023/02/15/naloxone-otc-opioisa-fda-panel-recommends/
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What the End of the COVID Emergency Declaration Means for You (with Dr. Megan Ranney) Feb 20, 2023

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The federal COVID-19 public health emergency ends on May 11. What does that mean for the cost of vaccines, access to testing, and treatment options? Andy poses those questions to ER physician (and soon to be dean of Yale School of Public Health) Dr. Megan Ranney. They also discuss why virus scares like Mpox and avian influenza seem to be happening more often.

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Inside the Search for Life Beyond Earth (with NASA’s Laurie Leshin) Feb 17, 2023

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If you view the idea of life on other planets as only science fiction, Laurie Leshin will prove you wrong. As the head of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, she’s on the cutting edge of space innovation. Andy talks to Laurie about the latest discoveries on Mars, upcoming missions to Jupiter, and how we’re monitoring the health of our own planet from space.

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Watch the documentary, “Goodnight Oppy”: https://www.amazon.com/Good-Night-Oppy-Ryan-White/dp/B0B8JR3XT8
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A Post-Memphis Pulse Check on Policing (with DeRay Mckesson) Feb 15, 2023

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It’s hard to tell if the nation is making progress on police reform when another high profile killing like that of Tyre Nichols hits the news. Have body cameras helped? How about diversifying staff? Or doing away with no knock warrants? Andy poses those questions to activist DeRay Mckesson, who began Campaign Zero after Michael Brown was killed in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014. DeRay explains why police violence persists, outlines the positive steps made in the last decade, and shares how you can continue the work at the local level.

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Learn about how to get involved with Campaign Zero: https://campaignzero.org/
Learn about the eight use of force policies DeRay wants all cities to adopt: https://8cantwait.org/
Listen to DeRay’s podcast, Pod Save the People: https://crooked.com/podcast-series/pod-save-the-people/
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Order Andy’s book, “Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response”: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250770165

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