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ROXANNE SCOTT, independent journalist working on a series with the NY Amsterdam News about climate change in Southeast Queens, talks about how St. Albans, a majority-Black neighborhood where r...

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Trans activist, actress and author, Cecilia Gentili, knows the power of stories. Whether she is working at her company Trans Equity Consulting, writing an op-ed for the New York Times, or portray...

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Coming up on today's show: ANNIE KARNI, congressional correspondent at The New York Times, talks about the latest national political news of the week, including legislation that recently passed t...

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Loading... The final day to send a song into the Public Song Project is May 12! BILLIE MARTEN stops by to share her version of the Bessie Smith hit, "Baby Won't You Please Come Home" for the...

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Survey data show that Americans are getting more sleep now than they did before the pandemic. Caitlin Gilbert , data reporter at The Washington Post, explains the trends, and how it differs betwe...

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Loading... The final day to send a song into the Public Song Project is May 12. RAYE ZARAGOZA stops by to share her version of George and Ira Gershwin's "Oh, Lady Be Good!" for the project. Y...

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In her new cookbook, chef and wellness educator Phoebe Lapine  encourages readers to "stop fearing carbs and embrace the comfort foods you love." She joins to discuss Carbivore: 130 Healthy Reci...

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On today's show:  U.S. Representative (D, NJ-11) MIKIE SHERRILL talks about her priorities related to reproductive rights, the National Defense Reauthorization Act, plus reacts to the news ove...

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Bruce Ratner , real estate developer, philanthropist, founder of the Michael D. Ratner Center For Early Detection of Cancer (CEDC), and co-author of Early Detection: Catching Cancer When It’s...

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Over the past 20 years, there's been a lot of progress when it comes to combating measles. But the World Health Organization's latest global numbers , released this past weekend, are "very conc...

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Loading... PRIYA KRISHNA has helped audiences fall in love with cooking. In her latest cookbook, Priya's Kitchen Adventures, the New York Times food reporter helps children of all ages and ...

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Matt Katz , WNYC/Gothamist reporter covering public safety and host of the new podcast "Inconceivable Truth," went on a quest to learn the truth of his paternity after surprising DNA test resu...

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Across Mexico, thousands of illegal rehab centers treat patients with drug addiction, often holding them against their will. Now, these "anexos" -- informal, underground treatment facilities -- a...

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Amy Lin  was newly married when her husband collapsed suddenly while running a half-marathon, and died. In her new memoir, Here After , Lin writes about the grief of losing her partner at such ...

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April showers bring May flowers...and allergy season. We speak to two experts, Kenneth Mendez , the CEO of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America , and Dr. Neeta Ogden , an allergist-immun...

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Loading...  EMMELINE CLEIN'S new collection of essays, Dead Weight, explores the writer's relationship with disordered eating, and provides a much-needed commentary on the historical, pop c...

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More than 80% of Black smokers smoke menthol cigarettes. The FDA is now pushing to ban the products, saying it will prevent death and disease. ABOUT: On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily...

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From the time Patric Gagne  was a kid, she knew there was something about her that was different from other kids. Later, she was diagnosed a sociopath. Gagne decided to work to destigmatize that...

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Editor's note: This story contains detailed descriptions of how starvation affects the body. Famine has been a threat to humanity since ancient times. But it wasn't until the end of World War...

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Physician Dr. Sharon Malone is on a mission to help women better manage their health in the American health care system. Her No. 1 tip from her book 'Grown Woman Talk' -- Be your best advocate. ...

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Loading... In the 1980s and '90s, Alicia Keys was a girl living with her mother in a small apartment off Times Square, with a dream of being a professional musician. Of course, we know how her...

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This is a special episode by Futuro Investigates, in collaboration with The Center For Public Integrity and Columbia Journalism Investigations.  In the absence of federal or state data showing...

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In the 1950s, American doctor Gregory Pincus concocted a plan to test out his new contraceptive pill on Puerto Rican women, without warning them of the potential risks. A new play from Nelson Dia...

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Now facing a diagnosis of ALS, Dan Doctoroff , founder and chairman of the research foundation Target ALS, former president and CEO of Bloomberg LP and Sidewalk Labs, former New York City deputy...

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Half of the cells in the brain are neurons, the other half are glial cells . When scientists first discovered glia over a century ago, they thought that they simply held the neurons together. T...

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