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29 min

The supermarket is one of the strangest and most powerful inventions in human history. Grocery shopping is often perceived as a simple, mundane activity. And for many, access to food has...

13 min

Did Climate Skeptics Get THIS Right?!

Is global warming just part of Earth’s natural cycle? In this episode of Weathered, we break down why that’s not the full story. From ice ages and Milankovitch cycles to the role of CO2...

12 min

Planting Trees Won't Save the Planet. Protecting Forests Will.

What happens when a study goes viral? After the “trillion tree” campaign captured the internet's imagination, YouTube sensation, MrBeast, raised 20 million dollars to plant 20 million...

5 min

Historian Heather Cox Richardson: 'We're Already In a Coup'

Each week, Boston College professor Heather Cox Richardson infuses history with relevance as she explains American politics through the lens of the Constitution, the law, the economy...

9 min

Why a Growing Number of American Men Say They Are in a 'Friendship Recession'

American men are stuck in what’s been dubbed a friendship recession, with 20 percent of single men now saying they don’t have any close friends. More than half of all men report feeling...

4 min

How Trees Talk to Other Trees with the Help of Fungi

Fungi is able to link a whole group of trees through their root systems, creating a 'wood wide web' called the Mycorrhizal Network. Using this network, trees are able to pass nutrients...

57 min

Dear Thalia | PBS HAWAIʻI PRESENTS

Dear Thalia is a film that provides a rare close-up view of one homeless family’s story. Filmed over a four-month period, it follows Tracy and Tabatha Martin raising their three-year old...

2 min

How Palin Used Facebook to Help Usher in "Post-Truth" Politics

A new FRONTLINE documentary traces the use of online misinformation at high levels of the American political conversation back years further than the 2016 election — to Sarah Palin, a...

8 min

How a New Aristocracy's Segregation Puts Stress on Society

Growing class division is destabilizing our society, argues author and philosopher Matthew Stewart in a provocative Atlantic magazine cover story. He says there's a group in between the...

5 min

This Restaurant Takeout Service Swaps Styrofoam for Sustainable

After big cities like San Francisco banned businesses from using styrofoam containers, a woman from Durham, North Carolina, who was fed up with the plastic trash began her own crusade...

8 min

All the Financial Advice You’ll Ever Need Fits On a Single Index Card

At first glance, fiscal planning can seem more complex and time-consuming than it’s worth. But according to Professor Harold Pollack of the University of Chicago, you can fit all the...

4 min

Change Blindness Explained

Psychologists who study the fascinating phenomenon of change blindness know that merely looking at something is not the same as actively paying attention to it. As the demonstration in...

2 min

Austin Revealed: Larry Jackson on Activism

One of Larry Jackson's first acts of protest was his draft to the Vietnam War. His early political involvement lead to a life of change and activism in Austin. ...

26 min

Bill Moyers Journal: Whistleblower Exposes Health Industry

Bill Moyers interviews Wendell Potter, the former head of Public Relations at Cigna Health Insurance. Potter worked for nearly 20 years within the health insurance industry with great...

18 min

Bill Moyers Journal on Single Payer Health Care

Bill Moyers talks to Donna Smith a legislative advocate for the California Nurses Association about the hardships of pushing the Single Payer system into the official debate on health...

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