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Best Buy surprises. Herbalife slides. Tiffany shines. And a drugmaker faces big blowback. Plus, Charles Duhigg offers some productive insights from his new book, Smarter, Faster, Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business.
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The ?gender pay gap? This topic has been in the news this week after the Institute for Fiscal Studies published research showing women end up 33% worse off than their male counterparts after they have children. But earlier in the summer, Fraser Nelson wrote in the Telegraph that the pay gap is ?no longer an issue? for women born after 1975. Can both assessments be true? And could the label ?gender pay gap? be hindering our understanding of what really lies behind the numbers?
The cost of a hospital If a politician or commentator wants to underline just how wasteful a piece of expenditure is, a common strategy is to compare it to the number of hospitals you could build instead. Of course, hospitals are positive things ? we all want more, right? But just how much is a hospital? Is it really a useful unit of measurement? We speak to health economist John Appleby.
Corbyn Facts As Labour members begin voting on the party leadership, we investigate some of the claims made on the ?Corbyn Facts? website set up by Jeremy Corbyn?s campaign. Did he really give 122 speeches on the EU referendum during the campaign? Were this year?s local election results as good as Labour?s best performance under Ed Miliband? We look at what the numbers tell us.
Death Penalty abolition Statistics suggest that officially about half of the countries in the world have abolished Capital Punishment, and a further 52 have stopped its use in practice. But we tell the story behind the numbers and show why the picture is more complicated. We speak to Parvais Jabbar, co-director of the Death Penalty Project.
The Holiday Desk of Good News This week we outline a handful of statistics to make everyone feel better about the UK and their holidays.
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Most of us would be lost without GPS. So why do we think it’s hilarious when people drive into the ocean or walk to the Arctic Circle because phone maps told them to? In Pinpoint, author Greg Milner looks at our uneasy relationship with the technology and the ways GPS has reorganized our culture and our brains.
On The Spiel, Mike looks at Donald Trump’s latest failed endeavor: public opinion polling.
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In this episode, we wrap up the recent decision by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri dismissing a lawsuit brought by the Satanic Temple challenging several laws relating to getting an abortion in Missouri. Andrew tells you what “motions to dismiss” are, and Thomas proves that he knows more about the … Continue reading OA8: You Won’t Have the Satanic Temple to Kick Around Any More, Part 2 →
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Director Joshua Marston has done his share of shape-shifting. He’s spent time as a teacher abroad. He’s learned Albanian and made some stories for NPR. And he’s directed critically acclaimed movies like Maria Full of Grace. His newest, Complete Unknown, stars Rachel Weisz as a serial imposter who gets stuck at a dinner party with someone from her past.
On The Spiel, the Clinton Foundation pay-for-play mega-scoop that never was.
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Austin’s love affair with Hatch chile peppers comes and goes every August. Did you ever wonder why grocery stores get so excited about Hatch?
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In this episode, we look at a recent lawsuit filed by the notorious Satanic Temple challenging abortion restrictions in the state of Missouri. In the main segment, Andrew tells you how to read a Complaint, and Thomas offers advice to the Satanic Temple’s lawyers about which arguments are more persuasive to him. Our opening segment … Continue reading OA7: You Won’t Have the Satanic Temple to Kick Around Any More, Part 1 →
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