Techie insurance startup Lemonade IPO’d Thursday and its stock doubled. That’s actually an unfair problem with finance. Tesla became Earth’s most valuable car company — and then backed it up that milestone with an awesome report. And Walmart is turning 160 of its parking lots into drive-in movie theaters, but it’s not just about kindness and smiles.
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Though Black Americans make up 13% of the U.S. population, they represent only 5% of physicians. How does that lack of diversity in the physician workforce impact Black patients' health and well-being? Dr. Owen Garrick, the CEO and President of Bridge Clinical Research, wanted to know.
Scientists worldwide want the World Health Organization to take a stronger stance on airborne transmission of COVID-19. In the US, records were set last week for the highest number of daily cases, with hotspots that led some governors to halt re-openings or begin re-closings.
Trump gave some hall-of-fame dumb speeches this week, stoking division by focusing on “cancel culture”, then adding to the confusion around coronavirus by downplaying the disease’s severity.
And in headlines: new opinions to come from SCOTUS, sports teams consider name changes, and some fish eggs that don’t give a duck.
Andy calls up Adam Schefter in-between his SportsCenter appearances to talk about sports in the era of the coronavirus. The pandemic has cancelled seasons for the pros, college athletes, and for you and your kids. Leagues around the world are looking to resume play, but should they?
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Americans' mental and emotional health can't be ignored in the fight against COVID-19.
Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz, assistant secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services for mental health and substance use, joins the show to explain the physiological effects of extended isolation.
McCance-Katz is both an epidemiologist and a psychiatrist. That enables her to have a uniquely holistic perspective about the most effective way to protect the whole health of Americans during the pandemic.
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We also read your letters to the editor and share the words of President Ronald Reagan on July 4, 1986, as he reminded Americans of where we came from and the importance of unity to maintain our national strength.
Our Local Color Project 2019-20 season is made possible by the generous support of Bank of America.
From conversations between friends who've been gathering for 3 years to talk about race, no matter how much white people care about the Floyd tragedy and its aftermath, it's hard to comprehend just how visceral the trauma is for black people — and how bracing the impact is on their lives.
Part 2 of this Local Color "listen-in" begins with thoughts on the Amy Cooper situation – she’s the white woman who recently called the police on a black man in Central Park when he reminded her that her dog was supposed to be on a leash.
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In the wake of the tragic killing of George Floyd, join us for a Local Color “listen-in” to hear from 5 community members who open their hearts and minds to help us all grow in our understanding for our fellow human beings… our neighbors. In this episode, you'll hear an open discussion on racism in America, particularly focused on recent events, by a group of Local Color participants who have been meeting for 3 years to discuss race in our society. They have built strong relationships among a diverse group of people, in an effort to come together to make progress on one of our nation’s most critical issues.
The 3rd Olympic Games held in 1904 in St. Louis, Missouri was unquestionably the greatest train wreck of an Olympics ever held. In fact, the Olympics in ancient Greece were probably better organized and better attended than the 1904 Olympics.
Nothing quite exemplifies the hot mess which was the St. Louis Olympics quite like the 1904 Olympics Marathon, which was such a disaster, it almost killed several competitors, and almost permanently removed the marathon as a competitive event.
