Since 2016, a number of U.S. diplomats and federal employees have reported symptoms of a mysterious illness, the so-called Havana Syndrome.
The list of symptoms include hearing loud sounds, nausea fatigue, and dizzying migraines, among others.
The cause of this mystery illness is a source of curiosity, but it remains unknown.
Last year the State Department commissioned a study by the National Academies of Sciences for researchers to investigate Havana Syndrome.
NPR's Sarah McCammon spoke to Dr. David Relman, a Stanford professor who headed the investigation.
One possible cause their group came to was a form of microwave radiation that occurs in a pulsed or intermittent form.
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Kids could see COVID vaccines by early November
The Biden administration on Wednesday announced new details about its plan to roll out vaccines for children ages 5 to 11. Reset checks in with a White House reporter and pediatrician for the details.
Lex Fridman Podcast - #232 – Brian Greene: Quantum Gravity, Big Bang, Aliens, Life, Death, and Meaning
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: LFG! Bitcoin Clears $66K and Hits New All-Time High
The market reacts to an exciting milestone.
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Song Exploder - Willow – Transparent Soul feat. Travis Barker
Willow Smith is a singer and songwriter from Los Angeles. She’s also a member of one of the most famous families in the world. From a very young age, she followed in the musical footsteps of her parents, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith, and released her first single when she was just ten years old. Since then, she’s released four albums, and was named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most influential people in the world. This year, on her most recent album, she put out this song, "Transparent Soul," which was co-written with her longtime collaborator Tyler Cole, and features Travis Barker from Blink-182 on drums. I talked to her about how her upbringing and her musical evolution from her early pop star days influenced the way she made this song.
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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - First, Do No Harm
The podcast welcomes former Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services Tevi Troy back to discuss his article in the latest issue of COMMENTARY, “Wokeness, M.D.” We discuss the ideological threat to the dispassionate conduct of medical science and how ideology is guiding public health practitioners’ approach to the pandemic. Source
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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Spies and Spying Part I: The Past and Present
Most people know the life of a real-life spy bears little resemblance to the stories of fictional agents like James Bond -- but what exactly is spying? In the first part of this two-part series, the guys explore the world of tradecraft from the ancient past to the modern day.
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Join us for a 'mega' episode with three guests! The Markup investigative reporter Adrianne Jeffries leads off with a discussion of Amazon's self-preferencing in search. Stanford Internet Observatory's Renee DiResta joins for our second segment to discuss her story on bottom-up propaganda on social media, something she calls 'ampliganda.' Verge Reporter Zoë Schiffer rounds out the week with a look into the state of worker activism at Netflix and Apple.
Check out Adrianne's story on The Markup, Renee's in The Atlantic, and Zoe's on The Verge.
Cato Daily Podcast - How Should Congress and the Fed Deal with Growing Inflation?
The long-feared specter of inflation is here, even though it's a far cry from the inflation of the 1970s. Cato's Norbert Michel discusses how Congress and the Federal Reserve ought to respond.
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