This weekend is Mother's Day, a good occasion to reflect on the art of parenting. First, comedian Glenn Boozan speaks to Celeste Headlee on Here and Now about her book There Are Moms Way Worse Than You, a joke-book that uses examples of bad parenting from the animal kingdom to soothe those who might be worried about their own child-raising skills. Then, an interview from our archives: a 1989 chat with Amy Tan on All Things Considered about her novel The Joy Luck Club, the story of four Chinese American families living in San Francisco inspired by Tan's experience as a child of immigrants.
The world has come a long way since the COVID-19 pandemic began. There are now vaccines, at-home tests, masks and treatments. With all of these tools available, why is COVID still here?
Health policy correspondent Selena Simmons-Duffin talks to Scientist-In-Residence Regina Barber about what we can learn from the public health advocates working to end the HIV epidemic, how those lessons may translate to ending COVID and why having the scientific tools isn't enough.
Learn how the movement evolved after the city council vote. In part 2 we get into tactics and hear more of the conversations with Forest Defenders from Garrison's trip to the Atlanta Forest.
First, we discuss all those dead Russian Generals. Then Jing Tsu joins us to discuss her book Kingdom of Characters, about the century-long effort to make Chinese characters interoperable with Western alphabets. Finally, what if RBG had retired? Mike creates a cornucopia of counterfactuals that gets us precisely to where we are today.
The most valuable crypto stories for Thursday, May 5, 2022.
"The Hash" team discusses Binance's $500 million backing to help Elon Musk seal the Twitter deal, Coinbase's NFT marketplace reception and the controversy surrounding veteran magazine journalist Matt Taibbi's new story about PayPal deplatforming alternative media sites.
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This episode has been edited by Michele Musso. Our Executive Producer is Jared Schwartz with additional production support from Eleanor Pahl. Our theme song is “Neon Beach."
In 1859, astronomer Richard Carrington was studying the Sun when he witnessed the most intense geomagnetic storm recorded in history. The storm, triggered by a giant solar flare, sent brilliant auroral displays across the globe causing electrical sparking and fires in telegraph stations.
Short Wave's scientist-in-residence Regina G. Barber talks to solar physicist Dr. Samaiyah Farid about what's now known as the Carrington event and about what may happen the next time a massive solar storm hits Earth.
Twin babies Lenny and Moishe were born via surrogate in Ukraine, just as Russia invaded the country. Their parents live in Chicago and had been anxiously awaiting the arrival of their new sons.
Rescuers exfiltrated the babies, dodging Russian artillery fire and driving through a snowstorm before finally arriving at a Polish hospital, where new father Alex "Sasha" Spektor met the boys for the first time. But a more difficult journey for the family was just beginning.
NPR's Ari Shapiro followed up with Spektor and his partner, Irma Nuñez, as they navigated the complicated bureaucratic process of getting their twins from Poland to the United States.
Sasheer Zamata has kept busy since leaving SNL. She’s starred in Hulu’s hit show Woke and ABC’s Home Economics, and has also produced stand-up comedy specials.
Reset checks in with the comedian as she embarks on a nationwide comedy tour to talk about how her childhood impacted her performance trajectory and what she’d like to say to fans who ask her why she doesn’t do impressions.
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Ravi, Cory, and Rikki start with J.D. Vance’s win in Ohio’s GOP primary, one of the strongest indicators yet of the power of Trump’s endorsement. Then we turn to the Biden administration weighing federal student debt relief, before turning to the troubling trend of comedians under attack: this time, Dave Chappelle. We discuss how China’s lockdowns could threaten the global economy, and why a mental health startup isn’t writing any more Adderall prescriptions. And finally, we touch on a quiet crisis in America: the sad state of mental health among teenagers.
The Nasdaq fell 5%, continuing a rough year for investors. (0:20) Andy Cross discusses: - The short-term pain being felt by all investors, including us - Shopify's 1st-quarter results looking similar to Amazon's - Deliverr, the logistics company Shopify just bought for $2.1 billion - EPAM Systems, the IT services provider that surprised investors with a strong 1st quarter
(17:00) Jim Gillies talks with Ricky Mulvey about MTY Food Group, a Canadian food franchisor small cap with potential.
