Somehow, it's only been less than two months since the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade with their decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. But A LOT has happened since then. To further examine the fall-out, we assembled a stellar crew to help us get the lay of the post-Roe land: journalist Rebecca Traister, health law expert Michele Goodwin, and U.S. Congressman Mondaire Jones.
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Grab your towels and flip flops, because we're heading to the beach. Whether you love playing in the sand, or dread getting it off your feet, building a sandcastle is an often underappreciated art form. In today's encore episode, Emily Kwong asks, scientifically, what is the best way to make a sandcastle? What's the right mix of water and sand to create grand staircases and towers?
Sedimentologist Matthew Bennett shares his research and insights.
In Belinda Huijuan Tang's debut novel, A Map For the Missing, readers can find parallels between Tang's personal history and her fiction. The book touches on family mystery, personal identity and connections between the end of China's Cultural Revolution in the 1970s up through the1990s. While talking with NPR's Ari Shapiro, Tang shares why she chose this moment in Chinese history for her novel.
James and Shereen are joined by Vicente Calderón @tijuanapress to discuss the narcobloqueos in Baja California and across Mexico and the broader context of the recent violence.
Before her current job as an NFL analyst for ESPN, Mina Kimes broke into journalism on Wall Street. Host of the popular football podcast "The Mina Kimes Show featuring Lenny", she shares: - her move from Bloomberg to ESPN - insights on the business of the NFL - the NFL entering the streaming video wars - the stories she's watching this season - stats that fantasy football owners might want to keep an eye on
You can find "The Mina Kimes Show featuring Lenny" on your favorite podcast app.
Host: Chris Hill Guest: Mina Kimes Engineer: Dan Boyd
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“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore, aka NLW, with today’s editing by Eleanor Pahl and research by Scott Hill. Jared Schwartz is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. Music behind our sponsors today is “The Now” by Aaron Sprinkle and “The Life We Had” by Moments. Image credit: Doug van Kampen, van Kampen Photography/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.
Believe it or not, Season 6 has come to a close, and tomorrow, we are kicking off yet another Season of the Code Story podcast. With 6 seasons under our belt, we've nailed down the formula for surfacing the best, human stories, from the builders themselves... like Ian Small, CEO of Evernote, and Waseem Daher, CEO of Pilot.
Tune in for this Season's kickoff episode, this Tuesday, August 23rd. And, as always, thank you for listening.
The quest to conquer space had many problems and many unknowns. Simple, basic things on Earth can be quite difficult in the zero gravity conditions of outer space.
One of the earliest spaceflights found this out and learned the hard way why they have special foods for use in space.
Learn more about Gemini 3 and the world’s most controversial corned beef sandwich on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
