Rates of depression and anxiety have risen among teens over the last decade. Amid this ongoing mental health crisis, the American Psychological Association issued guidelines for parents to increase protection for teens online. In this encore episode, NPR science correspondent Michaeleen Doucleff looks into the data on how that change has impacted the mental health of teenagers. In her reporting, she found that the seismic shift of smartphones and social media has re-defined how teens socialize, communicate and even sleep. In 2009, about half of teens said they were using social media daily, reported psychologist Jean Twenge. And by 2022, 95% of teens said they used some social media, and about a third said they use it constantly.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Project 2025 Isn’t Dead, It’s Born Again
The Trump campaign washed its hands of Project 2025. A second Trump term would almost certainly be guided by it.
Guest: Sam Adler-Bell, host of the Know Your Enemy podcast.
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Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme and Rob Gunther.
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The Daily Signal - Kamala Harris’ ‘Reproductive Freedom Week of Action’ is a ‘Lie,’ Pro-Life Activist Says
Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, dubbed last week the "Fight for Reproductive Freedom Week of Action."
Democrats say abortion empowers women, but research shows that most women would have chosen life if they had more emotional and material support, Emily Erin Davis, vice president of communications for Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, told The Daily Signal.
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Opening Arguments - Suing the CIA Over MKUltra
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We’re giving ourselves a break this week from Trump, the Supreme Court, and all things 2024 to indulge in one of Matt’s all-time favorite subjects: CIA mind control experiments! In this extra-carefully-researched episode, Matt breaks down the history of the federal government’s MKULTRA program to fund research in brainwashing, mind control, and LSD on unsuspecting U.S. and (for some reason) Canadian citizens, as well as the inherent legal issues in trying to sue the CIA for something you can’t remember and for which most evidence has been destroyed. Why was the CIA funding a sadistic mad scientist in Montreal, and is there any hope of justice for the families of his victims today?
BOOKS
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Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control , Stephen Kinzer (2019)
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The Search for the Manchurian Candidate: the CIA and Mind Control, John Marks (1979)(link goes to full text on CIA website)
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The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government: David Talbot (2016)
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CHAOS: The Truth Behind the Manson Murders, Tom O’Neill (2020)
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
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“PROJECT MKULTRA, the CIA’s Program of Research in Behavioral Modification,” (transcript of joint Senate hearing)(8/3/1977)
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Judgment dismissing former Deputy U.S. Marshall Wayne Ritchie’s claims against the CIA in Ritchie v. U.S. (N.D. CA 2005)
ARTICLES
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ANATOMY OF A PUBLIC INTEREST CASE AGAINST THE CIA, Joseph Rauh and Jim Turner, Hamline Journal of Law and Public Policy (Fall 1990)
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MK-ULTRA: Quebec high court says U.S. has immunity in Canada | Montreal Gazette (10/3/23)
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CIA Denies Conspiracy Theory That It Used MKUltra on Trump Shooter, Gizmodo.com (7/28/24)
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“After Learning of Whitey Bulger LSD Tests, Juror Has Regrets,” PBS (2/18/2020)
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“Before He Was the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski was a CIA Mind Control Test Subject,” Washington Post (6/11/2023)
PODCASTS & DOCUMENTARIES
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Brainwashed, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (2024)
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Madness, WBUR (2020)
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The Sleep Room: CIA-funded experiments on patients in Montreal hospital (1998) - The Fifth Estate (CBC)
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Wormwood, Errol Morris, Netflix (2017)
It Could Happen Here - Mosquitoes!
James and Shereen discuss the most deadly animal on earth, ways to avoid being eaten alive, and efforts at mosquito eradication
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By founding Google, tech titan Sergey Brin helped shape the internet. He also got very, very rich, as his company Alphabet became one of the biggest in the world. BBC business editor Simon Jack and journalist Zing Tsjeng tell the story of the billionaire who partied on planes after escaping prejudice in Russia. Sergey Brin and his best friend Larry Page became two of history’s biggest tech giants by building the planet’s most popular search engine. How did their technology startup become one of the world's biggest companies? Simon and Zing find out, before deciding if they think he’s good, bad, or just another billionaire.
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The Economics of Everyday Things - 58. Firefighters
There are more firefighters than ever — and fewer fires for them to fight. So the job has changed. Zachary Crockett slides down the pole.
- SOURCES:
- Joshua Hurwitz, lecturer in economics at Tufts University.
- Eric Mackintosh, administrative battalion fire chief for San Mateo Consolidated Fire Department.
- Steve Pegram, retired fire chief and township administrator in Ohio.
- RESOURCES:
- "The Dire Shortage of Volunteer Firefighters in the US," by Sam Becker (BBC, 2024).
- San Mateo Consolidated Fire Department 2023 Annual Report (2024).
- "Essays on the Economics of U.S. Firefighting," by Joshua Hurwitz (Harvard University doctoral dissertation, 2021).
- "Over Last 20 Years, Annual Fires in the US Declined by About 50% While Career Firefighters Increased More Than 50%?" by Mark J. Perry (AEIdeas, 2015).
- EXTRAS:
- "Getting Old, Adventurously," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2024).
Consider This from NPR - A proposal to tax the rich is gaining traction. But is it feasible?
Over the last decade, calls to tax the rich have grown louder around the world — but the needle hasn't exactly moved.
Now, the Brazilian government has a new proposal: a 2 percent global wealth tax on the uber-rich. It would impact the 3,000 wealthiest people around the world.
Economists say this 2 percent hike would unlock an extra $250 billion per year. That money could go toward addressing a number of issues, like climate change and global poverty.
G20 nations would have to agree on this proposal before it goes anywhere — and so far, that's not happening. France, Spain, South Africa and several other nations have voiced support, but the U.S. and Germany aren't on board.
Is a global wealth tax a feasible solution?
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Now, the Brazilian government has a new proposal: a 2 percent global wealth tax on the uber-rich. It would impact the 3,000 wealthiest people around the world.
Economists say this 2 percent hike would unlock an extra $250 billion per year. That money could go toward addressing a number of issues, like climate change and global poverty.
G20 nations would have to agree on this proposal before it goes anywhere — and so far, that's not happening. France, Spain, South Africa and several other nations have voiced support, but the U.S. and Germany aren't on board.
Is a global wealth tax a feasible solution?
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Consider This from NPR - A proposal to tax the rich is gaining traction. But is it feasible?
Over the last decade, calls to tax the rich have grown louder around the world — but the needle hasn't exactly moved.
Now, the Brazilian government has a new proposal: a 2 percent global wealth tax on the uber-rich. It would impact the 3,000 wealthiest people around the world.
Economists say this 2 percent hike would unlock an extra $250 billion per year. That money could go toward addressing a number of issues, like climate change and global poverty.
G20 nations would have to agree on this proposal before it goes anywhere — and so far, that's not happening. France, Spain, South Africa and several other nations have voiced support, but the U.S. and Germany aren't on board.
Is a global wealth tax a feasible solution?
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Now, the Brazilian government has a new proposal: a 2 percent global wealth tax on the uber-rich. It would impact the 3,000 wealthiest people around the world.
Economists say this 2 percent hike would unlock an extra $250 billion per year. That money could go toward addressing a number of issues, like climate change and global poverty.
G20 nations would have to agree on this proposal before it goes anywhere — and so far, that's not happening. France, Spain, South Africa and several other nations have voiced support, but the U.S. and Germany aren't on board.
Is a global wealth tax a feasible solution?
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Audio Poem of the Day - The Ripples Are Ongoing Acts
By Adam Wolfond