Looking Back On Steel City
In Pittsburgh, PA stands a tall tower: a black monolith and symbol of old industrial power. It once headquartered United States Steel; now, it's home to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. And...
View ArticleOut of the Ashes of Steel, Health Care
In part one of our hour on the rust belt economy with history Gabriel Winant, author of the new book The Next Shift: The Fall of Industry and the Rise of Health Care in Rust Belt America, we heard so...
View ArticleThe Workplace Vaccine Mandate Debate
As more workplaces announces strategies to reopen their offices, employees are having a wide range of reactions. Robert Iafolla, reporter covering labor and employment for Bloomberg Law, joins to...
View ArticleThe Essential Workers' Radio Parade
The city is hosting a "hometown heroes" ticker tape parade in Lower Manhattan honoring essential workers. Listeners call in to honor essential workers in their lives. WNYC reporter Karen Yi and...
View ArticleAfghanistan's Healthcare System is on the Verge of Collapse
Public health experts and aid groups are warning that there could be an imminent collapse of the health care system in Afghanistan if things don’t change soon. One of the main things influencing this...
View ArticlePrimate Parasites, Spider Mating Songs, Spotted Lanternfly. Oct 1, 2021, Part 1
Healthcare Is Hard Enough to Get. If You’re A Trans Youth, It’s Even HarderHealthcare can be difficult to access for anyone—that’s been made clear during the COVID-19 pandemic. But for transgender...
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Aging While Queer
October is LGBTQ+ History month. For some of the members of the LGBTQ+ community, that history is not just an academic exploration to be researched in books but a lifetime of memories of years of...
View ArticleAging While Queer: Affirming Housing for LGBTQ-SGL Elders
Dr. Imani Woody is about to break ground on a project long in the making. After Dr. Woody’s father fell ill, her family moved him into what they thought was a “good” home but they quickly discovered...
View ArticleHospital Staffing Shortage Meets Weird Marketplace For Nurses
Nurses are leaving the profession in droves, driven by extremely difficult pandemic-related working conditions. We invited nurses to call in and talk about the state of their profession.On Today's...
View ArticleHealth of Hospitals; Helping Bronx Fire Victims; Parents & COVID Vaccines; 51...
On today's show:Craig Spencer, New York City emergency medicine physician and director of global health in emergency medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, describes the landscape of...
View ArticleSuccessful HIV Treatment, Improving Health Equity, Fusion Energy Record. Feb...
Third Person Cured From HIV, Thanks To Umbilical Cord Stem CellsThe third person ever, and the first woman, has been cured of the HIV virus, thanks to a stem cell transplant using umbilical cord blood....
View ArticleDandelion Sensors, GoFundMe Healthcare Shortcomings, Where Did Mars’ Water...
Flower Power: Floating Sensors Inspired By DandelionsDandelions’ white puff balls are irresistible—kids delight in blowing on them until the seeds break free, floating away. But, dandelion seeds’...
View ArticleThe Long Road to Long Covid Healthcare
According to some estimates, millions of people in the U.S. could still be suffering from long Covid related symptoms, including brain fog, extreme exhaustion, and irregular heartbeat. But despite the...
View ArticleMedical Gaslighting And Why It's A Problem
Medical gaslighting is when people feel that their symptoms are dismissed or not treated appropriately by health care providers. Women and people of color are more likely to experience medical...
View ArticleThankless
To help her sick mother, Abigail needs to ask for help from her brother, a conspiracy-peddling radio host. Written by Louis Kornfeld Performed by Monica Wyche, PJ Sosko, Jamie Newell, Max Brand, Louis...
View ArticleThankless
To help her sick mother, Abigail needs to ask for help from her brother, a conspiracy-peddling radio host. Written by Louis Kornfeld Performed by Monica Wyche, PJ Sosko, Jamie Newell, Max Brand, Louis...
View ArticleAbortion Before Roe Shows Us What It Could Mean If It's Struck Down
We can't go back to before Roe v. Wade. The country is too different. So where are we going?On Today's Show:We present a national evening special call-in show that Brian hosted a few weeks ago, with...
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