What Do Intranasal Vaccines Mean for COVID?
March 15, 2021
We spoke with Frances Lund, a microbiologist leading the charge to develop a new vaccine with revolutionary implications for the fight against COVID.
listen to this podcast How Andrew Cuomo Mishandled COVID
March 2, 2021
We spoke with Dr. Joel Zinberg about how the governor's policies on COVID have been a disaster for New York's most vulnerable groups.
listen to this podcastHow to Read the WHO Report on China and COVID
February 23, 2021
The Biden administration has "deep concerns" about the WHO report. We spoke with FDD's Emily de La Bruyère to find out if we should too.
listen to this podcastHow Monoclonals Can Help Beat COVID
February 15, 2021
UNC's Dr. Myron Cohen helped develop a revolutionary treatment regime for HIV. Now he's fighting COVID with monoclonals.
listen to this podcastWhy the UK Vaccine Rollout Is Succeeding
February 10, 2021
We spoke with a leading respiratory disease expert, Dr. Jeremy Brown of UCL, to get a better grasp of what the UK is doing right in this stage of the pandemic.
listen to this podcastWhat Is COVID Doing to Our Brains?
February 5, 2021
One aspect of COVID that has frightening implications is its effect on mental health. From early on in the pandemic, doctors noticed that COVID patients seemed in some cases to be suffering from neuropsychiatric disorders, some of which persisted long after other symptoms had vanished. For this episode, we spoke with Dr. Jonathan Rogers, a practicing psychiatrist, a prize-winning researcher in the University College London Division of Psychiatry specializing in neuropsychiatric disorders, and first author of a study examining the...
listen to this podcastWill the Biden COVID Plan Work?
January 26, 2021
We spoke with public health expert Polly Price of Emory University School of Law about the strengths and weaknesses of the Biden COVID plan.
listen to this podcastCan Donald Trump pardon himself?
January 18, 2021
Can Donald Trump pardon himself? Brian Kalt, a law professor at Michigan State, may have the answer to this bizarre question.
listen to this podcastRoya Hakakian on A Beginner’s Guide to America
December 24, 2020
The author of A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO AMERICA talks about history, identity, and place and what they mean to her and in our current cultural moment.
listen to this podcastWhy Don’t Kids Get COVID Like Adults?
December 17, 2020We spoke with Columbia University immunologist Donna Farber -- the author of a recent, major study examining this issue -- to answer that question.
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