The Octavian 2021 Book List
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Our picks for the books you need to read in 2022, featuring Fareed Zakaria, Dara Horn, BHL, Mario Vargas Llosa, and many others.
November 26, 2021
What Is Going On With COVID Booster Shots?
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We spoke with Dr. Monica Gandhi to find out where all the confusion around boosters is coming from.
September 22, 2021
What to Do About Vaccine Hesitancy
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We spoke with Johns Hopkins professor Tara Kirk Sell about how to combat vaccine hesitancy and why government vaccine mandates could be a mistake.
August 11, 2021
Are We Alone in the Universe? Avi Loeb Wants to Know
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We spoke for this episode with the Harvard astronomer who wants to find out what's out there -- and has launched an amazing new effort, the Galileo Project, to do just that.
July 30, 2021
Why We Have to Adapt to Climate Change
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Leading economist Matthew Kahn tells us why and how we can use incentives, tech, and revolutionary thinking to deal with the hotter future coming our way.
June 23, 2021
Will We Need COVID Booster Shots?
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We spoke with infectious disease expert Dr. Monica Gandhi of UCSF about the eventual need to power up previous vaccinations for COVID.
May 11, 2021
Do COVID Lockdowns Work?
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We asked a leading scholar and co-author of a study of pandemic data how effective lockdowns actually are.
April 26, 2021
How to Fight Vaccine Hesitancy
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As the government pauses Johnson and Johnson doses, we spoke with Johns Hopkins professor Tara Kirk Sell about why vaccines are safe and how to beat vaccine hesitancy.
April 14, 2021
Why Is China Hiding Its Vaccine Trial Data?
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We spoke with the FDD's Emily de La Bruyère about data opacity from Sinovac and Sinopharm and why it's worrying news for the world.
April 5, 2021
Can a Cheap Drug Help Beat COVID?
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We spoke with Sumit Chanda about how a leprosy drug called clofazimine might be a secret weapon in our fight against the pandemic.
March 29, 2021
