Episodes

  • From Cicadas To Crickets, Insects As Cuisine

    From Cicadas To Crickets, Insects As Cuisine
    May 21 2024
    We recently did a show about the cicada double brood emergence. Billions of them are above ground this year. And the conversation... took a bit of a turn... towards whether they can be eaten. (They can.)

    Some of you are certainly thinking you'd never eat a bug. But more than 2 billion people around the world eat insects as part of their standard diet.

    When we had that conversation, our host, Jenn White, would have described her enthusiasm to taste insects as... mild. But a lot changed since our conversation with our guests for the cicada show. Including her willingness to try eating ants and crickets.

    We discuss why so many of us are opposed to eating insects when it's been a staple for cultures for centuries.

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    36 mins
  • 'If You Can Keep It': Election Security In 2024

    'If You Can Keep It': Election Security In 2024
    May 20 2024
    At 1A, when it comes to election coverage, we focus on the stakes, not the chatter.

    And nothing could be more high-stakes than the country's ability to conduct elections safely and with integrity.

    Harassment and the threat of violence are causing a high attrition rate among the nation's election workforces. But there are still folks out there preparing to meet these threats, both physical and virtual.

    We discuss how election workers are being protected.

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    31 mins
  • The News Roundup For May 17, 2024

    The News Roundup For May 17, 2024
    May 17 2024
    President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump agreed on terms this week to face off in two televised debates before the general election this November.

    Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was left "speechless" this week after a coalition of airlines banded together to sue his department over new rules concerning junk fees and making it easier for customers to receive refunds.

    As Russia continues to make gains in its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has canceled all his trips abroad.

    As paramilitary forces surrounded the Sudanese town of El Fasher, civil groups are warning that millions of people trapped in the city could be in danger. Dozens have been killed in fighting last weekend.

    Qatar's prime minister expressed concern over the state of peace talks between Israel and Hamas, saying that they were almost at a standstill.

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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • Best Of: Meg Jay Helps Us Navigate, Understand, And Review Our Twenties

    Best Of: Meg Jay Helps Us Navigate, Understand, And Review Our Twenties
    May 16 2024
    What do you remember about being in your twenties? Maybe it was the best time of your life. Maybe it brought challenges that you had to learn to overcome as you entered adulthood.

    And if you're in your twenties now, life probably looks a lot different for you than it did for your parents.

    Meg Jay is a psychologist and author. In her new book, "The Twentysomething Treatment: A Revolutionary Remedy for an Uncertain Age," she explores the way our twenties set up the rest of our lives, and how the uncertainties that come with entering adulthood affect our brain.

    We sit down with her to talk about growing up, becoming an adult, and how our twenties stay with us all our lives.

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    31 mins
  • In Good Health: How We Live With Chronic Illness

    In Good Health: How We Live With Chronic Illness
    May 15 2024
    Over half of adults in America live with a chronic illness.

    Nearly 1 in 5 people who have heart disease or have had a cardiac arrest also have depression. And for people who have been diagnosed with cancer around 42 percent have experienced depression.

    Today, as part of our series "In Good Health," we talk about the intersection between chronic conditions like heart disease and our mental wellbeing.

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    31 mins
  • Scientific Method: The Cicadas Are Coming

    Scientific Method: The Cicadas Are Coming
    May 14 2024
    What has red eyes, lives underground for years, and screeches all summer long? That would be cicadas. And they're here.

    And more are coming.For the first time in over two hundred years, billions of cicadas are digging their way up from underground in a rare biological occurrence.

    Scientists are calling it a double brood emergence because two cicada broods will be above ground at the same time. Depending on where you live, you might have already seen them flying around or their infamous exoskeletons skins.

    For this installment of Scientific Method, our series where we speak to experts about the latest in the science world, we're talking about cicadas.

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    23 mins
  • 'If You Can Keep It': The Rising Cost Of Running A Campaign

    'If You Can Keep It': The Rising Cost Of Running A Campaign
    May 13 2024
    Maryland is one of three states holding primaries tomorrow. It's also attracting outsized national attention because of the outsized amount of money being spent.

    Maryland's Senate race is the third most expensive nationwide behind California and Texas. That's thanks largely to the self-financed campaign of wealthy Democrat David Trone. He currently serves in the House.

    He's part of a wave of self-funded candidates nationwide. That rise coincides with the ever-surging cost of funding a campaign. Political ad spending in the 2024 election cycle is expected to exceed $16 billion.

    We discuss the cost of campaigns and how they're funded.

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    42 mins
  • Why Birds Are Having A Harder Time Migrating And How We Can Help

    Why Birds Are Having A Harder Time Migrating And How We Can Help
    May 12 2024
    Billions of birds are making their way around the world right now as part of their annual spring migration.

    But climate change, habitat loss, and human infrastructure are making that journey harder for a lot of species.

    That's why conservation and government groups come together twice a year to celebrate World Migratory Bird Day – but maybe they also just want an excuse to talk about our feathered friends.

    Either way, we're happy to oblige.

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    39 mins