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#9: America’s Chernobyl (2 of 2)
Hanford is the most-polluted place in America. On our last episode, you heard about the nuclear plant’s largely-forgotten history–how it poisoned the people living downwind. On our season finale: a […]
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#8: America’s Chernobyl (1 of 2)
Richland, Washington is a company town that sprang up almost overnight in the desert of South Eastern Washington. Its employer is the federal government, and its product is plutonium. The […]
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Secondary Symptoms #8: “Return to Normalcy”
The phrase “return to normalcy” has been thrown around a lot lately. It’s actually a phrase that was popularized in 1920, in the wake of the WW1 and the Spanish […]
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The Heroin Clinic (Rebroadcast)
At Crosstown Clinic, doctors are turning addiction treatment on its head: they’re prescribing heroin-users the very drug they’re addicted to. This is the story of one clinic’s quest to remove […]
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Secondary Symptoms #7: Medical Imaginaries
Our whirlwind tour of the pharmaceutical industry ends this week. We’ve shown you the dysfunction, now we look for a better way. For some reason, the political vision is so […]
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#7: The Poison Paradigm
On a daily basis, we are exposed to thousands of toxic chemicals. This is no accident; it is by design. They are everywhere – coating our consumer products, in our […]
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Secondary Symptoms #6: Pandemic Fat Cats
There’s another coronavirus. This one, causing horrific swelling in cats, even killing them. Gilead Pharmacueticals might have a drug that can cure this feline coronavirus. Yet, they’re not sharing that […]
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#6: The Tamiflu Trials
Medical experts are rushing to see which drugs might help treat COVID-19. There are dozens of candidates: Remdesivir, Hydroxycloroquin, Actemra, Kevzara, Favipiravir, the list goes on. They better pick the […]
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What are Canadian Police (Still) Trying to Hide? (Rebroadcast with Update)
In the wake of George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis, millions of protesters around the world have marched against racism and police violence. In Canada, we know that Indigenous and Black […]
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Secondary Symptoms #5: I Can’t Breathe
The brutal public lynching of George Floyd has sparked a rebellion against police violence and systematic racism. The mostly peaceful protests are courageously rising up, while the police respond with […]

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- Adam Smith's Pencils: Economics & Markets
- Al Gore is Super Cereal: Environment & Climate
- Bill Nye's Bow Tie: the Politics of Science
- Buzz Lightyear's Laser: The Politics of Culture, Sports, and Society
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- Dr. Strangelove's Doomsday Machine: Foreign Affairs
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- Greenwald's Endless Enemies List: Media Policy & Critique
- Kermit's Tears: Rightwing Politics
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- Le Bon's Nightmare: Activism and Social Movements
- Licking Elon's Boot: The Politics of Technology
- Not a Safe Space: The Politics of Academia
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- Socrates' Hemlock Smoothie: Philosophy & Political Theory
- The Chattering Class: Contemporary Politics & Policy