Fighting Coronavirus, from American Innovations
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Fighting Coronavirus, from American Innovations
When public health is threatened on a mass scale, we have a long history of working together to take on the challenge. As the host of Wondery’s American Innovations, Steven Johnson has told the stories of some of the most crucial breakthroughs in health, medicine, and technology. He’s also the autho...
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Larry Brilliant on Why We Need a Global Covid Response
There are few people who have thought more about pandemics than epidemiologist Larry Brilliant. He worked with the World Health Organization to eradic...
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Vaccines (But Were Afraid to Ask)
The coronavirus has put our lives on pause, but it’s kicked the science behind vaccines into hyperdrive. Science writer Carl Zimmer walks Steven throu...
Back to School
Back-to-school season is here, but students across the country aren’t going anywhere. Anya Kamenetz, NPR’s education correspondent, returns to the sho...
How We Can Still Win
When National Geographic science editor Nsikan Akpan began researching his latest article on the coronavirus, he asked every scientist he talked to th...
Inside the NBA Bubble
Back in March, the NBA pressed pause on its 2019-20 season. Now, the league wants to pick up where it left off – but with Covid-19 rates on the rise,...
Forest Fires, Memes, & Covid-19
Forest fires. Ant colonies. Internet memes.
On the surface, they have nothing in common. But, according to network scientist Samuel Scarpino, th...
Can We Ditch the Office Forever?
Most CEOs hated the idea of employees working from home. But when the coronavirus hit, they didn’t have a choice. They sent their white-collar workers...
Why Covid-19 Disproportionately Kills Black Americans
There’s a saying in public health circles: “When white America sneezes, black America gets pneumonia.” When the coronavirus hit, health care experts k...
Can Your Smartwatch Detect Covid-19?
These days, watches don’t just tell time. Smartwatches like Apple Watch and Fitbit measure your heart rate, count your steps, and track your sleep sch...
Stopping the Spread of Bad Information
According to the World Health Organization, we’re not just in the midst of a pandemic. We’re living through an “infodemic,” where misinformation is mo...
Will We Remember 2020 A Century From Now?
While the U.S. has countless WWI memorials, it has almost none dedicated to the 1918 flu pandemic. But the pandemic claimed six times as many American...
We’re More United Than You Think
Communication and cooperation across our society are as important as they’ve ever been. This week, Steven talks with Andy Slavitt, the former Medicare...
Is Social Distancing Enough?
If we really want to reopen our economy, we need to do more than just flatten the curve. In the words of Dr. Jim Kim, the former president of the Worl...
Makers Take Us Back To The Future
When health care workers began running out of protective equipment, makers around the world powered up their 3D printers and got to work. This week, S...
Taking Care Of Our Kids
Let’s face it: we’re worried about our kids. How can we protect their mental health? Should the normal rules around screen time still apply? What will...
Can Data Save Our Lives?
Where are new cases being detected? How many beds are available in local hospitals? What’s the growth rate of ICU admissions? These are some of the mo...
When Will The Lockdown End?
Reading the forecast models that track and predict the spread of the coronavirus can feel like a glimpse into the future. And epidemiologists – the sc...
Protecting City Life After Covid-19
Civilization needs cities. The population density of cities has always been key to driving new ideas, new collaborations, and new social movements. Bu...
Prospects for a Vaccine
How can we speed up vaccine development for COVID-19? Steven Johnson speaks with Dr. Bruce Gellin, President of Global Immunization at the Sabin Vacci...
Introducing Fighting Coronavirus
When public health is threatened on a mass scale, we have a long history of working together to take on the challenge. As the host of Wondery’s Americ...