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#1664: How Russians culled the whale population during the 20th century
Science, politics and the natural world all collide in the writing of Ryan Tucker Jones. “Red Leviathan: The Secret History of Soviet Whaling,” his...
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#1663: Is the teaching profession in peril?
The past few years have resulted in seismic disruptions of society, from economic and political schisms to changes in interpersonal relationships. Teaching has changed,...
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#1662: This program helps women re-enter the workforce after prison
Almost two million people are incarcerated in United States’ prisons and jails, according to a March report by the Prison Policy Initiative. And while...
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#1661: American teens threatened by 'The Inner Pandemic'
Matt Richtel is an author and reporter at The New York Times, who’s been pretty busy of late. “The Inner Pandemic,” an examination of...
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#1660: Mass timber buildings could be a part of the climate solution | The Best of Our Knowledge
Jason Korb, the principal architect and namesake of Korb + Associates Architects, makes an interesting distinction about mass timber buildings, structures that largely eschew...
#1658: Professors and free speech | The Best of Our Knowledge
From the consternation over books in public school libraries — which will be the focus of next week’s episode of The Best of Our...