The Car Alarm Hack, America’s Foreign-Student Business and a Parkinson’s Breakthrough | TMI Ep 431

A device hidden inside millions of vehicles may expose drivers to a threat most owners do not even know exists. Meanwhile, scientists are testing a Parkinson’s treatment built around an idea that sounds completely backward.On today’s TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila Chan:A dealership-installed device buried inside millions of cars has raised serious cybersecurity questions. Many drivers may not know it is there—and what researchers discovered it could do is enough to make anyone check beneath the dashboard.A new experimental treatment for Parkinson’s and other neurological diseases is challenging one of medicine’s most basic assumptions. The science sounds dangerous, counterintuitive and possibly groundbreaking—but there is a very large catch.American universities say restrictions on international students could damage research and competitiveness. But behind those warnings is a multibillion-dollar financial system, a battle over limited college seats and a global talent drain that rarely gets discussed.And when decades of scientific research suddenly lose federal support, apparently the next logical step is OnlyFans. A group of Colorado researchers has found an unusually modern way to keep its work alive—and the marmots are now part of the marketing department.Smart analysis. Bigger questions. Stories that matter.New episodes weekdays at 10:00 a.m. ET.