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After the Fact — 223 episodes

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From Lab to Life: What AI Tells Us About 'Long Covid'

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What's Next for America at 250?

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The Butterfly Effect of Apartment Vacancies

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The Next Generation of Lawmakers: Young, Scrappy, and… Bipartisan?

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What Does a Barbie Pig Have to Do With Seabed Mining?

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When the Electric Grid Goes Down, One Campus Stays Powered

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What Happens When You Invest Money in Nature

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Message Received: A Solution for Missed Court Hearings

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How Civil Discourse Can Help the U.S. Find Common Ground

10

How Parental Stress Fuels Doomscrolling

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From Lab to Life: Making Cancer Treatment Less Toxic

12

Do Fewer Homes Mean More Fire Risk?

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What's the Deal With State Budgets This Year?

14

The Treaty That Could Save the Ocean

15

Protecting the Pantanal and Gran Chaco

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In Conversation With Ken Burns: America's Story of Revolution, Liberty, and Democracy

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Gen Z Vibes on Retirement

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America's Most Problematic Drug Is Alcohol

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From Lab to Life: How to Heat-Proof Coral Reefs

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The Case for Manufactured Housing

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From Headlines to Hashtags: How Americans Are Consuming News Today

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Keeping the Lights on in the Age of AI

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Scientists at Work: The Wonder of Blue Whales

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From Lab to Life: We Need to Talk About Fish

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What Philadelphia Can Teach Us About Homeownership

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Are the Kids All Right?

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Why Didn't the Elk Cross the Road?

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Can State Budgets Withstand Natural Disasters?

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From Lab to Life: The Forgotten Organ That Built You

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Turning Surplus Food into Millions of Meals

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How Student Loans Shape Financial Futures

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Living Longer: Our 100-Year Life

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A Conversation With Hank Green

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The Long Journey for Reasonable Opioid Care

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The Pursuit of Homeownership on Tribal Lands

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Untangling Consumer and Medical Debt in the Courts

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Keeping Indigenous Culture on Maryland's Shores

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Looks Can Be Deceiving: Deepfakes

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Meeting Crisis With Care: Transforming Mental Health and Justice

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Scientists at Work: The Secret Life of Manatees

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The Art and Science of Saving Mangroves

42

Share Why You Listen to 'After the Fact'

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From Lab to Life: Why Cancer Resists Treatment

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From Lab to Life: What AI Tells Us About 'Long Covid'

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From Lab to Life: How Indigenous Knowledge Informs Science Today

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From Lab to Life: The Science of Touch

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From Lab to Life: Trust in Science

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Coming Soon: From Lab to Life

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Housing in America: A Foundation in Montana

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Housing in America: A Blueprint in Minneapolis

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Housing in America: Pathways to Homeownership

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Housing in America: Where Is Home?

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Coming Soon: Housing in America

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Bonus Episode: Reflections on Bridging Divides

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Beyond Polarization: Finding a Way Forward

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Beyond Polarization: Talking It Out

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Beyond Polarization: Where Americans Agree

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Beyond Polarization: Where We Are Today

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Coming Soon: Beyond Polarization

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Strengthening Democracy in America: For the People

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Strengthening Democracy in America: Government in Action

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Strengthening Democracy in America: Voice of the People

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Strengthening Democracy in America: Making a Difference

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Coming Soon: Strengthening Democracy in America

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Event Rebroadcast: Reflections on America – Then and Now

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Event Rebroadcast: In Conversation With Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden

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Restoring Community: Celebrating Diversity

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Restoring Community: Building Understanding

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Restoring Community: Embracing Interfaith

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Restoring Community: Valuing Dignity

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Restoring Community: Breaking Bread

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Restoring Community: Showing Up

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Coming Soon: Restoring Community

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Mental Health in America: In Depth with Dr. Rahul Gupta

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Mental Health in America: Building Healthy Communities

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Mental Health in America: The Intersection of Mental Health and Justice

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Mental Health in America: Connecting Physical and Mental Health

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Mental Health in America: Battling Stigma

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Mental Health in America: Where Are We?

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Coming Soon: Mental Health in America

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Ocean, People, Planet: Conservation Across Generations

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Ocean, People, Planet: Cultivating Conservation

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Ocean, People, Planet: A Wildlife Refuge On The Brink

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Ocean, People, Planet: The Impacts of Climate Change

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Ocean, People, Planet: Preventing Ocean Plastic Pollution

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Crisis and Change: Conversations With Leaders— Navigating the Pandemic

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Crisis and Change: Conversations With Leaders—Economic Opportunity in America

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Crisis and Change: Conversations With Leaders—Climate Solutions

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Part II: The State of Our Ocean With Sheila (Siila) Watt-Cloutier

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Part I: The State of Our Ocean With Callum Roberts

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Crisis and Change: Conversations With Leaders—Race and Diversity Today

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Crisis and Change: Conversations With Leaders—Political Polarization

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Coming Soon: Crisis and Change: Conversations With Leaders

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Event Rebroadcast: A Conversation on Race and Research

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The Facts Behind the COVID-19 Delta Variant

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Race and Research: Charita Castro on Increasing Diversity in the Sciences

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Race and Research: Driving Diversity in Economics with Fanta Traore

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Race and Research: In Depth With Dr. Marie Bernard

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Race and Research: What's Next?

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Race and Research: Higher Education and Diversity

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Race and Research: Data and Our Neighborhoods

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Race and Research: The Gaps in Health

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Race and Research: Representation in Data

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Race and Research: America Today

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Coming Soon: Race and Research

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Misinformation and the Coronavirus Vaccines

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The Pandemic's Impact on America's Civil Courts

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States of Innovation: Securing Public Pensions

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States of Innovation: Creating Corridors for Wildlife

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States of Innovation: Expanding Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders

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States of Innovation: Natural Solutions for Natural Disasters

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States of Innovation: Small Loans, Large Cost

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States of Innovation: In Depth With Sue Urahn, Pew's President and CEO

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Coming Soon: States of Innovation

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Conversations on Science: In Depth With Sudip Parikh

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Conversations on Science: In Depth With France Córdova

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Conversations on Science: In Depth With Carlo Rovelli

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Conversations on Science: Science for All

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Conversations on Science: The Science of Policy

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Conversations on Science: In Pursuit of Scientific Discovery

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Conversations on Science: Do Americans Trust Scientists?

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Conversations on Science: What Makes Science, Well, Science?

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Conversations on Science: In Depth With Dr. Fauci

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Coming Soon: Conversations on Science

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Fan Favorite: Scientists at Work—Why Do Mosquitoes Bite You?

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The New American Library

127

The Infodemic

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Scientists at Work: The Big Idea Between a Small Fish and Heart Disease

129

The Broadband Gap—Who's Not Online in America Today?

130

Re-Release: The Future of Learning--What Do We Know About the Brain Today?

131

State Budgets and COVID-19

132

7 Questions on the Daily Impact of the Coronavirus

133

An Update From 'After the Fact': Coronavirus

134

The Loss of Local News—A Good Story

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The Loss of Local News—News Deserts

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The Loss of Local News—The Impact

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Coming Soon: The Loss of Local News

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Scientists at Work: Studying Volcanic Eruptions—When, How Big, and How Fast?

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Ken Burns: 'America's Storyteller' on His Creative Process

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The State of Trust, Facts, and Democracy

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Fan Favorite No. 5—"From Idea to Art: Exploring the Creative Process"

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Fan Favorite No. 4—"Does Your ZIP Code Determine Your Destiny?"

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Faith in America Today

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Scientists at Work: The Wonder of Blue Whales

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The Future of Learning: 'Superagers' and Lifelong Learning

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The Future of Learning: A Career of Learning

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The Future of Learning: The Evolving Classroom

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The Future of Learning: What Do We Know About the Brain Today?

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Coming Soon—'The Future of Learning': A Four-Part Series

150

Student Loans: Who Is Struggling to Pay and Why?

151

Event Rebroadcast: Surgeon General Jerome M. Adams on the Opioid Epidemic

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Scientists at Work: Why Do Mosquitoes Bite You?

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Fan Favorite No. 3—"The State of the American Dream"

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Fan Favorite No. 2—"Save the Sharks"

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Fan Favorite No. 1—"Looks Can Be Deceiving: Deepfakes"

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Coming Soon—Fan Favorites

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Scientists at Work: Exploring Chilean Patagonia's Fjords

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Setting the Records Straight: Your Digital Health

159

The Birthplace of America

160

Scientists at Work: The Art and Science of Saving Mangroves

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Subsidizing the Decline in Ocean Health

162

The American Family: The Not So Golden Years

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The American Family: The Financial Crunch of Families

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The American Family: Postponing Parenthood

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The American Family: Waiting to Say 'I Do'

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Coming Soon—The American Family

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Scientists at Work: Teaching Robots to Think

168

Who Is Generation Z?

169

Water, Water, Not Everywhere

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Scientists at Work: Why Are Giraffes Dying?

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The Grand Canyon National Park Turns 100

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Living Longer: Our 100-Year Life

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Looks Can Be Deceiving: Deepfakes

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The American Dream: Does Your Zip Code Determine Your Destiny?

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The Power (and Peril?) of New Technologies

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Scientists at Work: The Secret Life of Manatees

177

What Religious Type Are You?

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From Idea to Art: Exploring the Creative Process

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Midterm Outlook: What's on the Minds of Voters?

180

A World in Motion: Global Demographics Explained—Part 2

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A World in Motion: Global Demographics Explained-Part 1

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Dave Ramsey Talks American Debt

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Scientists at Work: Craig Mello on the Mysteries of Genetic Code

184

The Future of Fish and Chips

185

Scientists at Work: Ira Flatow Talks Science

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The Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance

187

Event Rebroadcast: U.S. Senator Susan Collins on Addressing Rising Drug Prices

188

Save the Sharks

189

What Is the Blue Economy?

190

Our Flag Is Still There: A Visit to the Star-Spangled Banner

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Event Rebroadcast: The Southern Ocean—Where Sport, Diplomacy, and Marine Protected Areas Meet

192

Scientists at Work: 'The Jane Goodall of Penguins'

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Event Rebroadcast: How Today's Generations are Changing the World

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Dental Care Gaps in America

195

Finding Facts

196

Serve the Country, Save the Parks

197

The Value of Non-partisanship

198

Event Rebroadcast: A Conversation With Governor Bill Haslam

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Rising Spirituality in America

200

The Millennials Aren't Kids Anymore

201

What's Happening in the States

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The Next Generation

203

Event Rebroadcast: Deep Seabed Mining and the Environment

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Technology Today and Tomorrow

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Poverty and Connecting to Opportunity in Philadelphia

206

Impacts of Illegal Fishing

207

Antibiotic Resistance: When Drugs Don't Work Anymore

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Bonus: Responding to the Opioid Crisis

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Treating the Opioid Epidemic

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Event Rebroadcast: The New Age of Invention

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From TV to Twitter: How Americans Get News Now

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Reform in the Most Incarcerated State

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Event Rebroadcast: A Tale of Two Floods

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The Financial Toll of Flooding—Part 2

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The Financial Toll of Flooding—Part 1

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Event Rebroadcast: Can Technology Save the Earth?

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Our Blue Planet–Protecting the Ocean

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Inventing the Future

219

America's National Parks: Upkeep Required

220

Public Attitudes on Childhood Vaccines

221

Less Incarceration, Less Crime

222

The State of the American Dream

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