Alix Spiegel

The career of the New York governor helps explain how someone so powerful and popular could find himself alone so fast.

In the second part of our look at the issues the current administration is facing, we examine the president’s response to the growing number of minors at the border.

The best stories and tips to feel better about and accept yourself, flaws and all

The approval of two covid-19 vaccines for use in the United States was a much-needed flicker of hope in recent weeks, although that wave of relief has since been dampened by a slow and stumbling rollout, with inoculation appointments scarce in many states as the pandemic continues to ravage the nati…

The inauguration of Joe Biden shattered the fundamentals of the baseless QAnon theory. What happens to its followers now?

Despite the darkness of the past year, this is a triumphant moment for science, and these shows spotlight the humanity behind it.

As struggles over voting rights loom across the United States, Georgia’s first Black senator shares his vision for the future.

Republicans have typically done well in runoff elections in the state. Will President Trump’s attacks on the electoral system change that?

The best podcasts to ring in 2021 help you with every New Year’s resolution, from weight loss, fitness, self-care, mental health, cooking, to money.

The election anxieties of Americans across the political spectrum are visible in an alarming place: gun sales figures.

Our guest on ST is Harold McGee, who writes about the science of food and cooking. His earlier books include “On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of

Steven Canals, producer of TV show Pose, has announced his new limited series in development. The series is called, 81 Words.

If you’re a curious person, keen to understand exactly how the world around, inside, and beyond us works, you should try a science podcast.

Optimism is often thought as a disposition, something you’re born with or without. So can it be learned? On today’s show, Maddie talks with Alix Spiegel, co-host of NPR’s Invisibilia, about “learned optimism.” We’ll look at what it is, the research behind it, and how it might come in handy in certai…

The strange story of an unlikely crew of people who band together to take on one of our largest problems using nothing but whale sounds, machine learning, and a willingness to think outside the box. Even stranger, several of the world’s most accomplished scientists seem to think they might have a go…

What if you had a superpower that allowed you to see part of the world that was to come? At the age of 60, a Scottish woman named Joy Milne discovers she has a biological gift that allows her to see things that will happen in the future that no one else can see. A look at how we think about the futu…

What the origins of “Save the Whales” can teach us about capturing the public’s attention.

For most of her life, Joy Milne had a superpower that she was totally oblivious to. She simply had no idea she possessed an utterly amazing, slightly

Welcome to what is possibly the most tense and uncomfortable summer program in America! The Boston-based program aims to teach the next generation the real truth about race, and may provide some ideas for the rest of us about the right way to confront someone to their face. | To learn more about thi…

Machine learning could help humans decipher animal communication