The 10 Best Fresh Air Podcast Episodes
1) How Tech Companies Track Your Every Move & Sell Your Data
'Washington Post' tech columnist Geoffrey Fowler talks about how web browsers, phone apps, and smart speakers are tracking users, even when they're asleep. Fowler listened to four years' worth of audi...Show More
aliceko recommended:
Everybody even slightly concerned with data privacy needs to listen to this. Real look into how devices harvest personal information when yo...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) Michael Pollan Explains Caffeine Addiction & Withdrawal
'Omnivore's Dilemma' author Michael Pollan talks about his new audiobook, 'Caffeine: How Coffee and Tea Created the Modern World.' He describes caffeine as the world's most widely-used psychoactive dr...Show More
Michael Pollan Explains Caffeine Addiction & Withdrawal
47:21 | Feb 10th, 2020
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benrempel recommended:
For coffee lovers and the curious, Michael Pollan talks about his new audiobook and his experience giving up caffeine. May sound as pedestr...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.3) Life In A Sex Cult
Faith Jones' grandfather founded the Children of God, also known as The Family. She was taught sex was a service to God and that women and girls should freely "share" their bodies, regardless of wheth...Show More
shann recommended:
Her memoir is definitely on my tbr.
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.4) Isabel Wilkerson On America's Caste System
In 'Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents', the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines the laws and practices that created a bipolar caste system in the U.S. — and how the Nazis borrowed from it.A...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.5) A Daughter's Search To Understand Her Mother's Schizophrenia
Writer Grace M. Cho tells the story of her mother's descent into mental illness, and her own quest to understand her family's past. Cho emigrated to the U.S. as a baby with her Korean mother and Ameri...Show More
mm recommended:
Tear jerker!
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.6) How Roads & Highways Affect Wildlife
Environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb says cars are killing animals, while highways cut off them off from their food sources and migration paths. His new book about road ecology is Crossings.Maureen C...Show More
7) Mark Ronson On The 'Barbie' Soundtrack & Score
Grammy and Oscar-winning music producer Mark Ronson is known for his party hits, pop songs, and soulful arrangements, producing for stars like Amy Winehouse, Lady Gaga, and Adele. His latest project i...Show More
8) Inside The Cyber Weapons Arms Race
The world is on the precipice of cyber catastrophe, and everything is vulnerable, including our government, nuclear weapons, elections, power grid, hospitals, and cell phones. 'New York Times' cyberse...Show More
benrempel recommended:
Nicole Perlroth's new book is deservedly getting a lot of attention and this in-depth and wide-ranging interview makes it clear why. This is...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.9) How Climate Change Threatens Humanity
Bill McKibben, who first warned of climate change 30 years ago, says its effects are now upon us. He talks about heat waves, fires, flooding, drought, and, soon, millions of climate refugees. "The ide...Show More
dianebluegreen recommended:
with bill mckibben
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.10) The Science Of Exercise Recovery / Adam Savage Of 'MythBusters'
From sports drinks to protein powders, compression therapy to cupping, there's a whole industry of products and services designed to help us adapt to and recover from exercise. But does any of it work...Show More
The Science Of Exercise Recovery / Adam Savage Of 'MythBusters'
48:47 | Feb 11th, 2019
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bychrischeung recommended:
Mythbusters dude tells you how to survive a car that's plunged underwater and how he almost died (the lesson saved a viewer's life! ).
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.