The 6 Best Here & Now Anytime Podcast Episodes
1) Red, white and purple: 40 years of Prince's 'Purple Rain'
Author Boyce Upholt's new book "The Great River" tells the story of the river, the Indigenous people who lived alongside the Mississippi and the white settlers who came along to claim it. Then, Here &...Show More
2) Black bluegrass musician Arnold Shultz's forgotten legacy; Preparing for a hurricane
As Hurricane Ian bears down on Florida, residents in several counties are under an evacuation order. Hillsborough County Fire Chief Dennis Jones describes how local residents are preparing for the reg...Show More
3) Black girls left behind by Title IX; Somalia faces food crisis amid war in Ukraine
Tina Sloan Green has dedicated her career to leveling the playing field for girls and women of color and founded the Black Women in Sports Foundation. Sloan Green joins us to discuss how Title IX left...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.4) Plastic is the new coal, report finds; Latina Equal Pay Day
The group Beyond Plastics is out with a new report that says in the next decade, plastic will emit more climate-changing greenhouse gases than coal-fired power plants. Beyond Plastics President Judith...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.5) Pedaling Across The Great Divide; Local Bookstores Struggle To Survive
Nate Hegyi, host of the new podcast "Facing West," pedaled 800 miles on his bike, from Montana through Idaho and Wyoming to Colorado, listening to Americans ahead of the election. He talks about his j...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.6) Oct. 15, 2019: Climate Change Insurance; California's Homeless Crisis
Last year, insurance payouts caused by climate-related events totaled $2.4 trillion worldwide. The Economist reporter Matthieu Favas recently wrote about the issue and joins host Robin Young to discus...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.7) Remembering Jesse Jackson
The Rev. Jesse Jackson had a long career fighting for racial justice, from founding the Rainbow PUSH Coalition to running for president twice. He died on Tuesday at age 84. Bishop William Barber II, w...Show More
8) Cottage cheese, possum, aspic: How to eat like a president
On Presidents’ Day, chef and author Bennett Rea teaches us how to eat like a president, from former President Barack Obama’s crustless coconut pie to former President Richard Nixon’s ham mousse.And, t...Show More
9) The future of marriage
Marriage rates in the U.S. are falling, but relationship coach Allison Raskin doesn’t necessarily see that as a bad thing. She and her husband, John Blakeslee, explain how millennials are approaching ...Show More
10) ‘Operation Metro Surge’ to end in Minnesota
Border czar Tom Homan said the Trump administration's controversial months-long immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota that led to the deaths of two American citizens and widespread outrage across...Show More