Period Drama

Is it possible for the U.S. to reach the goals set by the Paris Agreement? What steps would we have to take to cut emissions by 50% by 2030? We challenge climate researcher Melissa Lott to get us to that number. (11 minutes)

David Kestenbaum desperately wants to set the record straight for everybody about whether aliens regularly visit earth.

Senior Editor David Kestenbaum talks with a different kind of advocacy group: animal scientists doing their best to save a particular species before it winks out of existence. (16 minutes)

Our producer, Diane Wu, spent most of her life thinking she doesn’t have a unique and personal take on The Sound of Music.

When Adele wrote into our show last summer, she described herself as “the worst phlebotomist in the whole hospital.” Producer Diane Wu couldn’t resist calling her up to find out exactly what she meant by that.

Our producer Diane Wu spent most of her life thinking she doesn’t have a unique and personal take on The Sound of Music.