Audrey Quinn

Audrey Quinn appears in the following:

With an Opioid Overdose Drug Now Virtually Free, Will New Yorkers Take Advantage?

Thursday, August 10, 2017

In Staten Island, the borough hardest hit by the opioid epidemic, about half of the pharmacies WNYC visited had naloxone in stock. Those that did said demand was small to nonexistent. 

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The Brooklyn Museum Wants You to Put Its Staff in Your Pocket

Wednesday, June 29, 2016

The institution has a different kind of museum app, one that offers on-demand conversations about whatever catches your eye while strolling through the galleries.

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Why Work From Home Scams Persist

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

On the Internet your bound to see ads that read: earn thousands of dollars a week working from home. Click on one of them and you enter a world that has ensnared people in money-losing ventures.

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Experts Consider Economics To Speed Up Ambulance Response Times

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

The Planet Money team takes a look at how ambulances use principles of economics to get to patients fast.

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Hoverboard Fires Linked To New Manufacturing Process In China

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

The hot gift this Christmas season is a hoverboard — those two wheeled electronic scooters. But they have been catching fire. The boards and the danger result from a new kind of manufacturing process on the rise in China.

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Commercial Space Industry Would Benefit From Space Act, Critics Say

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Lawmakers in the House passed the Space Act, which says U.S. companies can harvest, own and trade resources from space. Two companies have put millions of dollars into the vision of mining asteroids.

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The Hoverboard Mystery: Where Did The Holidays' Hot Product Come From?

Thursday, December 03, 2015

This holiday season, one item has been gathering popularity: Called "hoverboards," they're two-wheeled scooters that look like Segways with no handles.

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Planet Money: AC Power Versus DC Power Grid

Wednesday, December 02, 2015

The nation's power grid pulses with a certain type of electricity: AC power. But our "Planet Money" team explains why some people are trying to revive the DC power grid.

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2015 Creative Resolutions: Rediscovering Your First Love

Thursday, September 17, 2015

This year, we’ve been following a special-effects designer as he ditches the computer and goes back to the brush.

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Price Check! Buying and Selling Bitcoins at Whole Foods

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Every Monday night, a Manhattan Whole Foods fills with a unique breed of "buy-local" enthusiasts. They're not there for the Brooklyn-made pickles or the Westchester apples. They com...

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