Medical tourism is not just for face lifts anymore. American insurance companies are starting to save money by sending patients overseas. How will this impact U.S. healthcare? Join guest host David Cruz with the CEO of a hospital in Bangkok that treats 60,000 Americans a year. Also, illegal immigrants and the Newark shooting, two guerilla gardeners tell you how to turn an abandoned lot into a community garden and what is your secret i-pod shame?
Violence, Immigration and Newark
Jose Carranza, the suspected group leader in last weeks triple murder in Newark, had previously been arrested for sexual assault and abuse. On the Saturday of the shooting he was out on bail, WNYC's Bob Hennelly, examines Carranza's rap sheet and why his immigration status did not raise any red ...
Dangerous Playthings
Mattel has recalled 9 million toys made in China because they contain lead or small magnets that kids can swallow. It's the toy company's second recall in as many weeks. Consumer Reports Senior Director for Product Safety Donald Mays explains what's behind the Chinese import safety crisis and how you ...
Flower Power
In David Tracey’s new book, Guerrilla Gardening: A Manualfesto (New Society Publishers, April 2007), he gives us a history of and how-to for turning abandoned lots into community gardens. He’s joined by one of New York’s original garden “guerrillas” Donald Loggins, a founding member of the Liz Christy Community Garden. ...
Hospitals Without Borders
Would you travel to Thailand to have surgery? And not just plastic surgery, but open heart surgery? Or cancer treatment? For an increasing number of Americans, that answer is yes. Curtis Schroeder, group CEO of Bumrungrad International, the largest private hospital in Southeast Asia, talks about how his ...
Your Secret iPod Shame Revealed!
Leave a comment about the songs you’re most embarrassed about having on your mp3 player. Don’t worry, you can use an alias. And you'll probably be defended on-air by New York Times pop music critic Kelefa Sanneh, who says there's no such thing as a musical shame.
What Song Represents Your iPod Shame?
Kelefa Sanneh after discussing how iPods keep us honest and that there is no such thing as a musical ...