Zeynep Tufekci on COVID News; Paul Krugman; Vaccine Obstacles & Solutions; Ask the Mayor; Post COVID 101: Re-Starting Exercise
Coming up on today's show:
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Zeynep Tufekci, associate professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill at the School of Information and Library Science, a contributing opinion writer at The New York Times, contributing writer at The Atlantic, faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University and the author of Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest (Yale University Press, 2017), talks about the latest COVID-19 news, including on breakthrough cases and indoor mask guidance.
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Paul Krugman, Nobel laureate in economics, New York Times columnist, distinguished professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center, and the author of (now in paperback) Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future (W. W. Norton & Company, 2020), talks about inflation concerns and cryptocurrency.
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Despite last week's vaccine expansion and CDC mask guideline updates, there are several more obstacles to overcome before the United States can reach herd immunity. S. Mitra Kalita, co-founder of URL Media and CEO and publisher of Epicenter-NYC, joins to explain how we can overcome them as a society. - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC.
- Heather Moore, physical therapist and member of the U.S. Olympic Committee sports medicine team, joins to talk about how to get back into your workout routine, especially after recovering from COVID.
Transcripts are posted to the individual segment pages as soon as they are available.
