RFK Jr. and New Vaccines; How EPA Cuts Are Affecting NYC; 100 Years: Commercial Aviation; Dumbing Down Your Smartphone

• Last week, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the Food and Drug Administration would require all new vaccines to be tested against placebos and to develop new vaccines without using mRNA technology. Christina Jewett, reporter covering Food and Drug Administration for The New York Times, explains what that will mean for future drugs, including COVID-19 booster shots, plus more FDA-related news headlines.
  
  
• Mariana Simões, investigative journalist covering climate and the environment for City Limits, shares her reporting on how cuts to staff working on environmental justice issued within the Environmental Protection Agency are affecting community groups in New York City.
  
  
• As our centennial series continues, Bob van der Linden, commercial aviation curator at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, looks at the past 100 years of civilian air travel.
  
  
• Listeners call in to share their stories of weaning themselves their cell phones, from setting limits to abandoning them completely.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.