- Aug 2, 2021 8:00 pm
- 14:18
Most of us know nitrous oxide—or laughing gas—from the dentist’s office. But it’s also been shown effective in treating depression. Peter Nagele, a professor of anesthesia at the University of Chicago, explains why it works so effectively.
Attack on Capitol Police
A riot? An insurrection? A disorderly mob of protesters? There’s still disagreement in the halls of Congress about how to describe what happened at the US Capitol on January 6th. But many of the police officers who were there that day say it was more violent than most people realize. Washington Post reporter Peter Hermann talked to many officers involved in the attack about their experiences from that day—and the injuries they continue to cope with. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP)
A riot? An insurrection? A disorderly mob of protesters? There’s still disagreement in the halls of Congress about how to describe what happened at the US Capitol on January 6th. But many of the police officers who were there that day say it was more violent than most people realize. Washington Post reporter Peter Hermann talked to many officers involved in the attack about their experiences from that day—and the injuries they continue to cope with. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP)
Laughing Gas
Most of us know nitrous oxide—or laughing gas—from the dentist’s office. But it’s also been shown effective in treating depression. Peter Nagele, a professor of anesthesia at the University of Chicago, explains why it works so effectively.
Most of us know nitrous oxide—or laughing gas—from the dentist’s office. But it’s also been shown effective in treating depression. Peter Nagele, a professor of anesthesia at the University of Chicago, explains why it works so effectively.
Digital Nomads
Work life may never be the same for many people after the pandemic. More jobs are possible to do remotely than most employers thought. Now companies are under pressure from employees who’d like to keep working remotely—in some cases from another state or country. The ranks of “digital nomads” exploded in 2020, just as sociologist Rachael Woldoff and management expert Robert Litchfield were finishing the research for a new book that included spending months living among a community of digital nomads in Bali. Woldoff is a professor at West Virginia University and Litchfield is at Washington and Jefferson College. (Segment produced by Sydney Jezik)
Work life may never be the same for many people after the pandemic. More jobs are possible to do remotely than most employers thought. Now companies are under pressure from employees who’d like to keep working remotely—in some cases from another state or country. The ranks of “digital nomads” exploded in 2020, just as sociologist Rachael Woldoff and management expert Robert Litchfield were finishing the research for a new book that included spending months living among a community of digital nomads in Bali. Woldoff is a professor at West Virginia University and Litchfield is at Washington and Jefferson College. (Segment produced by Sydney Jezik)
Early Stage Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s disease begins to modify the brain up to 20 years before memory or cognition impairment appears. These changes are often slight and therefore hard to notice — meaning that those suffering from early Alzheimer’s don’t get diagnosed and so lose time that they could have spent trying to slow the disease’s progression. Dan Gibbs, author of “A Tattoo on My Brain: A Neurologist’s Personal Battle against Alzheimer’s Disease,” noticed his changing brain a little earlier than most, thanks to his training as a neurologist. (Originally aired May 13th, 2021)
Alzheimer’s disease begins to modify the brain up to 20 years before memory or cognition impairment appears. These changes are often slight and therefore hard to notice — meaning that those suffering from early Alzheimer’s don’t get diagnosed and so lose time that they could have spent trying to slow the disease’s progression. Dan Gibbs, author of “A Tattoo on My Brain: A Neurologist’s Personal Battle against Alzheimer’s Disease,” noticed his changing brain a little earlier than most, thanks to his training as a neurologist. (Originally aired May 13th, 2021)
Common Core
Common Core brings up memories of bitter online debates and frustrated school board meetings—why? It started as an idealistic, promising effort to improve American education. Tom Loveless, a researcher of education and former Director of the Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings Institution, conducts an autopsy on Common Core in his new book “Between the State and the Schoolhouse: Understanding the Failure of Common Core.” (Originally aired May 13th, 2021)
Common Core brings up memories of bitter online debates and frustrated school board meetings—why? It started as an idealistic, promising effort to improve American education. Tom Loveless, a researcher of education and former Director of the Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings Institution, conducts an autopsy on Common Core in his new book “Between the State and the Schoolhouse: Understanding the Failure of Common Core.” (Originally aired May 13th, 2021)