Recently, the Planet Money podcast tackled a topic relevant to student: the increasing costs of textbooks.
Here is a description of the show from the NPR website:
Prices of new textbooks have been going up like crazy. Faster than clothing, food, cars, and even healthcare.
Listeners have been asking for years why textbooks are getting so expensive. On today’s show, we actually find an answer.
Recently, the BBC’s Analysis programme sat down with author Michael Pollan to discuss food policy and public health.
Here is a description of the interview from the BBC’s podcast:
What should we eat? Jo Fidgen talks to the influential American writer Michael Pollan about what food is – and what it isn’t. In an interview before an audience at the London School of Economics and Political Science he criticises the way the food industry has promoted highly-processed products delivering hefty doses of salt, sugar and fat. He believes that the plethora of accompanying health claims have left us more confused than ever about what food really is, where it has come from and its impact on our health and the environment. His solution? To cook at home. He argues that this simple change will guarantee a healthy diet and stop us relying on big food companies to feed us. It is also, he says, a profoundly political act. But is it a realistic proposition for busy working families or simply a middle-class ideology?
Recently, the BBC’s Analysis programme sat down with author Michael Pollan to discuss food policy and public health.
Here is a description of the interview from the BBC’s podcast:
What should we eat? Jo Fidgen talks to the influential American writer Michael Pollan about what food is – and what it isn’t. In an interview before an audience at the London School of Economics and Political Science he criticises the way the food industry has promoted highly-processed products delivering hefty doses of salt, sugar and fat. He believes that the plethora of accompanying health claims have left us more confused than ever about what food really is, where it has come from and its impact on our health and the environment. His solution? To cook at home. He argues that this simple change will guarantee a healthy diet and stop us relying on big food companies to feed us. It is also, he says, a profoundly political act. But is it a realistic proposition for busy working families or simply a middle-class ideology?
The most recent episode of This American Life provided a rare glimpse into the inner workings of the New York Federal Reserve.
Here is a description of the podcast from the TAL website:
An unprecedented look inside one of the most powerful, secretive institutions in the country. The NY Federal Reserve is supposed to monitor big banks. But when Carmen Segarra was hired, what she witnessed inside the Fed was so alarming that she got a tiny recorder and started secretly taping. ProPublica’s print version.
The most recent episode of This American Life provided a rare glimpse into the inner workings of the New York Federal Reserve.
Here is a description of the podcast from the TAL website:
An unprecedented look inside one of the most powerful, secretive institutions in the country. The NY Federal Reserve is supposed to monitor big banks. But when Carmen Segarra was hired, what she witnessed inside the Fed was so alarming that she got a tiny recorder and started secretly taping. ProPublica’s print version.