Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!… That’s interesting an sentence
On last week’s episode of Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!, the panel discusses an unorthodox sentence. I won’t say too much because I don’t want to ruin the game. This segment of “Bluff The Listener” runs 7:37 minutes.
Washington Post reporter Dan Keating recently wrote an article describing the victims of gun violence. Keating found that the victims of gun homicide in the United States are overwhelmingly black men, while the victims of gun suicide are overwhelmingly white men. Keaten discusses his article on Talk of the Nation (30:19) along with Mark Rosenberg, epidemiologist and president and CEO, The Task Force for Global Health.
The Disability Boom: America’s De Facto Welfare System
Should Genetically Engineered Babies Be Banned?
That was the proposition being debated Intelligence Squared (approximately 50 minutes). Sheldon Krimsky (Professor, Tufts University and Chair, Council for Responsible Genetics) and Lord Robert Winston (Professor of Science and Society and Emeritus Professor, Fertility Studies, Imperial College) argue for prohibition, Dr. Nita Farahany (Professor of Law and Philosophy and Professor of Genome Sciences & Policy, Duke University) and Lee Silver (Professor, Princeton University and Author) argue against it.
Navigating the Battlefield to Navigating Red Tape
Are we failing to meet our commitments to veterans? Yes, says journalist Aaron Glantz (Center for Investigative Reporting). Despite President Obama’s proposals to reform the Department of Veterans Affairs by streamlining veteran’s claims, the reality has not lived up to the rhetoric. To the contrary, things have gotten worse during the Obama presidency, with veterans waiting, on average, 273 days to access their benefits. With the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan coming to a close and the VA now recognizing new Agent Orange-related illnesses, the number veterans making claims has increased. Meanwhile, the VA remains radically understaffed.
Glantz spoke with Fresh Air’s Terry Gross. Their conversation runs 32:16 minutes.