Is an election recount a good idea?

The Green Party’s Jill Stein is pushing for election recounts in three battleground states. Why and what could come of the effort? Also, a peek into the business of fake news.

The Green Party’s Jill Stein is pushing for election recounts in three battleground states. Why and what could come of the effort?

Billionaire Betsy DeVos is a Michigan philanthropist and a Republican activist. She is best known for pushing school vouchers, a way for families to spend public money schools of their choice. She’s also President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the Education Department.

Then, will NASA cease doing climate research under a Trump presidency, and if so what would the consequences be?

The author of a new book about the weird creatures of the wild shares his findings.

And finally, a peek into the business of fake news, and the surprising culprits behind it.

Photo credit: Gage Skidmore.

From this Episode:

Credits

Host:

Madeleine Brand

Producers:

Sarah Sweeney, Anna Scott, Jolie Myers, Christian Bordal, Amy Ta, Michell Eloy