Press Play with Madeleine Brand
POM Wonderful at the Supreme Court, Urban Insects & Sex Ed
Today on Press Play: The juice wars reach the Supreme Court, a 16-year-old stows away on a flight to Hawaii, spoiler etiquette, urban insects, and sex ed.
By Madeleine Brand • • 51m ListenThe juice wars have reached the Supreme Court, with POM Wonderful suing Coke over a drink that only contains a tiny bit of actual pomegranate juice. And a 16-year-old boy from Santa Clara snuck into a jet’s wheel well and somehow made it alive all the way to Maui. On our TV roundup: some new shows, Ryan Seacrest, Michelle Obama, and life in the age of spoiler alerts. LA’s Natural History Museum is coordinating a major study on urban insect biodiversity. Entomologists have found a new insect with seemingly reversed sex organs. And speaking of sex: Since Congress ended federal funding for abstinence-only sex education five years ago, there’s no consistency in what kids are learning about that important topic.
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