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Lizzie Widdicombe
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Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Donald Trump's son-in-law could help shape his agenda Jared Kushner is working on Trump’s transition team. He’s married to Trump’s daughter, Ivanka. He comes from a real estate family whose fortune was built by his controversial father. What’s his influence over Trump?
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Second Opinion
How do physicians assistants and nurse practitioner come with physicians on meaningful outcomes? It is high time to throw out the current model of medical training and look to designing a health care system that really works and is affordable.
Art Talk
Broken Family Reunited on Museum Walls Edward Goldman talks about the passing of the legendary Sister Wendy, and the moral responsibility of museums to reunite divided artworks.
Design and Architecture
A “Marshall Plan” for homelessness The state’s new governor, Gavin Newsom, called for a “California for all” in his inauguration speech this week. He also called for a “Marshall Plan” for affordable housing and said that “we have a homeless epidemic that should keep each and every one of us up at night.” So what will Gov. Newsom do to address housing and homelessness?
Scheer Intelligence
The Opioid Crisis: Made in the USA Writer Chris McGreal and host Robert Scheer zero in on the book American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts in this week’s episode of Scheer Intelligence. McGreal, the book’s author and a correspondent for The Guardian and other news sources, discuss how the opioid addiction crisis is largely an American epidemic.