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Walter Isaacson's Experience in Pfizer Vaccine Trials
S2020 E3099 - 11m 41s
Behind every vaccine are thousands of trial volunteers – and in Pfizer’s case, one of those thousands is our own Walter Isaacson. He is of course a renowned biographer of great minds in science and history, and perhaps more used to interviewing than being interviewed. Nevertheless, he joins the show to share the rare experience of being a guinea pig in the race to defeat COVID-19.
GA Senate Candidate Jon Ossoff Discusses Runoff Election
S2020 E3099 - 2m 16s
Jon Ossoff is the Democratic Senate candidate in Georgia's runoff election against sitting GOP Senator David Perdue, and if he were to win – along with fellow Democrat Raphael Warnock – in January, it would flip the senate from Republican to Democrat. Ossoff joins the program to discuss the stakes.
Sociologist: Why People Vote for Leaders Who Lie To Them
S2020 E3099 - 18m 18s
As a physician, sociologist, and former hospice doctor, Nicholas A. Christakis is in a unique position to understand COVID-19 and its ripple effects on society. His latest book explores what it means to live amid a plague, and he speaks to Hari Sreenivasan about all this and more – including what he thinks President-elect Biden must do to restore confidence in institutions.
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