May 21, 2021

Last week, the CDC stunned many people by announcing that fully vaccinated people could ditch their facemasks. It’s something that has left a lot of Americans feeling uneasy, but Dr. Monica Gandhi is on hand to reassure them that there’s no reason to panic. She explains all to Hari Sreenivasan.

For the first time in 11 days, the skies over Israel and Gaza are quiet. But on the ground, the big thorny issues remain – indeed, hours after the ceasefire took effect, we saw new clashes at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound. More than 200 people – mostly Palestinians – have been killed since fighting began last week, but both sides are claiming victory today. Now the world is holding its breath.

his conflict was just the latest chapter in the long running tensions between Israelis and Palestinians, but something about this time feels different, from the intercommunal violence to the reaction from Washington D.C. But has anything really changed? To discuss, journalist and author Yossi Klein Halevi joins the show.

Despite the declaration of a ceasefire, the day to day circumstances of Palestinians are left unchanged, the underlying causes of this conflict unaddressed. To reflect on what she believes is needed, Palestinian writer and researcher Mariam Barghouti joins the program.

The events of the past year have sparked a conversation about bias and how it affects the decisions people make. But what if bias isn’t even the biggest flaw in human judgment? Daniel Kahneman argues that “noise” leads to errors of judgment and decision-making in virtually every field, from medicine to law to economic forecasting. The Nobel Prize-winning psychologist joins the show.