A DAILY PUBLIC RADIO PROGRAM FEATURING NEWS ANALYSIS OF THE DAY'S TOP ISSUES

Background Briefing: March 12, 2020

  A History of Plagues and Pandemics We begin with an overview of the history of plagues and pandemics throughout the centuries up until today’s coronavirus outbreak and compare the lethality of the many deadly plagues that decimated populations to the current...

Background Briefing: March 11, 2020

  Has Trump’s “America First” Nationalism Contributed to the Botched Handling of the Coronavirus Outbreak? We begin with an analysis of where we stand in terms of health and homeland security as well as what is happening on the Commodity Futures...

Background Briefing: March 10, 2020

  Trump Offers Economic Stimulus While Claiming the Epidemic “Will Go Away” We begin the state of the economy following yesterday’s record plunge in the stock market prompting today’s White House meeting with Health Insurance executives then later on...

Background Briefing: March 9, 2020

  Today’s Market Free Fall, the Worst in History We begin on this day that saw the most devastating collapse of the financial markets since 2008 with the Dow’s one-day loss of more than 2,000 points, the worst in history, and a drop of over 7.8% of a market...

Background Briefing: March 8, 2020

  A Leader in Public Health and Disaster Preparedness on the Worsening Coronavirus Pandemic We begin with the growing gulf between reality and President Trump’s rosy claims that anyone in the U.S. can be tested for the coronavirus and that many people are...