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For now, allow me to direct your attention to the other side of the country, where the Philadelphia public-radio station WHYY just wrapped a miniseries on a story that, in many ways, feels like the Theranos debacle in miniature. Hosted by WHYY health reporter Nina Feldman, who chronicled the story as it took place with Alan Yu and Max Marin, Half-Vaxxed offers a comprehensive look that pieces together the entire situation: how Philly Fighting COVID came to win the contract, what actually happened, and who suffered as a result.
And there are a lot of those. Part of what’s really interesting about The Just Enough Family is how it dances along the line separating the alluring from the alienating, working to bring you to a sense of empathy for these people as individuals.
Be sure to peep Alex McElroy’s recommendation of StraightioLab, a podcast hosted by two gay comedians, George Civeris and Sam Taggart, that seeks “to deepen its listeners’ understanding of an increasingly suspect phenomenon: heterosexuality.” Does it feature the whizz-bang sound effects of the podcast that inspired its title? No, but it’s still a good time.
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