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From the creator of the wildly popular blog Wait but Why, a fun and fascinating deep dive into what the hell is going on in our strange, unprecedented modern times.

 Mama Might Be Better Off Dead immerses listeners in the lives of four generations of a poor, African-American family in the neighborhood, who are beset with the devastating illnesses that are all too common in America's inner-cities. Headed by Jackie Banes, who oversees the care of a diabetic grandmother, a husband on kidney dialysis, an ailing father, and three children, the Banes family contends with countless medical crises. 

Raus aus dem Elfenbeinturm, rein in die Gegenwart – das ist „HTRS OFF COURSE“, der Podcast des Urban Hitters Collective. Und darum geht es: Der Golfsport ist wie ein gut erhaltenes Museum – gepflegt, respektvoll, mit Regeln, die lange vor unserer Zeit geschrieben wurden. Das Spiel selbst ist zeitlos, doch das Erlebnis oft nicht. Für viele ist Golf ein Symbol für Exklusivität, elitäre Codes und eine Sprache, die sie nie gelernt haben. „HTRS OFF COURSE“ holt Golf in die Realität der nächsten Generation – in die Welt von Kultur und Subkultur. Golfprofi Marcel Siem und ...

It is easy to be depressed if you live in a neighborhood that has few supportive resources available or is marred by gun violence. We are able to diagnose people with depression, but how does one heal a neighborhood? This City Is Killing Me brings policy and psychology together. Through case studies, Jonathan Foiles opens up his therapy door to allow us to overhear the stories of individual poor Chicagoans. Through statistics and the example of Chicago, he teaches us how policy decisions have contributed to these individuals’ suffering.

"T-Shirt Weather in the Arctic" is from the Science section of The New York Times. It was written by Mark Urban and Linda Deegan and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.