• How the Inflation Reduction Act aims to lower drug costs

    How the Inflation Reduction Act aims to lower drug costs

    Aug 07, 2022 09:40 PM EST

    ... Dusetzina, Associate Professor of Health Policy at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine joins me now to discuss what all this means. Stacie, let me just ask you the big question. How significant is this in healthcare? Stacie Dusetzina, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine: This is a really big step ...

  • USAID’s Samantha Power discusses global food security amid the Ukraine crisis

    USAID’s Samantha Power discusses global food security amid the Ukraine crisis

    Aug 04, 2022 10:45 PM EST

    ... those appeals behind the scenes, that pressure from those countries has gotten us to this point and needs to be sustained. Nick Schifrin: Can I just ask about Afghanistan? And, unfortunately, I only have about 30 seconds, so just very quickly. Half the population experiencing acute food insecurity. WFP says ...

  • City residents in Northeast flee heat waves poised to break records

    City residents in Northeast flee heat waves poised to break records

    Jul 24, 2022 08:31 PM EST

    PROMISED LAND, Pa. (AP) — It's not exactly flowing with milk and honey — just ask the area's struggling black bears — but for city folks in the Northeast trying to escape a nearly weeklong hot spell that only threatened to intensify Sunday, Promised Land offered respite. Those with the resources ...

  • Dissecting Steve Bannon's contempt conviction and the Jan. 6 committee's accomplishments

    Dissecting Steve Bannon's contempt conviction and the Jan. 6 committee's accomplishments

    Jul 22, 2022 10:45 PM EST

    ... Senator from Alabama Doug Jones and former Republican U.S. Representative from Virginia Barbara Comstock. Welcome to the program to both of you. Before I ask you about last night's hearing, let me first just ask you about today's news, Doug Jones, Senator Jones, that Steve Bannon found ...

  • Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo discusses the U.S. chip shortage

    Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo discusses the U.S. chip shortage

    Jul 19, 2022 10:50 PM EST

    There's a fascinating legislative story to this. I know you have been up and back on the Hill many times to try and get this to this point. But let me just ask you the big question. Why is this an important bill? Why is this the priority? Gina ...

  • How new sanctions from G-7 nations could impact Russia

    How new sanctions from G-7 nations could impact Russia

    Jun 27, 2022 10:40 PM EST

    ... t particularly seem to care about the condition of the Russian people. Nick Schifrin: And, Alina Polyakova, I have got about 35 seconds left, so just ask you quickly about companies that I haven't asked you about. Since Russia invaded Ukraine, obviously, hundreds of Western companies have left the ...

  • Connecticut looks to expand abortion access to 'protect women's rights'

    Connecticut looks to expand abortion access to 'protect women's rights'

    May 03, 2022 10:40 PM EST

    Ned Lamont: I would not know that. Amna Nawaz: Let me just ask you then if these kind of steps were not taken by you and your state legislature there, we know other states are making similar moves, what do you worry what happen in the state of Connecticut and ...

  • Russian forces expand their offensive into western Ukraine as battle for Kyiv intensifies

    Russian forces expand their offensive into western Ukraine as battle for Kyiv intensifies

    Mar 11, 2022 11:55 PM EST

    Nick Schifrin: Where is he? Capt. Yan Fidrya: Somewhere round Kyiv. He's in the (INAUDIBLE) group. So I don't ask him -- when he goes, me, I just ask, are you OK? He says -- he says he's OK. That -- like, hard. Like, I was worried about my brother ...

  • Will punitive measures against Russia deter a full-scale invasion of Ukraine?

    Will punitive measures against Russia deter a full-scale invasion of Ukraine?

    Feb 22, 2022 11:53 PM EST

    That's the scenario I worry about. And I don't think the sanctions today, regrettably, will deter him from doing so. Nick Schifrin: So, Andrew Weiss, let me ask you about those scenarios in a minute. But let me just ask you first about Germany. How significant is it ...

  • How society should deal with misinformation on Spotify

    How society should deal with misinformation on Spotify

    Jan 31, 2022 11:40 PM EST

    ... groups like the FCC are actively regulating what people can say and do on media. And that's not censorship. It's actually working to protect people in a democratic society. I mean, you can just ask Howard Stern what it looks like to be checked by the FCC, right?