Daily: MASKS under the scientific spotlight

Daily: MASKS under the scientific spotlight

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Will the real Andy Burnham please stand up? – Weekly Wrap-Up with Alex von Tunzelmann

• It’s Podmasters’ 10th birthday! Get an extra 10% off a year’s Patreon backing for The Bunker. The Makerfield by-election is heating up, with Andy Burnham officially entering the race. But what does he really stand for? As he pitches both locally and nationally, we’re a bit conf ...  Afficher plus

The Doomsday People – Why the Right is so obsessed with End Times

• It’s Podmasters’ 10th birthday! Get an extra 10% off a year’s Patreon backing. The Doomsday crowd was once confined to fringe congregations and rural survivalists stockpiling beans and ammunition. Now it’s gone mainstream, with one in three Americans believing the world will en ...  Afficher plus

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Sharrona Pearl, "Mask" (Bloombury, 2024)
New Books in Critical Theory

From the theatre mask and masquerade to the masked criminal and the rise of facial recognition software, masks have long performed as an instrument for the protection and concealment of identity. Even as they conceal and protect, masks – as faces – are an extension of the self. A ...  Afficher plus

TMHS 424: Breathe Again: From Miasmatic Disease To Modern Day Misconceptions
The Model Health Show

What do we actually know about virus transmissibility, the efficacy of face masks, and the implications of wearing a face covering? It turns out, it takes a lot of work to get to the bottom of what the data truly says. Articles circulating on social media are often misleading—omi ...  Afficher plus

Strange News: The Pentagon and Aliens, Psuedocide Foiled by Typo, Man in Prosthetic Mask Robs Casino
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

Law enforcement finally catches up with a mysterious grifter using CIA-level prosthetic mask technology. A man attempts to fake his death and forgets to run spellcheck. Uncle Sam gets increasingly weird about UFOs, yet again changing the offical story about government-supporte ...

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America & Democracy Ep. 2: Jonathan M. Berman on Anti-Vaxxers
New Books in Public Policy

In this series of interviews from The MIT Press Podcast, we'll be drawing on the research of various authors to reflect on some of the issues shaping the American political landscape of today. The second episode of this series features a discussion with the author of Anti-vaxxers ...  Afficher plus