Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has announced that they have approved the first vaccine for COVID-19. He said that the vaccine, dubbed Sputnik-V, “works quite effectively” and it has even been given to his daughter. However, many health experts are skeptical because it has not gone through late stage clinical trials, Tina Hesman Saey, senior writer at Science News, joins us for what we know about Russia’s vaccine.




Next, Joe Biden has picked Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate, and even though she was seen as a front runner from the beginning, the process to get there was unusual and laborious. 11 finalists were involved, a panel of lawyers, and tough questions for all. Michael Sherer, national political reporter at The Washington Post, joins us for how the Biden Harris ticket came to be.




Finally, we all remember the panic buying at the start of the pandemic and how tough it was to find toilet paper and cleaning supplies. While some of those products are back in stores in steady supply, other groceries are still hard to find. Baking ingredients, coffee and tea, barbeque and other items are hard to come by. Annie Gasparro, reporter at the WSJ, joins us for why it’s still so hard to find things.

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