More vaccine mandates are coming to workplaces and offices including one from the Biden administration on companies with more than 100 employees. For now, many places are just operating on the honor system where health information is given voluntarily, but some employees feel nervous because they are not sure if everyone is following the rules. Ray Smith, lifestyle reporter at the WSJ, joins us for how businesses are handling mandates so far.




Next, a new study from the National Institute on Drug Abuse says that college students are smoking marijuana and using psychedelic drugs at record levels, but binge drinking less. How this relates to the pandemic is unclear, but tracks as larger parties and gatherings were mostly shut down last year. María Luisa Paúl, reporter at the Washington Post, joins us for more.




Finally, the latest Roomba vacuum is packed with new artificial intelligence and cameras that can detect dog poop, snap a picture and send it straight to your phone. The latest improvements can make it much more effective at cleaning your floors, but it does come at a cost of more or your personal data in the form of pictures and other details of your house. Dalvin Brown, innovations reporter at the Washington Post, joins us for how some of these new features concern privacy experts.

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