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Introducing Deep Background with Noah Feldman: Civil Liberties in the Time of COVID-19

Introducing Deep Background with Noah Feldman: Civil Liberties in the Time of COVID-19

FromPrognosis: Losing it


Introducing Deep Background with Noah Feldman: Civil Liberties in the Time of COVID-19

FromPrognosis: Losing it

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Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Mar 17, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

From Pushkin Industries, introducing Deep Background with Noah Feldman. Every story has a backstory, even in today's 24-hour news cycle. In Deep Background, Harvard Law School professor and Bloomberg Opinions columnist Noah Feldman will bring together a cross-section of expert guests to explore the historical, scientific, legal, and cultural context that help us understand what's really going on behind the biggest stories in the news.This week, Richard Lazarus, a law professor at Harvard and a leading Supreme Court advocate, discusses where public health stops and our individual liberties begin. Plus, what does it mean that the Supreme Court has postponed oral arguments?Learn more and subscribe to Deep Background on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Mar 17, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

For much of human history, we’ve turned to diets to lose weight and improve our health. But it’s mostly been in vain. No matter how much the number on the scale drops begins to go down, chances are that the weight will come back. That’s just what the science says. But when it comes to weight, the facts just don’t seem to matter. Losing It, a new series from Bloomberg’s Prognosis, looks at how we got weight loss so wrong — and whether there’s a better way forward.