Declining dementia rates, the dangers of deepfakes, data privacy after Roe.

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Declining dementia rates, the dangers of deepfakes, data privacy after Roe.

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Dementia rates are on the decline in the United States; Ukraine’s Crimea conundrum; protecting personal data in a post-Roe world; preparing for a “tsunami of deepfakes”; and why schools need more data to support migrant students. For more information on this week’s episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

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