On Point | Podcast

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On Point | Podcast

Hosted by Meghna Chakrabarti, On Point is a unique, curiosity-driven combination of original reporting, newsmaker interviews, first-person stories, and in-depth analysis, making the world more intelligible and humane. When the world is more complicated than ever, we aim to make sense of it together. On Point is produced by WBUR.

  1. 11小时前

    How the civil service system changed American government

    The Pendleton Act of 1883 established a non-partisan civil service. President-elect Donald Trump says he’ll upend the law, firing non-partisan employees and replacing them with loyalists. We'll look at how the U.S. came to have a civil service in the first place.

    47 分钟

  2. 1天前

    Does a picture prove anything anymore?

    Millions of people now own smartphones where, with just a tap, you can erase people from pictures -- and even add AI generated content that never existed. What does this mean for our shared reality?

    47 分钟

  3. 4天前

    The ‘Godfather of AI’ says we can’t afford to get it wrong

    Geoffrey Hinton is one of the world’s biggest minds in artificial intelligence. He won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics. Where does he think AI is headed?

    47 分钟

  4. 4天前

    The Jackpod: Casualties of war

    On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the causes and consequences of the U.S.’s decade-long war with ISIS and its impact on American democracy.

    35 分钟

  5. 5天前

    'I thought I was doing something good': The scam that took Judith Boivin's life savings

    Judith Boivin thought she was helping the FBI go after drug traffickers. But in reality she had fallen victim to an elaborate plot to rob her of her retirement savings. She is not alone. How elaborate new scams are trapping well-meaning Americans.

    48 分钟

  6. 6天前

    What you need to know about bird flu

    A Louisiana resident has died from bird flu. Just as during the COVID outbreak, there's a lot of misinformation circulating about H5N1. We'll get a clear assessment on bird flu, how it's changing, and efforts to control it.

    47 分钟

  7. 1月7日

    The Internet Archive is in danger

    More than 900 billion webpages are preserved on The Wayback Machine, a history of humanity online. Now, copyright lawsuits could wipe it out.

    47 分钟

  8. 1月6日

    Could mandating mental health care help the most vulnerable?

    Brandon del Pozo says when it comes to the severely mentally ill, society has made a mistake prioritizing personal liberty over compassionate care. The former New York City police officer, now researcher, argues that sometimes the most humane mental health care is forced treatment.

    47 分钟
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Hosted by Meghna Chakrabarti, On Point is a unique, curiosity-driven combination of original reporting, newsmaker interviews, first-person stories, and in-depth analysis, making the world more intelligible and humane. When the world is more complicated than ever, we aim to make sense of it together. On Point is produced by WBUR.

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  • 创作者
    WBUR
  • 活跃年份
    2006年 - 2025年
  • 单集
    405
  • 分级
    儿童适宜
  • 版权
    © Copyright Trustees of Boston University
  • 节目网站
    On Point | Podcast

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