3/8/21 by NPR
More than 4 million U.S. homes face substantial risk of expensive flood damage, according to new research. On top of that, NPR climate reporter Rebecca Hersher found that communities where flood insurance is already unaffordable face potentially catastrophic damage — including to mental and physical health.
This is a handy tool. You can for example use it for splitting up an album automatically you have copied on your computer, or take the audio from a public hearing and automatically splitting it up via speaker. Really fast to run too as it doesn't re-encode the audio just splits it.
We are currently at a pivotal point in the nation's history of caring for the most frail and vulnerable. The way leaders respond to the horrific toll the pandemic has taken on nursing home residents will determine the future of nursing home care for years, possibly decades, to come.
This is not the first — or second — time where massive outrage has led to calls for significant change and reform in nursing homes. The problems that plague today's nursing homes are, in many ways, reminiscent and tied to their history in the United States.
Lately, every week when I got out to my parents house for Sunday dinner, the conversation inevitably goes to something along the lines of “I can’t believe how those other people live,” or “I don’t understand why anybody would want to live anywhere but New York State.” But maybe as somebody who is more conservative then them, I tend to see it differently. I also kind of get the impression they don’t want me to move out west, where I will be far away from them.
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3/5/21 by NPR
Web player: https://podcastaddict.com/episode/119970259
Episode: https://play.podtrac.com/npr-510298/edge1.pod.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/ted/2021/03/20210304_ted_tedpod-brainstages.mp3
In each stage of life, our brains morph and change. This hour, TED speakers explore pivotal chapters where the brain can either flourish or decline – and what control we might have over brain health. Guests include neuroscientists Kimberly Noble, Adriana Galván, Sandrine Thuret, and Lisa Mosconi.