Daily Discoveries

Rhea and Thelonious give listeners an update on COVID, discussing the the contagious UK variant, and UW’s response. They also talk about vaccine rollout, and how we can stay safe as we wait.

Rhea and Thelonious interview UW Sociology Major Roshan Selden about her research on how politicians frame Twitter and Facebook’s new fact-check labels. Should you listen to the Republicans who tell you to switch from Twitter to Parlor in order to maintain your free speech? Tune into this episode to find out.

Rhea and Thelonious discuss the current debate around elementary school reopening in the midst of COVID. They talk about the obvious dangers of reopening, but also the many undiscussed welfare benefits that in person schools provide to disadvantaged children.

This week, Rhea and Thelonious discuss the intersection of science and politics. They interrogate how the Trump administration handled issues of climate change and COVID, and offer hope for the future of science in our government.

Rhea and Thelonious discuss an article in The Daily featuring the discovery of abnormal protein structures found in the brains of Alzheimers patients. They also talk about a possible new diagnostic test that could help doctors understand the disease better.

Rhea and Thelonious discuss the health effects of old age, and specifically, how sex robots are being used to alleviate loneliness in senior citizens.

Thelonious updates Rhea on his thesis research on gentrification in Seattle. They focus on broader implications of scientific research as well as fundamental philosophical problems in research.

This quarter we talked about COVID— a lot. Rhea and Thelonious look back on the quarter’s episodes and discuss future episodes and topics.

Rhea and Thelonious discuss new breakthroughs in COVID vaccine research and what comes next in living through the pandemic.

In light of recent political events, Ella and Molly take a break from their usual discussion framework to just stop and talk about the state of the election and their feelings around it.