There is a new crop of tech startups making prescription drugs available without ever needing to talk directly to a doctor. On these sites, people self-diagnose, select a drug, and enter some personal health and credit card info.  Then a doctor assesses your choice, approves it and boom, you get your medicine. Sam Baker, healthcare editor at Axios, joins us for how these sites are doing an end-run around doctors’ traditional role in the system.

Next, when was the last time you heard about the draft? Did you know that failing to register for the draft could have a bunch of long term consequences?  Want to get federal student aid, citizenship, or even a federal job, it’s all impossible if you didn’t register for the draft by age 26. Gregory Korte, reporter for USA Today, joins us for what happens when you fail to register.

Finally, people over 65 will soon make up the largest single age group in the US.  The culture and content of the internet has been historically determined by people who have access multiplied by those who have the most time to spend on it.  In the next decade, it’s going to be more old people, and they are increasingly targeted by scams and fake news. Craig Silverman, reporter at Buzzfeed News, joins us for why we need to increase digital literacy in older Americans.

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