KCBS Radio In Depth

Face masks: they don’t just catch Covid, they also catch plenty of controversy. But what does the science have to tell us about them and how much protection they could bring to this pandemic? On this edition of KCBS In Depth we dig into the latest and greatest mask science with a local health expert to find some answers. 

Guest:

Dr. Krutika Kuppalli, a Bay Area infectious disease physician and also a biosecurity fellow with the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

Host: Keith Menconi 

The global Covid-19 pandemic is testing the healthcare systems of countries all around world, and this test is revealing an awful lot about what is working and what isn't. But across all these many national attempts to get healthcare right, who is doing it best? Obviously that question is much bigger than even this crisis, but physician and bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel takes it on in his new book, "Which Country Has the World’s Best Healthcare?” He joins us to discuss the answers he's found (spoiler alert: yes, there's more than one) and how those answers could guide reform here in the US. 

Guest:Ezekiel Emanuel, professor of medical ethics and health policy at the University of Pennsylvania where he co-directs the Healthcare Transformation Institute. He was also a top health policy adviser in the Obama administration. 

Host:Keith Menconi

The global Covid-19 pandemic is testing the healthcare systems of countries all around world, and this test is revealing an awful lot about what is working and what isn't. But across all these many national attempts to get healthcare right, who is doing it best? Obviously that question is much bigger than even this crisis, but physician and bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel takes it on in his new book, "Which Country Has the World’s Best Healthcare?” He joins us to discuss the answers he's found (spoiler alert: yes, there's more than one) and how those answers could guide reform here in the US. 

Guest: Ezekiel Emanuel, professor of medical ethics and health policy at the University of Pennsylvania where he co-directs the Healthcare Transformation Institute. He was also a top health policy adviser in the Obama administration. 

Host: Keith Menconi 

After a promising start to California’s fight against Covid-19, how do we find ourselves here all the way in mid July now sliding back? On this edition of KCBS In Depth, we trace the course of the state's pandemic response and discuss the role that politics has played along the way. Then -- since it it seems like we'll be here for a while -- in the second half we discuss how we can learn to keep living our lives even in the face of pandemic risk.

Guests: 

Jeremy White, who covers California politics for Politico and also co-writes the California Playbook

Julia Marcus, a professor of population medicine at Harvard Medical School’s Department of Population Medicine 

Host:Keith Menconi

After a promising start to California’s fight against Covid-19, how do we find ourselves here all the way in mid July now sliding back? On this edition of KCBS In Depth, we trace the course of the state's pandemic response and discuss the role that politics has played along the way. Then -- since it it seems like we'll be here for a while -- in the second half we discuss how we can learn to keep living our lives even in the face of pandemic risk.

Guests: 

• Jeremy White, who covers California politics for Politico and also co-writes the California Playbook
• Julia Marcus, a professor of population medicine at Harvard Medical School’s Department of Population Medicine 

Host: Keith Menconi

As counties and school districts begin releasing their plans for the fall term, they’re facing push back from teachers concerned that the classroom just won’t be a safe place to learn in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. On this edition of KCBS In Depth, we take a closer look at how this debate is shaping up in the Bay Area and also discuss why emerging science about the virus is offering some glimmers of hope.

Guests: 

John Fensterwald, a writer for EdSource, an online education news outlet based in Oakland

Dr Yasuko Fukuda, the Chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics in California and a primary care pediatrician practicing in San Francisco

Host:Keith Menconi

As counties and school districts begin releasing their plans for the fall term, they’re facing push back from teachers concerned that the classroom just won’t be a safe place to learn in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. On this edition of KCBS In Depth, we take a closer look at how this debate is shaping up in the Bay Area and also discuss why emerging science about the virus is offering some glimmers of hope.

Guests: 

• John Fensterwald, a writer for EdSource, an online education news outlet based in Oakland
• Dr Yasuko Fukuda, the Chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics in California and a primary care pediatrician practicing in San Francisco

Host: Keith Menconi 

After more than two decades heading the Silicon Valley Leadership Group -- a tenure in which he helped oversee 15 ballot initiative campaigns, raising billions of dollars for housing, transportation, homeless services and more -- Carl Guardino is hanging up his spurs.

On this edition of KCBS In Depth, we invite Guardino on to discuss his storied time as president and CEO of this influential South Bay advocacy group as well as his perspective on what it’s going to take to get the region's economy back on track as the pandemic risks continue. 

Host: Keith Menconi 

After more than two decades heading the Silicon Valley Leadership Group -- a tenure in which he helped oversee 15 ballot initiative campaigns, raising billions of dollars for housing, transportation, homeless services and more -- Carl Guardino is hanging up his spurs.

On this edition of KCBS In Depth, we invite Guardino on to discuss his storied time as president and CEO of this influential South Bay advocacy group as well as his perspective on what it’s going to take to get the region's economy back on track as the pandemic risks continue. 

Host:Keith Menconi

The process of reopening has been moving forward slowly and steadily for more than a month now, but a recent surge in Covid-19 cases taking place across the country is forcing some counties to reassess their plans. On this edition of KCBS In Depth, we take a closer look at the troubling rise in the Bay Area’s own Covid case numbers and consider what they could mean for reopening. 

Guests: 

• Dr. Yvonne Maldonado, professor of pediatrics and epidemiology, Stanford University School of Medicine
• Dr. Nicholas Moss, acting director for the Division of Communicable Disease Control & Prevention, Alameda County Public Health Department

Host: Keith Menconi