(Topic: COVID-19, Duration: 24 minutes)  

The reemergence of the Lab Leak Theory for the origin of COVID-19 is one of the big news stories this week in the United States.

This episode uses it to examine what happens when science, politics, and journalism collide in a partisan politically polarized environment, which often leads to arguments over whose view wins, instead of focusing on the underlying problems needing our attention and action. 

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