Podcasting exploded due to the lack of gatekeepers. Now big tech companies are starting to act like traditional media networks, signing popular hosts to exclusive contracts and establishing paywalls.
A vaccination centre in Mumbai, closed due to lack of supplies in late April.
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The audio version of an in-depth article rounding on governments worldwide for using the concept of net zero emissions to “greenwash” their lack of commitment to solving global warming.
Microraptor: fossils show it had feathers on each limb.
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A transcript of episode 11 of The Conversation Weekly podcast, including an interview on Israel’s foreign policy options following its recent election.
Kulindadromeus: more evidence is emerging of feathered dinosaurs.
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Gemma Ware, La Conversation Canada et Daniel Merino, La Conversation Canada
A transcript of episode 9 of The Conversation Weekly podcast, including an update on the situation for Rohingya refugees in Myanmar living in camps in Bangladesh.
Scientists think they may have found a new clue about the subatomic world around us.
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Gemma Ware, La Conversation Canada et Daniel Merino, La Conversation Canada
A transcript of episode 5 of The Conversation Weekly podcast, including stories on the Arctic Ocean and new archaeological finds in Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge.
The Arctic is warming two to three times faster than any other place on Earth.
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Gemma Ware, La Conversation Canada et Daniel Merino, La Conversation Canada
Plus, new discoveries about early humans in Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge. Listen to episode 5 of The Conversation Weekly podcast.
In this episode, Roberta Timothy talks about her new international health project, Black Health Matters, and explains why racial justice is a public health issue. In this photo, Dr. Janice Bacon, a primary care physician with Central Mississippi Health Services, gives Jeremiah Young, 11, a physical exam.
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Vinita Srivastava, La Conversation Canada; Anowa Quarcoo, La Conversation Canada et Ibrahim Daair, La Conversation Canada
When COVID-19 first appeared, some called it the great equalizer. But the facts quickly revealed a grim reality: COVID-19 disproportionately impacts racialized communities.
Thousands of people protested in Hong Kong in July 2019 against a proposed extradition law.
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Vinita Srivastava, La Conversation Canada; Anowa Quarcoo, La Conversation Canada et Ibrahim Daair, La Conversation Canada
For much of its history Canada has encouraged people to come and work in this country. However, racialized migrant workers often face an immigration system designed to leave them powerless.
Temporary migrant workers in Canada are facing COVID-19 while dealing with an immigration system that leaves them vulnerable.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought further suffering to migrant workers in Canada already experiencing the abuses of discriminatory immigration policies and poor working conditions.
Coming to fame at the end of the ‘tabloid decade’, Hilton has long been a source of ridicule. But a deeper look shows a woman who is constantly working for her celebrity.
The race to make enough coronavirus vaccines is underway.
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