Viewpoints Radio
Award-winning reporting on current issues featuring America's leading experts.
The NBA was founded in 1946 in New York City. For many years, the organization was predominantly white. Today, more than 75 percent of its players are black. We speak with basketball expert and former NBA player and coach Ray Scott about the league’s early …
It’s back-to-school season, and millions of kids and teens are heading back to school where they’ll eat 1-2 meals each day. We discuss modern school cafeteria menus, how they’ve changed from what we remember and what parents can take away from these menus and …
Tom Holland’s Spider-Man finally gets a true New York City adventure, bringing a grittier, more emotional edge to the long-running franchise.
Colleges across the country are cutting jobs and programs as enrollment declines. We discuss this domino effect and what lies ahead for higher education.
GLP-1 drugs are mixing up how some Americans eat, but they’re not the only force reshaping restaurant menus. We look at the growing trend towards smaller portions, more protein and social media-driven menu items.
Cancer screening and treatment are changing fast. Dr. Avishek Kumar, a medical oncologist and hematologist, joins us to explain how to reduce your risk of developing cancer and what’s new in the world of cancer detection and treatment.
From 1970s rock bands to old Hollywood and NASA, Taylor Jenkins Reid - the author of the popular book The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - keeps changing settings while writing easy-to-understand, thoughtful stories that hook readers from the get-go.
Have you shopped on Temu? The Chinese-owned retailer is known for rock-bottom prices, but how does it manage to keep them so low?
Dr. Pius Kamau’s path from colonial Kenya to an American operating room was shaped by ambition, exclusion and survival. His story offers a deeply personal view of America’s promise—and its contradictions.
Construction has a hiring problem and part of it may be self-inflicted. The industry needs tens of thousands of new workers while continuing to overlook people who were never welcomed or shown a clear way in.
The recent film The Odyssey turns Homer’s ancient epic into a massive, visually daring blockbuster that’s brought audiences back to the theatre in record numbers.
A record-setting T. rex sale raises a larger question: what happens to scientifically important objects when anonymous collectors control who can study or see them?
Looksmaxxing sells young men the idea that a better face or body can unlock confidence and success. We speak with two experts to understand how the trend has become a dangerous and addictive path into damaging comparisons, risky procedures and online …
A workplace can post strong safety numbers while behind the scenes employees deal with unstable hours, stressful conditions, hidden injuries and pressure not to speak up. We examine how corporate efficiency can shift risk onto workers and why the official …
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