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The Book Show | Robert Crais – The Big Empty

The Book Show | Robert Crais – The Big Empty

Private investigator Elvis Cole and his enigmatic partner, Joe Pike, race to find a terrifying, unidentified killer in "The Big Empty," the 20th Elvis Cole novel. Author Robert Crais delivers Cole and Pike's toughest case yet, testing their loyalty to their clients...

AI-designed antivenom and student loans

AI-designed antivenom and student loans

Artificial intelligence is reinventing scientific research. We’ll speak with a scientist who says machine learning can be used to develop anti-venoms for toxic snakebites. And Connecticut has hired its first student loan ombudsperson. We’ll speak with them about their...

Betsy Leondar-Wright asks ‘Is it Racist? Is it Sexist?’

Betsy Leondar-Wright asks ‘Is it Racist? Is it Sexist?’

On this week’s 51%, we speak with activist and sociologist Betsy Leondar-Wright about her new book, Is it Racist? Is it Sexist? examining why white Americans increasingly disagree on their definitions of the two. WAMC’s Samantha Simmons also sheds light on Teen Dating...