Biden's Briefing show

Biden's Briefing

Summary: What Joe wants you to know. Every day, Vice President Joe Biden looks to the news across the nation that's sparking conversation, sharing the articles and opinions that he's reading and might be of interest to you. Entertaining. Informative. Thought-provoking. He doesn't always agree with them, but they've got something to say.

Podcasts:

 Briefing #78 - Smart diplomacy, not Twitter bluster, on North Korea | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 628

Smart diplomacy backed by the threat of force, not Twitter bluster, is the way to deal with Kim Jong Un.

 Briefing #77 - How breast cancer gene mutations raise risk of tumors | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 130

Scientists say they've spotted how mutations in the BRCA1 gene can trigger breast cancer.

 Briefing #76 - Huge genetic study to search for custom treatments | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 367

In a quest to end cookie-cutter health care, researchers are getting ready to recruit more than 1 million people for an unprecedented study to learn how our genes, environments and lifestyles interact — and to finally develop custom ways to prevent and treat disease.

 Briefing #75 - How bacteria could protect tumors from anticancer drugs | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 484

Cancers have unwitting allies: the healthy cells that surround them.

 Briefing #74 - The importance of wetlands in hurricane defense | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 382

As communities rebuild after hurricanes, study shows wetlands can significantly reduce property damage.

 Briefing #73 - Beyond defiance, Roy Moore is dangerous | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 345

He twice lost his job for denying the supremacy of the Constitution. Is that a message the people of Alabama support?.

 Briefing #72 - Brexit's Irish question | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1312

How do you impose an EU frontier across a small island without the complex compromises that have ended a thirty-year conflict?.

 Briefing #71 - The geography of haves and have nots | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 269

Economic prosperity is concentrated in America's elite zip codes, but economic stability outside of those communities is rapidly deteriorating.

 Briefing #70 - U.S. earthquake preparedness is stuck in beta | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 375

The United States needs a real earthquake warning system.

 Briefing #69 - Teaching persistence | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 389

Babies can learn the value of persistence by watching grownups stick with a challenge.

 Briefing #68 - Being sure you're right makes you weaker | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 352

If you want to change minds on, say, vaccines or politics, you have to be open to your opponent's viewpoint.

 Briefing #67 - Flint's crisis causes uptick in miscarriages | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 318

Another hint that the U.S. ought to quit using lead pipes for water.

 Briefing #66 - Looking for kindness | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 252

As the world goes mad, there seem to be more and more small acts of kindness.

 Briefing #65 - Republicans peddle healthcare nonsense | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 320

Graham-Cassidy isn't just a transfer of resources from Washington to the states. It's an assault on people who need help.

 Briefing #64 - Seniors and the storm | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 467

Older victims of Hurricane Harvey may need special attention as Texas recovers.

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