The nation’s fourth postmaster general, a Connecticut native, encouraged Congress to prevent Black people from carrying the mail, out of fear of rebellion. It's a true story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesDoor Exit 43

Brenton Graveley is one of 500 scientists working on taking the next step toward eradicating congenital disease. On this episode of Exit 43, Graveley discusses the ENCODE project, and his work in understanding how damaged human genes might be repaired in the not-so-distant future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Three hundred dogs. That’s how many pitbulls Anya Kopchinsky has fostered in her five years rescuing them from dog-fighting rings. These are criminal cases, she explained on the latest episode of the Exit 43 podcast, even though most of the time the perpetrators get light sentences for unrelated crimes like drugs or money laundering. “It's a lot of…

There are too many parallels between the summers of 1919 and 2020 to ignore. There are inferences to make and parallels to draw, but it’s important, according to historian and author Kenneth C. Davis, to remember that history doesn’t repeat itself. In both cases, racially charged civil unrest followed a global pandemic. In both cases, conservatism …

COVID-19 is killing three times more black people than their white neighbors, as protests against police brutality continue across the nation. On this week's episode of Exit 43, we conclude our mini-series in an attempt to examine solutions to the overarching issues of racist inequity. Are there economic solutions? Is political upheaval the only wa…

Can trauma be passed down from generation to generation? Where do environmental factors and public policy fit in? COVID-19 is disproportionately affecting communities of color, but the factors that make that true have been around for hundreds of years. On this week's episode of Exit 43, we connect the coronavirus to the police brutality that sparke…

Black people are catching and dying of coronavirus at a faster rate than people of other racial and ethnic backgrounds. The question is … why? On this week’s episode of Exit 43 we begin a multi-episode arc looking at the subject of inequity, and how COVID-19 has both solidified and exposed longstanding issues of inequity, resulting in more death am…

Drones are taking our temperatures, apps are checking in with our emotions, doctors are already making use of our health data, much in the same way advertisers do. On this week’s episode of Exit 43 we look at data collection for both public and personal health. That drone above Westport that was supposed to take your temperature? That was just the …

We are all dependent on our screens for interpersonal communication. But what damage is that dependence doing to our brains, and why is it important to shut all your screens off once in a while? On ths week’s episode of Exit 43 we speak with an assortment of people with perspectives on the subject — an epidemiologist, an author, a Buddhist lama and…

Back in the day milkmen delivered directly to your doorstep. What does the future of grocery shopping look like? Robots, possibly, but also a focus on fresh food and what analysts call “grocery experiences.” On ths week’s episode of Exit 43 we look at the past, present and future of grocery stores, and how the coronavirus pandemic may — and may not…

If you have two patients and one ventilator, who lives and who dies? Does it matter who they know or what they do? This is the horrible calculus doctors and nurses have to face every day during the pandemic. In this week's episode of Exit 43 we speak with a military medical historian about the history and practice of triage, and with three healthca…

Will we all be replaced by robots? Will the role of teachers be forever changed? How will coronavirus forever alter our society 20 years down the line, when the current health crisis is just a distant memory? In this week's episode of Exit 43 we speak with a futurist, a demographer, a Civil Rights advocate and a teacher about what effects COVID-19 …