New Variant on the Block

On the Media

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🗓️ 6 April 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Hey waddayaknow? There are more variants in the news. Back when Omicron was first making headlines at the end of last year, we made a Breaking News Consumer's Handbooks: Variant Edition. Brooke spoke to Katherine J. Wu, a staff writer at The Atlantic who covers science, to review the steps a news consumer can take to stay informed minus the anxiety.

Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Variant Edition (Andrea Latimer/WNYC)

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This is a segment from our December 3rd, 2021 program, Pigeon With A Mustache.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Micah from On The Media here.
0:01.7	Before we get into this week's episode,
0:04.0	I wanted to tell you about my visit to Brooks House
0:06.9	earlier this week.
0:08.2	I was trying to solve a mystery.
0:09.6	This is the studio.
0:10.5	This is where the magic happens.
0:11.7	That's right.
0:12.5	It is obviously appallingly untidy,
0:16.0	something that thankfully the listeners cannot see
0:19.8	but can only imagine.
0:21.0	And so this is where you sit,
0:22.2	where you both do the interviews and crochet the hats.
0:24.6	And crochet the hats, yeah, absolutely.
0:27.4	As you may know, we've given out many of these colorful hats
0:31.0	over the years to listeners like you.
0:33.6	I wanted to know how and why Brook became obsessed
0:37.0	with making them.
0:38.0	Well, during my parents' first bankruptcy,
0:41.1	we moved from Long Island to rural Vermont.
0:44.1	And I didn't know anybody.
0:46.1	So I thought I would volunteer.
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