Rare Strains

One in ten Americans has a rare disease, and we’ve hardly heard of any of them. In today’s Underreported feature, we’ll discuss rare diseases, including a rare lung disease called LAM that mostly affects women of childbearing age. Then, Fiona Shaw and Blair Brown, two members of the all-female cast of the musical My Life As a Fairy Tale, tell us about looking at Hans Christian Anderson’s writings from a new perspective. Next, we’re joined by sleight-of-hand expert and con-man Simon Lovell. Finally, we’ll talk to two scholars about the current political issues surrounding the Supreme Court.