An Amendment Against Polluters, The Science of Perfect Timing, Please Explain the Flu

Midday on WNYC | Feb 22, 2018

Environmentalist and Delaware Riverkeeper Maya K. Van Rossum discusses her new book The Green Amendment: Securing Our Right to A Healthy Environment. Susan Ronald talks about her biography A Dangerous Woman: American Beauty, Noted Philanthropist, Nazi Collaborator The Life of Florence Gould. Daniel Pink discusses his new book When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing. Dr. Mirella Salvatore, Assistant Professor of Healthcare Policy and Research and go-to flu expert at Weill Cornell Medical College, joins "Please Explain" to discuss the flu.

This episode is guest hosted by Jami Floyd.

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