Politics and Knowledge; Deaths in Custody; AI in the Job Market; 'The Pitt' & Healthcare Workers

On today's show:

• As the Atlantic Festival takes place in NYC, two of its staff writers and panelists Ashley Parker and Adam Serwer share highlights and discuss the latest from the White House and the policies that they say run counter to expanding knowledge and scientific advancement.

• Meghna Philip, director of the special litigation unit at the Legal Aid Society, talks about its call for the department of investigation to look into all cases of deaths in police custody after a fifth death occurred this year.

• Hilke Schellmann, investigative reporter, assistant professor of journalism at New York University, and author of The Algorithm: How AI Decides Who Gets Hired, Monitored, Promoted, and Fired, And Why We Need To Fight Back (Grand Central Publishing, 2024), talks about AI's expanding role in the job hiring process for both applicants and employers—and its implications.

• On Sunday, the television drama "The Pitt," about emergency room healthcare workers at a hospital in Pittsburgh, cleaned up at the Emmys with several major wins. Listeners who work in the healthcare profession call in to share what the series meant to them and how accurately it depicted post-COVID healthcare.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.