Science and Rising Autism Rates; Trump's USDA; 10 Question Quiz: Music History; Is This Authoritarianism?; The Points Guy's Travel Advice: Etiquette

Coming up on today's show:

• Autism rates are rising, but Paul Offit, MD, director of the Vaccine Education Center and an attending physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the author of Autism's False Prophets (Columbia University Press, 2008) and most recently Tell Me When It’s Over: And Insider’s Guide to Deciphering COVID Myths and Navigating Our Post-Pandemic World (National Geographic, 2024), says scientists have already debunked theories linking the rise to childhood vaccinations.
• President Trump's U.S. Department of Agriculture has purged the agency's website of  information related to climate change, extreme weather resilience and sustainable farming practices among other important topics. Now, one of New York's largest organic farming associations is suing the USDA. Emily Atkin, editor-in-chief of the HEATED newsletter, unpacks the story.
• Every day during this pledge drive, listeners can try their hands at a quiz. Today's topic is music history.
• Timothy Snyder, history professor at Yale University and the author of On Tyranny (Penguin Random House, 2017) and his latest, On Freedom (Crown, 2024), offers his analysis of recent actions by the Trump administration, including the elimination of USAID programs and attacks on the press.
• Throughout this pledge drive, Brian Kelly, founder of the travel site The Points Guy and the author of How to Win at Travel (Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, 2025), shares advice on how to optimize your travel plans. Today, he shares his tips for how to behave in order to have a smooth experience for you, and everyone around you.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.