Open Source with Christopher Lydon

Recent Episodes

Plagues, Pathogens, and Panic

Posted March 6, 2020 • 00:50:24

Stuff we’re all learning in coronavirus time: the word miasma, for example, meaning noxious bad air; that we touch our faces 23 times an hour; that...

The New Red Scare

Posted February 27, 2020 • 00:49:56

The winter round of the presidential race goes to Bernie Sanders, not so much for winning the most votes from Democrats as for coining the key word,...

The Soul of Care

Posted February 20, 2020 • 00:50:25

Arthur Kleinman is a name that comes up again and again when you search around our big college town of Boston / Cambridge for people asking the great...

Malcolm X in Boston and Beyond

Posted February 13, 2020 • 00:50:24

The life of Malcolm X is the classic hero’s journey, in a setting we almost know: a story of anointment, dedication, fate, faith, family, incredible...

The New Hampshire Primary

Posted February 6, 2020 • 00:50:21

Say what you will about the cranky-Yankee New Hampshire primary, in a remote, mostly white state in the shape of a dunce cap on the map of New England....