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The saga of the medical testing company Theranos and its founder, Elizabeth Holmes, is a swirling one, packed with lies, greed, secret romance, literal blood, metaphorical blood, power, secrecy and money. And the Army. And science. And Walgreens. It’s a wild tale: Holmes was a 19-year-old Stanford student when she dropped out of school to…

Uber filed to go public this week. No big surprise there; everyone in the industry has been waiting months for the ride-hailing giant to hit the accelerator on its IPO. What did raise an eyebrow were the details the company divulged in its filing—from how it views the future of its business to what it…

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We’re just a few months away from Pride, and there’s no better way to pass the time until then with an LGBTQ podcast series. There are tons of queer content creators are making fun podcasts on relatable and educational topics to keep the community informed and inspired — and so we’ve compiled a list of…

In August, a video went viral showing an American missionary screaming racial slurs and throwing punches at hotel workers in the lobby of the Grand Imperial Hotel in Kampala, Uganda. The violence exposed an ugly side of the way ongoing racism and colonialism continue to infuse global development. But, perhaps less talked about and more…

Navigating the podcast space as a black millennial can be challenging. With thousands of podcasts catered to our counterparts, sometimes you just need a little help finding the one, two or ten for you. While this curation of ten black millennial podcasts is by no means the end all be all list of black podcasts…

Post Views: 221 Produced by WBUR and based on The New York Times’ weekly column, the podcast “Modern Love” invites well-known personalities to lend their narrating voice to essays, fleshing out words on paper into audible performances that transform readers’ perspectives on love. If you’re a “Modern Love” novice, here are nine essays that span…

If you don’t listen to podcasts I genuinely am baffled at how you could tackle a work commute or clean the house. They are the soundtrack to my life. It would seem that the world and their mum has a podcast now, and there are a fair few dedicated to all things sex and intimacy….

The Prince of Pruning, Dave Decock, takes calls from listeners about their Easter lilies, snow mold on lawns and more. Powered by OmnyStudio Retired Horticulturalist Dave Decock has seen just about everything when it comes to plants, lawns, trees, bugs and more! Listeners are worried about rabbit damage from over the winter. Whether they are…

Looking for a good podcast (or two) to pass the time during your Thanksgiving travels? The Globe has three podcasts that we definitely think are worth your time (but, you know, we’re biased): ■ Love Letters: Season 1 covers breakups, Season 2 is in the works. ■ Last Seen: about the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art heist….