Zach Dyer

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  • Username: zkdyer
  • PRX Member
  • Role: Producer/Reporter: Independent

Recent Pieces from Zach Dyer

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COVID and the Revolution in Restaurants (02:53)
From: Celine Gounder

In this episode we speak with restaurateurs and a labor activist about how the pandemic is reshaping how some think about tips and the minimum wage. We’ll see why tipping so ...
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The Post-Pandemic College Experience (04:12)
From: Celine Gounder

Coronavirus concerns forced many universities to close their campuses this fall. The mix of fewer students on campus, canceled athletics, and online courses is threatening ...
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The Origins of Vaccine Hesitancy (03:27)
From: Celine Gounder

More than half of all American adults have received a COVID-19 vaccine. But even though we’ve made great strides in our vaccination efforts, there are still people who lack ...
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Public Health Under Attack (03:21)
From: Celine Gounder

During the pandemic public health workers have been threatened, and in some cases, been the targets of violence. This misdirection of anger has led many working in public ...
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Women’s Health: Fertile Ground for COVID Myths (04:17)
From: Celine Gounder

Some of the most persistent myths about coronavirus and the vaccines developed to fight it have to do with women’s health. In this segment, we’ll hear about the latest ...
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Caregiving as Infrastructure (04:27)
From: Celine Gounder

The pandemic has upended caregiving and what it means to be a working mom. More than 2 million women have left the workforce because of the cost and effort of caring for ...
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Vaccination Verification: Ticket to Ride or Social Divide? (04:19)
From: Celine Gounder

How do you let people who are fully vaccinated get back to normal life without creating super-spreader events for those who haven’t yet been vaccinated? Some are calling for ...
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Vaccinating the World Part I: The Problem with Patents (03:40)
From: Celine Gounder

President Joe Biden said the United States would be the world’s “arsenal of vaccines” but critics say current plans to donate 80 million doses around the world are not ...
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Vaccinating the World Part II: You Can’t Fight Scarcity with Scarcity (03:52)
From: Celine Gounder

India is the world’s largest supplier of vaccines but the government there suspended the export of all COVID-19 vaccines after a devastating outbreak this spring. This is ...
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Zoonotic Viruses and Their Origins (04:18)
From: Celine Gounder

There’s a lot we don’t know about the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus but there is a consensus that it came from animals. This is called zoonosis. HIV, Zika, and Ebola were ...