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The Network: Pivoting as mifepristone access shifts

After next Monday, doctors may not be able to mail people the abortion pill Mifepristone. ... more

07 May 2026

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07 May 2026


#171

Alternate Realities: Double or Nothing

As soon as Alternate Realities publishes, Zach Mack calls his dad to hear his reactions to... more

23 Dec 2025

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23 Dec 2025


#170

The Harvard Plan: The Endless Frontier

Universities were not always so vulnerable to the whims of politics. The whole system of t... more

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#169

The Harvard Plan: Jay & Alan

Harvard president Alan Garber and National Institutes of Health head Jay Bhattacharya are ... more

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#168

The Harvard Plan: And so it begins…

The Harvard Plan, a collaboration between On the Media and The Boston Globe, is about the ... more

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#167

Alternate Realities: A Question for Listeners

After we released Alternate Realities, hundreds of listeners reached out, sharing stories ... more

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#166

Congress has voted to eliminate government funding for public media

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18 Jul 2025

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#165

The Network: Déjà vu

Part 3: The network and its method took off in countries where women didn't have a legal o... more

12 Jun 2025

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#164

The Network: Breaking Bread

Part 2: The network had developed a method that had the potential to get women widespread ... more

12 Jun 2025

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#163

The Network: Saint-o-tec

In the mid-1980s, an OBGYN in Brazil noticed that far fewer pregnant women at his hospital... more

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#162

Introducing "The Network" from NPR and Futuro Media

Decades ago, Brazilian women made a discovery that allowed them to have safe abortions wit... more

29 May 2025

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#161

Alternate Realities: Facing the Facts

Episode 3: After a year of waiting, the bet is finally over. Reporter Zach Mack takes stoc... more

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