There are 45,000 laws, policies and administrative sanctions in the U.S. that target people with criminal records. University of Chicago sociologist Reuben Jonathan Miller researches how they affect people’s lives in ‘Halfway Home.’ “I want us to think about all these traps that we’ve created, we’ve produced, and I want us to unmake them,” Miller says.
— Read on www.npr.org/2021/03/24/980778161/the-afterlife-of-mass-incarceration
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Dan Pashman of The Sporkful podcast creates a new pasta shape : Planet Money : NPR
There are dozens of different pasta shapes. But for Dan Pashman, host of The Sporkful podcast and pastaficionado, none of them are perfect. That’s why, three years ago, Dan embarked on a journey to create the ideal pasta. This meant designing the pasta shape himself — then figuring out how to manufacture and sell thousands of pounds of it.
— Read on www.npr.org/2021/03/19/979274990/the-new-shape-of-pasta