Off the Rails

Published: Feb. 17, 2023, 5 p.m.

1.\xa0Julia Rock\xa0[@jul1arock], reporter at the The Lever, and\xa0Allison Fisher\xa0[@citizenfisher],\xa0director of the Climate and Energy Program for\xa0Media Matters for America, on\xa0why the Ohio derailment was a foreseeable disaster\xa0and how\xa0dearth of early media coverage, which failed to hold parties accountable,\xa0left space for distrust. Listen.

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2.\xa0G\xf6n\xfcl Tol\xa0[@gonultol], the founding director\xa0of the Middle East Institute's Turkey program and author of "Erdo\u011fan\u2019s War: A Strongman\u2019s Struggle at Home and in Syria,"\xa0on the impact of government\xa0corruption on Turkey's death toll after this month's earthquake.\xa0Listen.

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3.\xa0Natasha Hall\xa0[@NatashaHallDC], a senior fellow at the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies,\xa0on the ways politics have played into\xa0a delay\xa0in aid in Syria.\xa0Listen.

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4.\xa0Keren Landman\xa0[@landmanspeaking], senior reporter covering public health\xa0and emerging infectious diseases at Vox,\xa0on the risks of bird flu and\xa0if we\xa0should be worried\xa0about\xa0another pandemic.\xa0Listen.

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Music:Fallen Leaves - Marcos CiscarInvitation to a Suicide - John ZornBerceuse In D Flat Major, Op. 57 - Ivan MoravecTime Is Late - Marcos CiscarWhen Doves Cry\xa0Airborne Toxic EventLachrymae Antiquae - Kronos QuartetWhite Man Sleeps - Kronos QuartetThe Old House - Marcos Ciscar