Supreme Court, No-Excuse Charters, Oregon Trail

Published: June 1, 2021, 8 p.m.

First, why the most interesting decisions the US Supreme Court has made so far this term have to do with what they’ll do next year. And, why you should think twice before killing a pesky wasp or spraying down one of their nests. Then, the video game designer behind a reboot of The Oregon Trail –which millennials and younger Gen Xers grew up playing in school. Also on today's show: how “no excuses” charter schools are falling short, how humans perceive the passage of while living in a cave and the answers to why women haven’t evolved larger pelvic bones so that babies could be born more easily.