When Brittany Gurney’s son was 14 months old, he had a medical emergency. The bill came out to $15,000. Gurney paid what she could, but it wasn’t enough. Her debt went to collections. But, a surprise letter arrived in the mail: Her debt had been forgiven. Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd reports on a company that buys up and forgives medical debt, the impact it has on Americans’ lives and how medical debt is a widespread, growing problem in the U.S.Then, newly constructed homes now cost less than existing homes in many U.S. markets, reversing a years-long trend. Joel Berner, a senior economist for Realtor.com, shares more about the outlook for prospective buyers.And, climate change brings a number of visible changes, but one artist is trying to capture the sounds that come along with it too. WBUR’s Barbara Moran talks with Nikki Lindt who visits Alaska frequently to capture its audible changes.See more of our Alaska climate coverage here.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy
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Folge vom 02.10.2026Why some Americans are getting surprise medical-debt relief
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Folge vom 01.10.2026Inside Tennessee's botched executionDeath row inmate Christa Pike survived two injections intended to kill her. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has now paused the state's remaining executions pending an independent review. We get an eyewitness account of the botched execution from WPLN's Catherine Sweeney. And, newly obtained documents by The New York Times reveal the timeline between the alleged assault and when Jane Doe filed a report with Cornell University campus police. Times reporter Sharon Otterman explains what the documents show.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy
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Folge vom 30.09.2026ICE raids make a 'ghost town' in KansasThe U.S. Supreme Court decided Tuesday the Trump administration can resume deporting immigrants to countries they have no ties to. Michelle Mendez from the National Immigration Project explains the decision and what it means for immigrants who are fighting to stay in the country.Then, Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids are sparking concerns among residents and business owners in the town of Liberal, Kansas. Janeth Vazquez, vice-mayor and the first Latina elected in Liberal, shares what she’s hearing in her community.And, the U.S. military has now left Iraq, more than 20 years after it invaded the country. Retired Army Gen. David Petraeus, who led U.S. and allied forces in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, reflects on the war, the withdrawal and what could come next.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy
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Folge vom 29.09.2026Security concerns prompt OpenAI to scrap latest modelOpenAI says it won’t release its newest model, GPT-6.1 Astra, because it showed high levels of deception during testing. Gregory Allen, founder and CEO of Decision Tree Research, explains the security concerns.And, a number of artificial intelligence agents have gone rogue lately, notably OpenAI’s agents escaping their testing sandbox and breaching Hugging Face. Author, historian and legal expert Jill Lepore breaks down the concerns about these growing safety risks and why she believes AI is “above the law.”See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy