Biden Campaign Politics; Mentally Ill While Black; COVID Tests and Surprise Bills; The West Coast Wildfires - a podcast by WNYC

Coming up on today's show: 

Asma Khalid, political correspondent for NPR and co-host of The NPR Politics Podcast, gives her analysis of the status of the Biden/Harris campaign and other national political news. 






Dr. Ashwin Vasan, epidemiologist and professor at Columbia and CEO of Fountain House, a community-based mental and public health organization, and Christina Sparrock, mental health advocate and Fountain House member, talk about the intersection of mental health and racial justice in light of the Daniel Prude killing and takes calls from Black listeners about mental health stigma, and how it compounds their anxiety around the police. 






Sarah Kliff, New York Times investigative reporter, talks about her latest reporting around why some people are receiving bills for COVID-19 testing when Congress sought to ensure that patients would not face costs connected to the virus. Plus, why is it so hard to find tests for children? 






As the West Coast tragically burns in out of control wildfires, Emily Atkin, writer of the newsletter/host of the podcast called HEATED, talks about how the progressively worse fire seasons have made the climate crisis impossible to ignore.

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