Senator Bernie Sanders is demanding that states be given a greater oversight role in the decommissioning of nuclear power plants. About 90 percent of Americans who need long term care get it from unpaid family members. That puts a strain on a lot of relatives who have neither the time nor the training to care for loved ones with brain disorders like dementia. Vermont will receive $2.5 million more in federal money for heating assistance.
Melody is the Contributing Editor for But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids and the co-author of two But Why books with Jane Lindholm.
A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.
