96. School Buses

There’s more than meets the eye to the box that stores the pie. Zachary Crockett cracks the lid. This episode was originally published on October 1st, 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data ... Show More

They’ve long been associated with crime and blight. Now, the investors are moving in. Zachary Crockett follows the trail. This episode was originally published on September 17th, 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collect ... Show More

It takes fungi-sniffing dogs, back-room deals, and a guy named “The Kingpin” for the world’s most coveted morsel to end up on your plate. Zachary Crockett picks up the scent. This episode was originally published on September 10th, 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. ... Show More

Everyone knows the yellow school bus. It’s been invisible and also omnipresent for a century. Dr. Antero Garcia shows how the U.S. school bus, its form unaltered for decades, is the most substantial piece of educational technology to ever shape how schools operate. As it noisily ... Show More

07 The Wheels On The Bus英语启蒙，加V：491820902The wheels on the bus go round and roundRound and round, round and roundThe wheels on the bus go round and roundAll through the townThe seatbelts on the bus go click click clickClick click click, click click clickThe seatbelts on the bus g ... Show More

Getting the Right People on the Bus - And the Wrong People Off the Bus - In a Family Business 

Aengus Cox reports on efforts to address a shortage of bus drivers that's impacting both public and private operators. 

Some cities around the world have decided to make public transport free. Services can range from local bus routes to shopping malls to city-wide transit. We're in the rich nation of Luxembourg which became the first country to introduce free public transport nationally, as well a ... Show More

Guests: Victor Davis Hanson & Todd Mack Host Scot Bertram talks with Victor Davis Hanson, the Wayne and Marcia Buske Distinguished Fellow in History at Hillsdale College and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, and discusses his recent essay, “What the Left Did to Our Country ... Show More

<p>What does it take to “play 3D chess at 250 miles an hour”? And how far will $12.5 billion of “Big, Beautiful” funding go toward modernizing the F.A.A.? (Part two of a <a href="https://freakonomics.com/is-the-air-traffic-control-system-broken/">two-part series</a>.)</p><p> </p> ... Show More

Back-to-school supplies are getting more expensive … so why are parents and teachers at public schools expected to foot the bill? Today on the show: An economist explains how the cost of school supplies fits into the larger history of public school funding, and what one school di ... Show More

<p>When you get on the bus, do you think about the driver behind the wheel?&nbsp;<br><br>If you rode the 8 bus recently, your driver might have been Desiree Andersen, otherwise known as <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@desinthepark">@desinthepark</a>.&nbsp;During her more than tw ... Show More