[timr]

Yeah, I recall when NPR had an "expert" on All Things Considered who advised holding your breath when walking by someone on the street (this was back in March/April, when they were doing "the conversation" segments during the national lockdown).

Their science reporting on the whole has not been great, but some programs (e.g. Science Friday) are better than others.

[clairity]

ha, exactly, the producers agressively filter for the messaging they want from their guests, no matter the veracity or plausibility of their claims.

and agreed, science friday is better than their entire stack of daily news coverage of science-adjacent topics. marketplace, planet money, and hidden brain are pretty good for business/economics.