Alan Yu

1 month ago | wesa.fm | Alan Yu

Political scientist Jeremy Springman got a doctoral degree at the University of Pennsylvania, and came back two years ago as a research assistant professor, intending to stay for the long term. Now he’s looking for jobs again. The funding for his position runs out at the end of the summer. He and others in his lab group worked on research contracts for the U.S. Agency for International Development, which the Trump administration effectively dismantled.

1 month ago | scmp.com | Alan Yu

Anders Bilidt has been married for seven years, but his attachment to his 1973 vintage BMW goes back 22 years. "You could argue I have more history with my first classic car than I do with my own wife," Bilidt says. "It has a special place in my heart. I've done most of the work on the car myself, I know every nut and bolt on it. It's part of the family now."That car is back in Denmark, where Bilidt hails from, and he looks forward to driving it every time he goes back.

1 month ago | wbur.org | Alan Yu

HomeRadioHere & Now50 years since the end of Vietnam War, unexploded bombs are still a threatIn the 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War, millions of tons of unexploded bombs still litter Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. As a result, tens of thousands of civilians have died from them. From WHYY's The Pulse, Alan Yu reports on efforts to find and remove these unexploded bombs. This segment airs on April 30, 2025. Audio will be available after the broadcast.

2 months ago | whyy.org | Alan Yu

The U.S. dropped millions of tons of bombs on Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. Some remain, and could still explode. This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find our full episode marking 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War here.

2 months ago | mprnews.org | Alan Yu

After three years of dating, singer-songwriter Jenny Owen Youngs finally convinced her girlfriend Kristin Russo, in 2012, to watch the TV show “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”They got married a year later — and in 2016, they started the podcast “Buffering the Vampire Slayer” together, which grew to develop a community of more than 3,000 loyal fans around the world. But these listeners also came to support each other online and offline on everything from financial trouble to dealing with grief.