Paul von Zielbauer

Producer, 'To the Point'

Producer for To the Point and Which Way LA?; former reporter for the New York Times

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In a rare political moment, the head of the AFL-CIO has expressed some agreement with the Republican President-elect.

Trump and American labor: A love story?

In a rare political moment, the head of the AFL-CIO has expressed some agreement with the Republican President-elect.

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One politician's "achievements" are another's "mistakes that urgently need correction."

The state of the nation after Obama

One politician's "achievements" are another's "mistakes that urgently need correction."

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Creating synthetic humans sounds like science fiction, but genetic science has advanced so fast that the possibility is becoming a fact.

Creating a synthetic human genome

Creating synthetic humans sounds like science fiction, but genetic science has advanced so fast that the possibility is becoming a fact.

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