Scott Tong
Scott Tong is the host of Here & Now.
Tong joined Here & Now after 16 years at Marketplace. He was the China bureau chief in Shanghai from 2006 until 2010. Since then, he's been a senior correspondent and has reported from more than a dozen countries — from refugee camps in East Africa to shoe factories in eastern China. As part of Marketplace's Sustainability desk he has covered the global economy, energy and the environment — and done stories on everything from hacking and fracking, to climate and water, Hollywood in China, Huawe driverless cars and tech spying.
A highly-regarded public speaker and author, Tong has appeared on the PBS NewsHour, at the Aspen Ideas Festival and at TEDxFoggyBottom. He's been a guest host of the Make Me Smart podcast and KQED's Forum. In 2017, he published A Village with My Name: A Family History of China's Opening to the World — a critically-acclaimed narrative nonfiction account of China's economic opening, told through the lives of five people across five generations in his own family.
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The crew of a scientific research vessel discovered a strange black goo clinging to their ship. Perplexed, they sent a sample to microbial biologists for analysis, who found DNA.
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According to the American Psychiatric Association, more than 30% of Americans say their sleep quality is poor or they aren’t getting enough sleep each night.
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There are questions about what preparations and warnings were in place in the rural central Texas area devastated by deadly flash flooding this weekend.
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High-protein diets are one of the latest food trends. Protein is being added to snacks and drinks. Social media influencers are encouraging people to eat more protein every day.
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The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has been using American contractors to distribute boxes of food in four sites in Gaza. Since they began operations over a month ago, the Gaza Health Ministry has reported hundreds of Palestinians have been shot and killed while seeking this aid.
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True crime books, podcasts and documentaries capture audiences everywhere.
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At least one study found that the happiest couples didn’t argue less, but they argued better.
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President Trump's tax bill, making its way through the U.S. Senate, includes cuts to the food assistance program known as SNAP.
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The Apple TV+ series "Murderbot" centers around an artificial life form that acts as security for a team of scientists, though it really would prefer to watch soap operas.
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Eleven million households across America now own backyard chickens, according to the American Pet Products Association.