Podcast Episodes

The Strike That Broke a Supermax Prison

At 18, Jack Morris was convicted of murdering a man in South Los Angeles and sent to prison for life. It was 1979, and America was entering the era of mass incarceration, with tough sentencing laws b…

Published on 13 hours ago

Being Black in America Almost Killed Me Part 2

More To The Story: When Trymaine Lee began writing his first book, he didn’t realize that the gun violence he was reporting on was such a central part of his own story. But then he began digging into…

Published on 3 days, 12 hours ago

Taken by ICE

A young woman clings to a tree as masked men try to peel her off. The men wrench one of the woman’s arms behind her back, then stuff her into the back of an unmarked SUV as bystanders film and shout.…

Published on 1 week ago

Being Black in America Almost Killed Me Part 1

More To The Story: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Trymaine Lee was in the middle of writing his first book when the unthinkable happened. At 38, a massive heart attack nearly took his life. That n…

Published on 1 week, 3 days ago

Will the National Parks Survive Trump?

From layoffs to billion-dollar budget cuts and ideological battles over history itself, the National Park Service is facing one of the most turbulent moments in its 109-year history.

Reporter Heath Dr…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Why Rehab Often Fuels Relapse Instead of Recovery

More To The Story: The opioid crisis has been a quiet, deadly presence in America for a quarter-century now. Since 1999, it’s killed more than 800,000 people in the US. But in the background, another…

Published on 2 weeks, 3 days ago

A Baby Adopted, A Family Divided

In 2017, David Leavitt drove to the Northern Cheyenne reservation in Montana to adopt a baby girl. A few years later, during an interview with a documentary filmmaker, Leavitt, a wealthy Utah politic…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Why Conservatives Are Trying to Kill the Voting Rights Act

More To The Story: The Voting Rights Act turned 60 years old this month. The landmark piece of legislation is considered one of the most effective laws protecting the right to vote for racial minorit…

Published on 3 weeks, 3 days ago

What Police Weren’t Told About Tasers

Kansas City police Officer Matt Masters first used a Taser in the early 2000s. He said it worked well for taking people down; it was safe and effective. 

“At the end of the day, if you have to put you…

Published on 4 weeks ago

Trump’s Homelessness Crackdown Has Been Tried Before. It Didn’t Work.

Earlier this week, President Donald Trump announced that his administration is removing homeless encampments from around Washington, DC. The announcement illustrated how the federal government’s appr…

Published on 1 month ago