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How Innocence Becomes Irrelevant (No Way Out, Part III)
Episode 34
After Rick Magnis, a Texas judge, reviewed the evidence in Benjamine Spencer’s case, he recommended a new trial for Spencer “on the grounds of actual…
8 years ago
Who Killed Jeffrey Young? (No Way Out, Part II)
Episode 33
In part one of our three-part series "No Way Out," Barbara Bradley Hagerty told the story of how Benjamine Spencer was convicted for the murder of Je…
8 years ago
No Way Out, Part I
Episode 32
In 1987, Jeffrey Young was robbed and killed, and his body was left on a street in the poor neighborhood of West Dallas. Benjamine Spencer was tried …
8 years ago
From 'I, Tonya' to 'Cat Person,' Is 'Based On a True Story' Better?
Episode 31
Conor Friedersdorf recently argued in The Atlantic that in this moment, when the truth is bitterly contested, fiction presents us an opportunity. It …
8 years ago
Paul Manafort and How the Swamp Was Made
Episode 30
“Conventional wisdom suggests that the temptations of Washington, D.C., corrupt all the idealists, naïfs, and ingenues who settle there," Franklin Fo…
8 years ago
Who Gets to be American?
Episode 29
Once again, immigration is at the top of America's legislative agenda, as it has been, seemingly every generation, for much of the nation's history. …
8 years, 1 month ago
Bricks, Clicks, and the Future of Shopping
Episode 28
The 'retail apocalypse' is upon us, they say. In the United States, 2017 saw emptied malls, shuttered department stores, and once-iconic brands falli…
8 years, 1 month ago
The Presidential Fitness Challenge
Episode 27
As the anniversary of his inauguration nears, a new book filled with salacious claims about the Trump administration has become a bestseller. Faced w…
8 years, 1 month ago
How Has America Changed Since 1968?
Episode 26
As 2018 begins, tensions and tumult in America are high. But before the end of 1968, Conor Friedersdorf reminded us in The Atlantic, "Martin Luther K…
8 years, 1 month ago
Ideas of the Year, 2017 Edition
Episode 25
Every year is impossible to synthesize. Yet 2017 was not just another year. To help us wrangle the chaotic, extraordinary events of the last 12 month…
8 years, 2 months ago