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The Books We Read in High School (Part 1)
Episode 104
Recently, professors at elite colleges told Atlantic writer Rose Horowitch that their students don’t read whole books anymore. They blamed cell phones, standardized tests, and extracurriculars, and t…
Published on 1 year ago
“We Live Here Now” and Trump’s Retelling of January 6
Episode 103
As Donald Trump returns to the White House, his desire to recast January 6 as a day of “love and peace,” as he called it during his campaign, seems as strong as ever. Earlier this week, he told the N…
Published on 1 year ago
How Fragile Is Our Vaccine Infrastructure?
Episode 102
Anti-vaccine sentiment is, more or less, as old as vaccines. When Cotton Mather promoted inoculations against smallpox in the 1720s, someone threw a firebomb through his window with a message attache…
Published on 1 year ago
Why Are You Still Cooking With That?
Episode 101
We warned you last month to “Throw Out Your Black Plastic Spatula.” In a recent study conducted about consumer products, researchers concluded kitchen utensils had some of the highest levels of flame…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Trump's Vision to Remake the Military
Episode 100
With all the noise around Donald Trump’s nominees, it’s easy to lose sight of his administration’s bigger plan: placing people who are unfailingly loyal to Trump in key positions, so that the real po…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Democrats’ Immigration Problem
Episode 99
We hash out the “Democrats are too woke” theory with New York Rep. Ritchie Torres, who tweeted the day after the election: “The far left is a gift to Donald Trump.” Torres, who represents a district …
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Are We Living in a Different America?
Episode 98
In the last few months of his campaign, Trump was free and open with his dictatorial impulses, as he talked about punishing “enemies from within.” Now that he’s won, have we crossed the line into a d…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Does America Want Chaos?
Episode 97
One thing tomorrow’s election will test is Americans’ appetite for chaos, particularly the kind that Donald Trump has been exhibiting in the last few months of his campaign. After weeks of running a …
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Is Journalism Ready for a Second Trump Administration?
Episode 96
On the campaign trail, Donald Trump has mused, a few times, about throwing reporters in jail if they refuse to leak their sources and taking away broadcast licenses of networks he’s deemed unfriendly…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Trump and the January 6 Memory Hole
Episode 95
The way Donald Trump talks about January 6 has evolved over time. Directly after the insurrection, he condemned the rioters, although he added that they were “very special.” For the next few years, h…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago