Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA culture war over electric cars?
The Biden administration is pushing electric vehicles as the future. So are major auto makers. But how will that play out in red states? We travel to…
3 years, 7 months ago
Will Swifties take down Ticketmaster?
After Ticketmaster botched sales for Taylor Swift’s upcoming concert tour, her die-hard fans, known as Swifties, did more than just whine on social m…
3 years, 7 months ago
The nightmare that is identity theft
Jessica Roy was hanging with friends at a piano bar when her wallet was stolen — and became a victim of identity theft. Roy filed the necessary repor…
3 years, 7 months ago
Keke Palmer’s Hollywood reality — and dreams
Keke Palmer has already racked up two decades in show business. She acts, sings, hosts a TV show and is the face of numerous memes — and she has big …
3 years, 7 months ago
The grad student strike at UC schools
The workload for graduate students, researchers and assistants who take on-campus jobs for their discipline is notoriously underpaid and endless. Tha…
3 years, 7 months ago
Has zero-COVID checkmated China's Xi?
Mainland China is roiled by protests, the size of which have not been seen in a generation. People are calling for an end to the government’s strict …
3 years, 7 months ago
Why the U.S. clamps down on rail strikes
This week, Congress passed a bill that effectively imposed an agreement between rail workers and their companies and prohibited a strike. Politicians…
3 years, 7 months ago
The megaflood, next time in California
Few people associate urban and suburban Southern California with floods anymore, mostly because many of its rivers were dammed up or transformed into…
3 years, 7 months ago
A decade of downers with DACA
For the last decade, about 800,000 individuals who came to the United States as children but have no legal status have been protected from deportatio…
3 years, 7 months ago
Mexico's unique, binational soccer fans
Right now, the eyes of much of the world is on the FIFA World Cup in Qatar as 32 teams fight for national pride. One team is Mexico, whose unique fan…
3 years, 7 months ago