Podcast Episodes

The Omicron kids

Just when it seemed schools and parents and teachers were figuring out how to do in-person learning again, Omicron hit.

The highly contagious variant …

4 years, 1 month ago

A comic and COVID walk into a cruise ship ...

On New Year’s Day, comedian Jen Murphy boarded a cruise ship out of Miami and got ready to perform for 1,800 people. She never did end up getting on …

4 years, 1 month ago

A new Honduras president-elect is set to make herstory

Xiomara Castro is about to be inaugurated as the first-ever female president of Honduras. But la presidenta has a daunting task in front of her. Her …

4 years, 1 month ago

An Indigenous language, back from the brink

Native American culture and history have long been ignored or romanticized as vestiges of a lost people — or both.

The Serrano people of Southern Cali…

4 years, 1 month ago

Standing up for Black lives at the border

Felicia Rangel-Samponaro used to live a fairly normal life as a suburban stay-at-home mom in the border city of Brownsville, Texas. But now the half …

4 years, 1 month ago

Where carne asada is a crime

For over 140 years, street vendors hawking Mexican food have been a staple of life in Southern California. Horse-drawn tamale wagons turned into taco…

4 years, 1 month ago

An American West with no snow?

This past December brought record-high amounts of snow to the Sierra Nevada, California’s main mountain range. The state, of course, has suffered for…

4 years, 1 month ago

The pandemic will end. We promise.

The COVID-19 era is rough, to say the least. But let’s put it in perspective. Every pandemic ends eventually, and this one will too.

Today, assistant …

4 years, 1 month ago

Nikole Hannah-Jones on her triumphs and trolls

Two years ago, Nikole Hannah-Jones launched “The 1619 Project,” a collection of New York Times Magazine articles, photography and podcasts. That proj…

4 years, 1 month ago

The tragedy of Latinos and COVID-19

COVID-19 has been devastating for everyone, but in the United States, there’s one demographic hit particularly hard: Latinos. According to the Califo…

4 years, 1 month ago