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Do Not Pass Go
Over a week after the midterms, there's uncertainty in key races in Florida and Georgia. We examine the pervasive conspiracy theories around vote cou…
7 years, 4 months ago
The Stories Fires Tell
The Camp Fire in California is the deadliest in the state's history, leaving the entire city of Paradise in ashes. Parts of Malibu were destroyed by …
7 years, 4 months ago
We're Not Very Good At This
America’s divisions are all the more clear after another frenzied news cycle. This week, we ask a historian and a data scientist whether we humans ar…
7 years, 4 months ago
Why We're So Polarized
Last week on our show, Bob spoke with Lilliana Mason, a University of Maryland political psychologist and author of Uncivil Agreement: How Politics …
7 years, 4 months ago
The Others
After a week of hate-fueled attacks, we examine the "dotted line" from incitement to violence. We dig deep into tribalism and how it widens the gulf …
7 years, 4 months ago
Gab is Back in the Headlines and Off the Web
The social media website Gab has faced sanction and scorn in the days since one of its active users killed 11 members of Pittsburgh's Jewish communit…
7 years, 4 months ago
Knock, Knock
With the midterms approaching, Democrats and Republicans are fighting to control the national conversation. This week, On the Media looks at how to a…
7 years, 4 months ago
West Virginia's "Genius" Watchdog
Nearly two years since the 2016 Presidential Election, much of the press are still covering so-called "Trump country" using a series of simplistic na…
7 years, 4 months ago
Bloodlines
In using a genetic test to try to prove her Native ancestry, Senator Elizabeth Warren inadvertently stepped into a quagmire. This week, we examine th…
7 years, 5 months ago
The Radical Catalog
Another chapter in the history of American consumerism came to a close this week when the retail giant Sears announced it was filing for bankruptcy a…
7 years, 5 months ago