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The Serious Business of Romance Novels
Episode 53
Book sales — in general — are down, but one genre is bucking that trend: romance. Romance novel sales surged a whopping 52% in 2022. So what’s behind…
2 years, 2 months ago
How The Young Guns Lost the GOP
Episode 52
More than a decade ago, Kevin McCarthy, Paul Ryan and Eric Cantor pitched themselves as the future of the Republican Party. They even gave themselves…
2 years, 2 months ago
What It's Like to Evacuate in Gaza
Episode 51
Thousands of people have already been killed in the Israel-Hamas conflict. And Israel has told residents of northern Gaza to evacuate roughly 20 mile…
2 years, 2 months ago
How Americans Feel About Israel
Episode 50
How do Americans feel about Israel? Broadly, there is deep sympathy for Israel and its response to Hamas in Gaza. But polling shows that among Americ…
2 years, 3 months ago
Roxane Gay Reflects on 10 Years of Opinions
Episode 49
Writer Roxane Gay comes from a generation of what you might call “very online.” She gained international fame because she had a distinctive voice tha…
2 years, 3 months ago
Does Fact-Checking Work?
Episode 48
The political landscape has never been more confusing, and to some, even overwhelming. How do we determine fact from fiction? What keeps fact-checker…
2 years, 3 months ago
A New Assignment: Diving into Politics
Episode 47
Big news: The Assignment is expanding to twice a week! Starting October 10th, The Assignment takes on politics. Every Tuesday we will go beyond the h…
2 years, 3 months ago
An Epic Translation for a Modern Audience
Episode 46
How do you take a story everyone thinks they know, and look at it through a new lens? What role – if any – does the identity of the translator play i…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Free Speech Wars on Campus
Episode 45
Between student protests, controversial speakers, and debates over “safe spaces,” complaints about free speech on campus are louder than ever. How do…
2 years, 3 months ago
Greek Life Gone Viral
Episode 44
In recent years, Greek life faced a crisis as the pandemic cast a shadow on recruitment, and the “abolish Greek life” movement grew across campuses. …
2 years, 4 months ago