Podcast Episodes

Inside the urgent search for earthquake survivors

The Washington Post reports on the international effort underway to find survivors and prevent a broader humanitarian crisis after powerful earthquak…

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Why the China balloon spying story isn’t over

The Wall Street Journal reports on new intelligence revelations about prior Chinese balloon incursions over the U.S.

NPR examines how limited obesity…

3 years, 1 month ago

Why we’re all implicated in the “shoplifting epidemic”

Heard that there’s a spike in shoplifting? The actual story is far more complicated, and more interesting. New York Magazine tells it.

Democrats are …

3 years, 1 month ago

Inside the GOP’s struggle to move past Trump

Lots of Republicans want Donald Trump to disappear from politics. Their main strategy is hope. The Atlantic explains.

CNN has a rare look inside a br…

3 years, 1 month ago

How to stop violent crime before police arrive

Community-based crime-reduction programs are attempting to stop violence before it happens. The New Yorker and ProPublica report on the challenges th…

3 years, 1 month ago

Why Florida’s governor wants an AP course banned

The Washington Post explains the growing backlash against Florida governor Ron DeSantis’s decision to block an AP course on African American studies.…

3 years, 1 month ago

New calls for change after Tyre Nichols’s killing

The Memphis Police Department disbanded its controversial SCORPION unit after Tyre Nichols’s death. USA Today explains why.

The Washington Post has f…

3 years, 1 month ago

Former officers face murder charges in Tyre Nichols’s death

Former Memphis police officers face second-degree murder charges in the death of Tyre Nichols, as the nation braces for the release of video of the v…

3 years, 1 month ago

The bill that could boost starting teacher salaries to $60K

A new federal bill aims to raise teachers’ starting salaries to $60,000. The Christian Science Monitor has the story.

CNN looks at the potential impa…

3 years, 1 month ago

Reconsidering gun laws after California’s mass shootings

California has low levels of gun violence and strict gun-control laws. Vox looks into why those laws didn’t stop recent mass shootings.

CNN reports t…

3 years, 1 month ago