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Methamphetamine: The most misunderstood drug?
Methamphetamine is best known as one of the most addictive and dangerous drugs out there. But it's also an FDA-approved drug that can be used to trea…
1 year, 2 months ago
All the sad young literary men
Writer Ross Barkan says young men's voices have vanished from literary fiction. Economist Joel Waldfogel offers a reality check from the world of pub…
1 year, 2 months ago
Should women be in combat?
Combat roles have been open to women for a decade, but President Donald Trump's Pentagon still questions whether women can be lethal. Army veteran Em…
1 year, 2 months ago
Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill”
“You are tearing me apart, Congress.”
This episode was produced by Devan Schwartz with help from Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked…
1 year, 2 months ago
White genocide Grok
When the Twitter/X chatbot, Grok, started glitching with responses about white genocide to unrelated questions, it pulled back the curtain on the peo…
1 year, 2 months ago
My colleague, the scammer
North Korea has been sending young, tech-savvy operatives to pose as ordinary American job seekers. Tech reporter Bobbie Johnson investigates the sca…
1 year, 2 months ago
Why are my allergies getting worse?
It feels like sneezing season lasts longer and takes more victims every year. An allergist and a public health specialist explain how to fight back.
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How to "fix" your face
All that time staring at ourselves on Zoom has led to a rise in procedures like “baby botox.” The Atlantic’s Yasmin Tayag explains the lure and Dr. M…
1 year, 2 months ago
All the president’s side hustles
Ethical concerns abound on the president's first big trip to the Middle East since reentering office. But if you really want conflicts of interest, t…
1 year, 2 months ago
Trump’s emergency powers grab
President Donald Trump has declared an unprecedented number of national emergencies. He's used them to wage a trade war, deport people, and speed up …
1 year, 2 months ago