Podcast Episodes

Speaker Johnson's next test

Congress is back in session and the House speakership is once again on the line. The New Yorker’s David Kirkpatrick explains how Mike Johnson got the…

2 years, 3 months ago

Prosecuting parents

The Oxford, Michigan, school shooter's parents will serve up to 15 years in prison. Jennifer and James Crumbley are the first parents held criminally…

2 years, 3 months ago

The man with a pig kidney

A pig’s kidney was just transplanted into a human. But Vox’s Dylan Matthews says we shouldn't need the pigs.

This episode was produced by Victoria Cha…

2 years, 3 months ago

Is college still worth it?

More and more Americans feel like college isn’t a good deal anymore. One state thinks it’s found a way to turn things around.

This episode was reporte…

2 years, 3 months ago

The Sephora kids

Tweens are shopping for trendy, expensive skincare products. Gen Z worries it’s “aging like milk.” Are today’s young people too afraid of looking old…

2 years, 3 months ago

Israel’s attack on World Central Kitchen

The Wall Street Journal’s Stephen Kalin explains what happened, and Refugees International President Jeremy Konyndyk lays out what this means for Gaz…

2 years, 3 months ago

Project 2025

Donald Trump arrived at the White House in 2017 without a lot of plans to actually govern. The conservative Heritage Foundation wants to make sure th…

2 years, 3 months ago

The fight for control of Disney’s kingdom

CEO Bob Iger is fighting off activist investor Nelson Peltz, who argues the company spends too much on message-based “woke” programming and is campai…

2 years, 3 months ago

Making taxes less taxing

The IRS finally has a brand-new, totally free tax-filing software for you. But not everyone’s excited about it.

This episode was produced by Victoria …

2 years, 3 months ago

The kids are all home

Living with your parents is so hot right now, with more adults doing it now than at any other time in the modern era. First, we hang out with a membe…

2 years, 3 months ago