Podcast Episodes

RoboCab

The San Francisco Standard’s Liz Lindqwister reports from San Francisco, where people are flipping her off for hailing rides in robotaxis. The Verge’…

2 years, 6 months ago

Florida man indicted (again) (again) (again)

Oft-indicted former President Donald Trump is at it again. Stephen Fowler, host of Georgia Public Broadcasting’s Battleground: Ballot Box podcast, ex…

2 years, 6 months ago

Why Maui burned

Hawaii’s landscape has been rapidly changing for the last 200 years thanks to plantations, tourism, and climate change. A reporter and climatologist …

2 years, 6 months ago

A postpartum pill

The FDA’s approval of a new pill that treats postpartum depression could be yet another signal that we are living in a golden age of medicine.

This ep…

2 years, 6 months ago

Suing big food

Tostitos chips without real lime. Root beer made with fake vanilla. Instant mac and cheese that isn’t so instant. These products are among the hundre…

2 years, 7 months ago

The Rikers takeover

Today a federal judge hears arguments on whether New York City Mayor Eric Adams should be stripped of control of the jails on Rikers Island. Gothamis…

2 years, 7 months ago

Shein trouble

The Chinese apparel company Shein is a favorite of Gen Z shoppers and the latest frontier in US-China tensions. Vogue Business editor Hilary Milnes e…

2 years, 7 months ago

ESPN 4 SALE

Disney CEO Bob Iger says the company is looking for a “strategic partner” to invest in the massive sports network, which has been struggling in an er…

2 years, 7 months ago

Hot topic

When it comes to climate policy, President Biden has accomplished more than any of his predecessors. But activists want more: They want him to declar…

2 years, 7 months ago

The air-istocracy

Private jets aren’t what they used to be. AOC is calling out Hollywood executives for having too many, and European nations are trying to ban them. P…

2 years, 7 months ago