Podcast Episodes

Where’s the beef?

A rancher in the Pacific Northwest scammed two companies out of $244 million. In this episode we first served in February, KUOW’s Anna King — host of…

2 years, 8 months ago

Excuseflation

Inflation happens for a lot of reasons that can be hard for even economists to fully grasp. But — as we learned this spring in an episode we’re rerun…

2 years, 8 months ago

Even more forever chemicals

The chemical manufacturer 3M will pay $10 billion to settle claims it contaminated drinking water with “forever chemicals.” Good thing we already spo…

2 years, 8 months ago

Smokeshow

For the second time this month, huge sections of the US are blanketed by wildfire smoke. Vox’s Rebecca Leber and climate journalist Jeff Goodell say …

2 years, 8 months ago

Supreme Court: Race need not apply

The Supreme Court ruled against race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard and UNC. The ruling is likely to reshape affirmative action in America.…

2 years, 8 months ago

Mall cop nation

The three biggest private employers in North America are Walmart, Amazon, and a security firm you’ve maybe never heard of: Allied Universal. Time’s A…

2 years, 8 months ago

Woke, woke, woke, woke, woke

How “woke” went from Marcus Garvey to Childish Gambino to Ron DeSantis.

This episode was produced by Siona Peterous, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-che…

2 years, 8 months ago

The man behind Russia’s mutiny

Yevgeny Prigozhin rose from hot dog seller to top chef to Russia’s leading mercenary. Journalist Paul Wood and Harvard’s Timothy Colton explain why h…

2 years, 8 months ago

OceanGate

Deep-sea explorer G. Michael Harris has been down to the wreck of the Titanic 14 times. He begged his friend PH Nargeolet not to get on the OceanGate…

2 years, 8 months ago

Dinner and a Modi

Despite US concerns over the decline of Indian democracy and human rights, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is getting a prestigious state dinner from th…

2 years, 8 months ago