Podcast Episodes

The new border crisis

Title 42, a Covid-era policy that included strict limits on migration into the US from Mexico, has expired. El Paso Times reporter Lauren Villagran e…

3 years, 4 months ago

Can power plants go green?

The EPA has just announced new rules for power plants to clean up their act. But to get to those lower limits, companies might have to switch to two …

3 years, 4 months ago

How Zelda changed gaming

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This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, e…

3 years, 4 months ago

Covid is “over”

Or at least the federal government is over spending money on it. Vox’s resident epidemiologist, Keren Landman, explains the end of the public health …

3 years, 4 months ago

Trump loses sexual abuse lawsuit

A New York jury awarded $5 million to journalist E. Jean Carroll, whose civil suit against the former president alleged sexual battery and defamation…

3 years, 4 months ago

Ed Sheeran and the “Blurred Lines” effect

Ed Sheeran just won a big copyright trial. But he might not have even been in court if not for Robin Thicke and Pharrell’s “Blurred Lines.” Pitchfork…

3 years, 4 months ago

The killing of Jordan Neely

A subway rider choked to death Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man known to New Yorkers for his impersonations of Michael Jackson. WNYC reporter…

3 years, 4 months ago

Charles in charge

King Charles is struggling to get his subjects to care about the historic coronation this weekend. Professor Brooke Newman explains the complicated r…

3 years, 4 months ago

Get used to higher interest rates

The Federal Reserve has once again raised interest rates, which means borrowing money for your mortgage or your business is once again more expensive…

3 years, 4 months ago

Disney vs. DeSantis

Once upon a time, a Magic Kingdom took issue with a ruler’s law and, well, everyone ended up suing each other. The Wall Street Journal’s Robbie Whela…

3 years, 4 months ago