Podcast Episodes

The Supreme Court’s corruption crisis

In a hearing today, the Senate Judiciary Committee took on the Supreme Court’s lack of ethics standards. ProPublica’s Joshua Kaplan explains how his …

3 years, 4 months ago

Why parents are suing social media

Congress has yet to pass legislation regulating social media companies, so parents are taking matters into their own hands. A lawyer representing the…

3 years, 4 months ago

Fake Drake

The Verge’s Nilay Patel explains how a spurious collaboration between Drake and The Weeknd started a copyright fight over generative AI. Holly Herndo…

3 years, 4 months ago

Can Title IX protect trans athletes?

President Biden hopes so. His administration is preparing to roll out new rules that would counter state and local bans aimed at keeping transgender …

3 years, 4 months ago

The new war in Sudan

Foreign powers are arming and funding opposing military leaders in Sudan, who are now battling for control of the country. It’s just the latest in a …

3 years, 4 months ago

He’s running

The oldest president in the history of the United States wants a second term. Vox’s Andrew Prokop and Dylan Matthews explain why Joe Biden doesn’t ha…

3 years, 4 months ago

The Adderall shortage

There is a nationwide shortage of medications to treat ADHD. One culprit: the DEA. Vox’s Dylan Scott explains.

This episode was produced by Miles Brya…

3 years, 4 months ago

Cocaine hippos (and the case against pets)

The descendants of Pablo Escobar’s pet hippopotami are wreaking havoc in Colombia. They can teach us non-druglords a thing or two about pet ownership…

3 years, 5 months ago

Make it rain

The Colorado River is disappearing and the government is now spending millions on one wild idea to ease the pain: seeding clouds to make it rain.

This…

3 years, 5 months ago

What does the Fox pay?

$787.5 million. (To Dominion Voting Systems, averting a defamation trial that could have been disastrous for the network. The Washington Post’s Erik …

3 years, 5 months ago