Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Premonition with Michael Lewis
Back in 2019, a panel of health experts declared that of every country in the whole world, the United States was the most prepared for handling a pan…
4 years, 10 months ago
Is Bitcoin for Real? with Joe Weisenthal
How does bitcoin work? Where did it come from, why does it exist, and will it ever be used for everyday purchases? Far from some passing fad, bitcoin…
4 years, 11 months ago
The Whiteness of Wealth with Dorothy A. Brown
Racial hierarchy in America is deeply embedded in big structural institutions. From housing to criminal justice to education, there’s decades of scho…
4 years, 11 months ago
The Endurance of Wikipedia with Katherine Maher
Wikipedia is not like a lot of our current internet. It’s not like sites like Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube that mines its users’ attention and tries…
4 years, 11 months ago
Vaccines: How Do They Work? with Dr. Peter Hotez
What happens in your body after you get a vaccine? The arrival of the COVID-19 vaccines feels like the first positive mile marker in the pandemic but…
4 years, 11 months ago
Who Gets To Say with John McWhorter
Over the past few years a broader conversation around speech has intensified in the United States. It is a conversation about speech, taboo, social j…
4 years, 11 months ago
One-Click America with Alec MacGillis
Amazon puts just about everything you might need one click away and over the last year, people have been turning to the tech giant more than ever. Bu…
5 years ago
Minimum Wage 101 with Arin Dube
What happens when you raise the minimum wage? The almost decade long push for a federal 15$ minimum wage made new noise in the last few weeks when De…
5 years ago
One Year of Plague Living with Michelle Goldberg
We have reached the point where we are hitting anniversary markers in this pandemic. It was just about this time a year ago when all of our lives com…
5 years ago
Finding Truth in Doubt with Anna Deavere Smith
Critically acclaimed playwright and actress Anna Deavere Smith crafts groundbreaking art at the intersection of journalism and theater. Her explosive…
5 years ago