Podcast Episodes

Can universities survive this?

President Trump, under the cover of the culture war, is attempting to pull billions of dollars in funding from universities unless they agree to his ideological demands. After Harvard refused and sue…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

We’ll defend Sesame Street with our life

“Sesame Street” recently announced it is coming to Netflix. The deal is a lifeline for the 56-year-old kids’ show, which has struggled after getting dropped from HBO and now has to deal with federal …

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

There’s nothing beautiful about this big bill

Republicans are haggling over the details of how much to cut Medicaid and food stamps while also trying to give bigger tax breaks to the richest Americans. Meanwhile, the rating agency Moody’s has do…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

AI is getting smarter. But are we?

The debate over how to use AI in schools, and what constitutes cheating, is not unlike other arguments about tech and learning in recent decades — be it students using graphing calculators to solve p…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

The Art of the Grift

Since President Trump took office, people with money have been cozying up to him — from tech billionaires donating to his inauguration fund, to Qatari royals offering him a $400 million plane. And Tr…

Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago

Birth rates are falling. So what?

There’s been a bit of an obsession with declining birth rates lately, particularly on the right. That has sparked conversations about policies that might entice people to have more children. But all …

Published on 4 months ago

Trump’s math is just … no

President Trump is warning Americans that they might need to give up some new dolls and pencils as his tariff plans upend the world economic order. But as people brace for the trade wars to hit their…

Published on 4 months ago

What college costs — and what it’s worth

With tuition costs rising and student debt weighing many Americans down, how valuable is higher education in this day and age? The answer is complicated. On average, people with a college degree earn…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Has it been 100 years? Or 100 days?

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Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Why religious people are happier

Americans have been turning away from organized religion for decades — but recent research suggests that trend might be stalling out. And studies do show that people affiliated with a religion tend t…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago