Podcast Episodes

How Will We Feed Our Neighbors?

Why SNAP benefits potentially won’t be replenished Nov. 1, and what happens to the people who depend on them to eat.

Guest: Dr. Lindsay Allen, health economist and policy researcher at Northwestern U…

Published on 1 week, 4 days ago

The Volunteers Taking on ICE

Having successfully gotten their photo ops, the National Guard receded from the streets of Los Angeles, but an aggressive border patrol, with an eye on raising arrest numbers, has taken their place. …

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

Where Sports Betting Got Us

Last week, the FBI indicted more than 30 people in a series of NBA gambling scandals. The sports leagues are promising drastic action – but with everyone from the states to the owners getting rich of…

Published on 1 week, 6 days ago

Shutting Down and Finding Out

Isn’t a government shutdown supposed to be a crisis? The Republicans, in control of the White House, Congress and Supreme Court haven’t taken steps to end it on their own, and the ship may have alrea…

Published on 2 weeks ago

TBD | Did The Trump Administration Censor Speech?

For years, conservatives claimed that the Biden administration was pressuring tech companies to censor conservative speech with no solid evidence. 

In Trump 2.0, the administration is explicitly bra…

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

The Scariest Halloween Costume

The streets are full of ghouls, masked horrors, and terrifying make-up—also it will be Halloween soon. 

Guest: Luke Winkie, Slate staff writer.

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Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago

TBD | The AWS Outage is Only the Beginning

This week’s AWS outage illustrates just how fragile and vulnerable our interconnected world really is—and how far we’ve fallen from the vision of a decentralized internet. 

Guest: Samanth Subramanian…

Published on 2 weeks, 3 days ago

Is the Peanut Allergy Dead?

Thousands of children may be avoiding peanut allergies thanks to research indicating that early exposure to—rather than avoidance of—the legume is key. Now there’s reason to believe this is true for …

Published on 2 weeks, 4 days ago

Why So Many Racist Group Chats?

Right after JD Vance was done dismissing concerns about racism in a group chat of GOP staffers and Young Republicans, POLITICO released messages from Trump nominee Paul Ingrassia that were so explici…

Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago

The Trump Doctrine in Latin America

The whole spectrum of Trump’s foreign policy is on display when it comes to South America: The US Navy is gathering off the coast of Venezuela, while the Treasury Department prepares to send tens of …

Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago