Podcast Episodes

Does Netanyahu Have an Exit Strategy?

Seven months into the war in Gaza, both the international community and many Israelis are demanding to know what Benjamin Netanyahu’s “day after” pla…

1 year, 7 months ago

Is Killing a Protester Still a Crime?

Daniel Perry was sentenced to 25 years in prison for murdering Garrett Foster at a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020, but Texas Governor Greg Abbott…

1 year, 7 months ago

What Are Presidential Debates For?

Though their influence on voters seems to be between negligible and nonexistent, presidential debates are still important. And even if their past per…

1 year, 7 months ago

TBD | The Dark Side of GoFundMe

In theory, crowdfunding sites offer an opportunity for anyone to give to any cause, including, say, strangers facing huge medical bills. In practice,…

1 year, 7 months ago

TBD | Too Stonks Too Furious

The 2021 subreddit-coordinated effort to raise the price of Gamestop stock was, in some ways, a proof of concept: the little guy can get into the mar…

1 year, 7 months ago

Why Miss USA is Imploding

When Miss USA abdicated her throne, people noticed that the first letters of each sentence of her resignation letter spell out “I am silenced.” Short…

1 year, 7 months ago

Can Fox News Still Sway an Election?

Hit with an $800 million lawsuit, missing Tucker Carlson and Rupert Murdoch, and facing competition from fanatical fringe-right media, Fox News might…

1 year, 7 months ago

The Fight for Joe Manchin’s Seat

What would it take for the Democrats to hold Joe Manchin’s crucial Senate seat in West Virginia?  

Guest: Zach Shrewsbury, Democratic primary candidat…

1 year, 7 months ago

MAGA Eating Itself Alive

They’re suspicious of the 2020 election results, their donors, and each other. Now, the MAGA wing of the Michigan GOP is in control—and has kneecappe…

1 year, 7 months ago

TBD | Would You Choose Your Child’s Sex?

The ability to choose the sex of your child through IVF is banned in most of the world. In America, however, parents can—and do—for a price.

Guest: Em…

1 year, 7 months ago