Podcast Episodes

What Israel Does Now

Over the weekend Iran fired flocks of missiles and drones towards Israel, but the damage was minimal. What role did Israel’s new network of regional allies play in tamping down the attack? —and how c…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Trump In (Criminal) Court

Donald Trump is appearing in court today as a criminal defendant. Why did this case take so long to go to trial, and what’s at stake for the former president? 

Guest: Jeremy Stahl, jurisprudence edito…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

TBD | Is America Ready for Legal Psychedelics?

How the semi-legalization of marijuana has drawn a road map for legalizing psychedelics—and also provided a list of pitfalls to be avoided. 

Guest: Jane C. Hu, science journalist and author of the new…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

TBD | Does Google Suck Now?

Why lately our search engines just don’t seem to deliver results. 

Guest: Jason Koebler, cofounder of 404 Media and co-host of the 404 Media Podcast. 

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Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

The Judge Protecting Trump

How Florida Judge Aileen Cannon is delaying Donald Trump’s trial over classified documents taken to Mar-a-Lago—and what special prosecutor Jack Smith can do to get things moving.

Guest: Lee Kovarsky, …

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

How the Government Botched Financial Aid

How did an attempt to simplify a tedious student-aid form turn into a full-on debacle that has some high school seniors wondering if they will have to delay starting college? 

Guest: Danielle Douglas-…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

No Labels Is Out. But RFK Jr. Remains.

2024 is down to two historically unpopular candidates. That may leave the door open for third-party candidates to make some noise. But Democrats have been burned before – and aren’t going down withou…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

How Young Is Too Young to Work?

In response to a spike in child labor violations, some states are strengthening their laws against the practice—while 16 states have weakened laws against child labor. What’s going on?

Guest: Lauren K…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

TBD | America Needs More Power

The demand for electricity is surging in the U.S. With increasing amounts of power going towards artificial intelligence, manufacturing and electric vehicles, can the grid keep up?

Guest: Evan Halper,…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

TBD | Truth Social’s Rocky Week

Donald Trump got a huge financial boost when Truth Social went public last week—or did he?

Guest: Nitish Pahwa, associate writer on business and tech for Slate.

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Published on 1 year, 9 months ago