Podcast Episodes

Can Marriage Fix America?

Why is everyone—on the left and the right—suddenly touting the benefits of a married two-parent family? And what is it about this institution that appeals to a certain class of politicians and pundit…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Wait, China’s Taking Our Pandas Back?

Everybody loves pandas—and China knows it. As we say goodbye to the National Zoo’s pandas, we look back at 50 years of “panda diplomacy” and consider its uncertain future.

Guest: E. Elena Songster, au…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

The Writer’s Strike Is Over: Who Won?

After five long months, the WGA and major Hollywood studios have reached a tentative agreement to end the strike—well, that one anyway. Who won what and where do the actors stand?

Guest: Michael Schul…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Rupert Murdoch and the Future of Fox

At 92, Rupert Murdoch is retiring and handing the reins over to his son. Will Lachlan Murdoch watch over a period of managed decline—or will he chase the audience Fox News has been losing to the even…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

TBD | What Instacart’s IPO Means for Tech

As other tech companies that rode the pandemic to success started sinking, Instacart managed to stay above water—they turned a profit and even made it to an IPO. But a stubbornly static stock price h…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

TBD | Did AirBnB Need to Go?

The sword of regulation, which has been swinging over New York AirBnBs for over a decade, is falling at last. But will new laws for short-term rentals have the effect housing advocates are hoping for…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

The Case For Harm Reduction—And Beyond

Following “The Call,” our series on the opioid epidemic continues in Seattle. 

Harm reduction focuses on meeting people where they are, including enabling them to use drugs safely when experiencing ad…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

How Wisconsin is a “Laboratory for Destroying Democracy”

Wisconsin has been something of a model for Republicans looking to entrench themselves in the state legislature, and one key move has always been to draw the electoral map as favorably as possible. B…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

The UAW Enters the Ring

Thousands of members of the United Auto Workers walked off the line at Midwestern auto plants Friday, putting an exclamation mark on a summer where labor—from screenwriters to UPS drivers—flexed its …

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

McCarthy’s Impeaching Biden to Keep His Job

House speaker Kevin McCarthy announced the opening of an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, but members of the Freedom Caucus—a group of right-wing Republicans with a taste for dramatic, extre…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago