Podcast Episodes

Can the Feds Lower Your Rent?

Housing prices have skyrocketed, from the usual hot spots in New York and San Francisco, out to the until-recently-affordable places like Boise, Idaho and Charlotte, North Carolina. 

Sen. Brian Schatz…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

Do Work Requirements Work?

Last week, Congress finally passed a debt ceiling deal. Part of that deal included expanding the work requirements for government assistance programs like SNAP, specifically for people ages 50 to 54.…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

TBD | Tech’s Newest Trillion Dollar Company

Until recently, Nvidia was a company known for graphics cards—a brand name among gamers but not necessarily the general public. But as part of the A.I. boom, Nvidia’s stock has skyrocketed, putting t…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

TBD | When Your Childhood Was Their Content

When someone posts a photo of you online without your consent, it should be easy to have it taken down or confront the person who posted it. But what if the poster is your parent, and it’s not just o…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

After They Testified: The Trans Pharmacist Who Went Viral

As the fight for trans rights, including gender-affirming medical care, heads through state legislation, activists and medical providers are stepping up to testify. While explaining her perspective a…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

New Sex Abuse Charges Roil the Catholic Church

After a long-delayed five-year investigation, the Illinois attorney general Kwame Raoul released the report on sexual abuse in the Illinois Catholic church. Where does this case fit in in the long hi…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Covering the Supreme Court

Right-wing activists have been waiting for a Supreme Court like this one, willing to hand down unpopular, reactionary opinions on guns, abortion, and voting rights. Meanwhile, the general public’s op…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Decoder Ring: Why You Can’t Find a Damn Parking Spot

From our colleagues at Decoder Ring:

Parking is one of the great paradoxes of American life. On the one hand, we have paved an ungodly amount of land to park our cars. On the other, it seems like it’s…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

TBD | The Trouble With Tiktok Songs

How the music streaming business opened the door to billions of dollars in fraud.

Guest: Ashley Carman, Bloomberg News reporter covering the podcasting, music, and audio beat.

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Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

TBD | Tweetering on the Glass Cliff

How Twitter’s new CEO Linda Yaccarino finds herself on the edge of “the glass cliff”: when a woman is sent in to fix a big mess. 

Guest: Vittoria Elliot, reporter for Wired, covering platforms and pow…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago