Podcast Episodes

TBD | Space After NASA

Space might seem to be heading from the domain of big government programs to a playground for billionaires. But just below the surface, a world of start-ups are getting ready to launch. 

Guest: 

Ashlee…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

TBD | Who’s Afraid of A.I.?

Artificial intelligence—as it already exists today—is drawing from huge troves of surveillance data and is rife with the biases built into the algorithm, in service of the huge corporations that deve…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Debt Ceiling Dinner Theater

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced that June 1 is the “drop dead date” by which the American government has to either raise the debt ceiling or run out of money to pay its obligations. Can Pre…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

The Border's New Normal

Activated during the Trump administration in 2020, Title 42 is a controversial border policy that makes it easier to quickly expel asylum seekers. Even though Biden campaigned on moving away from Tru…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Why Richard Glossip Has Escaped Execution Nine Times

Richard Glossip has been on death row for 26 years and stared down nine execution dates. The 1997 killing that sent him to death row has been investigated numerous times and the actual killer—who bru…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Can DeSantis Beat Disney?

To hear Ron DeSantis tell it, “Disney” represents “wokeness.” To the state of Florida, though, the company represents tourist dollars and tax revenue. As the war between Mickey and the Florida govern…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

TBD | What's Going on at Meta?

Meta’s reached a sort of mid-life crisis. Between the layoffs, the stagnant metaverse and Facebook’s dwindling profile, does Zuckerberg have a plan here?

Guests: 

Naomi Nix, Washington Post reporter

If …

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

TBD | What the Writers' Strike Is Really About

When television and screenwriters went on strike in 2007, Netflix had just started offering the option to stream content. This week, the Writer’s Guild of America went on strike to update pay structu…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Charles In Charge

It’s the first British coronation in 70 years and along with the celebration, questions abound: What kind of king will Charles be? Who is Charles anyway? And why even have a king? 

Guest: Imogen West-…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

America’s Rich History of Gun Control

It's been nearly a year since the Supreme Court set a precedent that gun control laws should be judged against “America's historical tradition.” That ruling has opened the door to more than 100 legal…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago