Podcast Episodes

Dianne Feinstein's Last Stand

The 89-year-old Dianne Feinstein has stated she plans to retire at the end of her term, but her health-related absences have stymied the Democrats’ ability to confirm judges—one of the few things the…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Fox News Goes to Court

The defamation trial between Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News is slated to start this week. Though Dominion uncovered a trove of texts and emails from people at Fox News who knew calling the 2020…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

He Couldn’t Teach ‘Slavery Was Wrong.’ So He Quit.

Iowa was one of the first states in the country to pass legislation against teaching that the United States is systemically racist — an idea some equate with “critical race theory.” But when one soci…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

TBD | Will Banning Social Media Help Kids?

A new law in Utah that goes into effect next year states that anyone under 18 needs parental permission to use social media. Is it a necessary step to protect children from harms associated with soci…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

TBD | How Gamers Leaked Classified Pentagon Docs

Discord is a place to share a community online. Most often, it's for gaming. So why did classified intelligence from the Pentagon end up on a small server whose main interests seem to be video games,…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Do Abortion Pills Actually Need FDA Approval?

Last week a federal judge in Texas refuted the FDA approval for mifepristone, a pill used for medication abortions, which would suspend that approval across the country.

But some experts say - plenty …

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Narcan Over the Counter

The FDA just approved a version of Narcan, the most commonly used version of the overdose prevention medicine naloxone, for over-the-counter sales. The move comes in response to overdose deaths stead…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Tennessee’s House Divided

The Tennessee House, which has a Republican supermajority, voted last week on motions to expel three Democratic members for “disorderly behavior” after they led protest chants from the floor of the c…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Clarence Thomas’s Friends in High Places

A ProPublica investigation revealed that Justice Clarence Thomas has been gifted luxury vacations by Republican donor and billionaire Harlan Crow. For over two decades, Justice Thomas has taken priva…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

TBD | Why Flying Is So Bad Now

U.S. air travel is being strained on all sides—travel demand is back to 2019 levels, but the number of pilots and planes and ground crew hasn’t caught back up, and a rash of close calls are raising s…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago