Podcast Episodes

TBD | Wait, TikTok Has a Sister App?

While TikTok’s parent company, Bytedance, is fighting to keep its flagship app from being banned in the United States, it’s also pushing a new app into the marketplace—Lemon8. One part Pinterest, one…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

How Scared Should Trump Be?

Is the Manhattan DA’s case against Donald Trump something he can wriggle out of, or is the former president in real legal trouble this time? Some are already dismissing Alvin Bragg’s investigation as…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Preventing Preventive Care

A federal judge has struck down a provision in the Affordable Care Act requiring private insurers to provide preventive care—screenings and the like—at no cost to patients. 

But preventive care is a g…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Wisconsin’s High-Stakes Supreme Court Race

In Wisconsin, the state Supreme Court election is breaking records when it comes to campaign spending on a judicial race. With abortion rights for Wisconsinites, their state’s electoral geography, an…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Trump Heads to Court

In a history-making move, a grand jury voted to indict a former president. We’ll have more answers about the details of the charges after Donald Trump’s Tuesday arraignment, but what this means for t…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

TBD | Seeking Asylum Via App

CBP One, U.S. Customs and Border Protection's app that is supposed to make crossing the border more efficient, is littered with bugs. But even a perfectly functional smartphone app would pose problem…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

TBD | When A.I. Denies Your Health Care

As Medicare Advantage plans have increased their reliance on software to determine what their customers require—and, therefore, receive—elderly patients are being denied coverage for care they need. …

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

The Diagnosis Was Fatal. She Couldn't Get an Abortion.

Two weeks after Roe v. Wade was overturned, Lauren Hall found out the baby she was carrying had a fatal condition: her head and skull weren’t properly developing. Texas’s three overlapping bans on ab…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

The Diagnosis Was Fatal. She Couldn't Get an Abortion.

Two weeks after Roe v. Wade was overturned, Lauren Hall found out the baby she was carrying had a fatal condition: her head and skull weren’t properly developing. Texas’s three overlapping bans on ab…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

March Madness Comes to Capitol Hill

Two years ago, the NCAA changed their rules to allow college athletes to make money from their “name, image and likeness.” It was a stop-gap measure at best, and some folks even want to see athletes …

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago