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The Supreme Court of Facebook
Episode 475
Facebook is at the center of the hottest controversies over freedom of speech, and its opaque, unaccountable decisions have angered people across the…
4 years, 11 months ago
Amanda Petrusich Talks with the Weather Station’s Tamara Lindeman
Episode 474
Amanda Petrusich describes herself as a “diehard fan” of folk music, but not when it feels precious or sentimental. That’s why she loves the Weather …
4 years, 11 months ago
Trump Closed the U.S. to Asylum Seekers. Will Biden Reopen It?
Episode 473
Immediately after Inauguration, the Biden Administration began trying to unwind some of Donald Trump’s most notorious policies on immigration. But, o…
4 years, 11 months ago
Kurt Vile Talks with Amanda Petrusich
Episode 472
Kurt Vile—that’s his real name—helped found the rock band the War on Drugs. But he left that band shortly after its début to make records of his own.…
4 years, 11 months ago
William Barber, and the Question of Faith and Politics
Episode 471
The North Carolina pastor William Barber, who spoke at the inaugural prayer service at the start of the Biden Administration, wants politics to be gu…
4 years, 11 months ago
Unearthing Entombed
Episode 470
Now that we are some sixty years into the digital era, the early days of modern computers are growing distant and mysterious to us. The field of game…
4 years, 11 months ago
Jane Mayer and Evan Osnos on the Balance of Power at the Start of the Biden Administration
Episode 469
With Donald Trump rated the least popular President in the span of modern polling, President Biden might feel confident in claiming a mandate to adva…
4 years, 11 months ago
How Far Has the F.B.I. Gone to Protect White Supremacy?
Episode 468
Today, Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s work on civil rights is celebrated as bringing about one of the turning points of the twentieth century in America.…
4 years, 11 months ago
Donald Trump’s American Carnage Comes to Washington
Episode 467
Luke Mogelson and Susan B. Glasser report on the convulsions of Donald Trump’s final days in office, an unprecedented second impeachment of a Preside…
5 years ago
Questions about the Variant Virus, and Posthumous Albums by Pop Smoke and others
Episode 466
A new variant of SARS-CoV-2 is making its way around the world; in the U.S., it has been found in at least three states: California, Colorado, and Ne…
5 years ago