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American Exiles in East Africa
Episode 271
Pete O’Neal was a street hustler and small-time pimp who gave up crime to struggle against oppression, founding the Kansas City chapter of the Black …
7 years ago
Jane Mayer on the Revolving Door Between Fox News and the White House
Episode 270
Donald Trump has made no secret of his great admiration for Fox News -- which he praises by tweet nearly constantly -- and his disdain for other, “fa…
7 years ago
A Moderate Republican Wants to Primary Donald Trump in 2020
Episode 269
The former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld is launching what looks like a political suicide mission. He recently announced an exploratory committee …
7 years ago
A Writer Solves a Mystery, and Ruth E. Carter Steps into the Spotlight
Episode 268
Committed during a period filled with bombings, killings, and disappearances, the murder of Jean McConville remains one of the most infamous unsolved…
7 years ago
What Are We Talking About When We Talk about Socialism?
Episode 267
With the election to the House of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib, following up on the surprising Presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders,…
7 years ago
Teju Cole on Blackface and Valeria Luiselli on the Border Crisis
Episode 266
When depictions of Virginia politicians in blackface surfaced this month, the New Yorker contributor Teju Cole was unsurprised. “A white man of a cer…
7 years, 1 month ago
To Stop the Shooting, Lupe Cruz Gets Between the People with the Guns
Episode 265
Conversations about gun reform are often galvanized by catastrophic mass shootings. But gun violence mostly unfolds as a matter of awful routine: dom…
7 years, 1 month ago
Is the Tide Turning on Gun Reform?
Episode 264
This week, the House held hearings on gun violence, the first in eight years. In the 2018 elections, gun-reform groups outspent the N.R.A.—which appe…
7 years, 1 month ago
Marlon James Builds His Own Damn Universe
Episode 263
When the cast of the film “The Hobbit” was first announced, Marlon James was dismayed—though hardly surprised—by how white it was. A long-standing co…
7 years, 1 month ago
The Mueller Investigation: What We Know So Far
Episode 262
Washington is abuzz with rumors that the Mueller report is coming soon, and both sides are trying to strategize their next move. The reporter Adam Da…
7 years, 1 month ago