Podcast Episodes

The Man Who Counts Every Shooting in America

In 2023, the unrelenting epidemic of gun violence in the United States has claimed the lives of more than 41,000 people. Throughout the year, each an…

2 years, 2 months ago

The Sunday Read: ‘Bariatric Surgery at 16’

Last fall, Alexandra Duarte, who is now 16, went to see her endocrinologist at Texas Children’s Hospital, outside Houston. From age 10, she had been …

2 years, 2 months ago

The Year of Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift grabbed many headlines in 2023. Her widely popular Eras Tour, which proved too much for Ticketmaster to handle, has been both a business…

2 years, 3 months ago

The Woman Who Fought the Texas Abortion Ban

A major case in Texas this week drew attention to the question of who can get exempted from an abortion ban. Most states that have banned the procedu…

2 years, 3 months ago

Antisemitism and Free Speech Collide on Campuses

Warning: this episode contains strong language.

Universities across the country strained under pressure to take a public position on the Oct. 7 attack…

2 years, 3 months ago

Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Fizzled. U.S. Funding May Be Next.

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is making a rare trip to Washington this week, pleading his case for American military aid, something which …

2 years, 3 months ago

Can an ‘Anarcho-Capitalist’ President Save Argentina’s Economy?

Warning: this episode contains strong language.

With Argentina again in the midst of an economic crisis, Argentine voters turned to Javier Milei, a fa…

2 years, 3 months ago

The Sunday Read: ‘The Bodily Indignities of the Space Life’

As an incubator of life, Earth has a lot going for it, something we often fail to appreciate fully from within its nurturing bounds. Merely sending p…

2 years, 3 months ago

Biden Is Trying to Rein In Israel. Is It Working?

As the cease-fire in Gaza has ended and the fierce fighting there has resumed, the United States has issued sharper warnings to Israel’s leaders that…

2 years, 3 months ago

Nikki Haley’s Moment

Over the last few months, Nikki Haley has gained enough in the polls to suggest she is on the verge of surpassing Ron DeSantis as the main threat to …

2 years, 3 months ago