Podcast Episodes

Can the global HIV/AIDS fight recover from Trump's cuts?

HIV has been in retreat around the world. 

Fewer people are dying of the disease.

New infections are decreasing. 

More HIV positive people have access to life saving medicine.

Those trend lines have been…

Published on 1 week, 3 days ago

Young Conservatives Are Asking What's Next For the Movement Charlie Kirk Started

For many young conservatives, Charlie Kirk was more than just another political activist or online personality.

He was the face of their movement -- a glimpse at how life for their generation could lo…

Published on 1 week, 4 days ago

The 9/11 terrorism case is in limbo. So are the victim families.

The 9/11 terrorism case has been in legal limbo for more than a decade and many doubt the case will ever make it to take to trial. That’s partly because the defendants were tortured in secret CIA pri…

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

What Jeffrey Epstein's bank knew

Six years after his death in prison, sex offender Jeffrey Epstein continues to dominate the news.

A House committee has released a suggestive note sent to Epstein for his 50th birthday that is signed …

Published on 1 week, 6 days ago

Hackers are after your water. How this town defends against them.

Chris Hugues has what he calls an interesting job.

He’s an assistant operator at a wastewater treatment plant in Cavendish, Vermont.

On a recent August afternoon he gave NPR’s Jenna McLaughlin a tour o…

Published on 2 weeks ago

What happens when democracies use military force to occupy their own territory?

Over the weekend, President Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself as a character from the war film “Apocalypse Now” and, in that same post, seemingly threatened “WAR” in Chicago; later, the p…

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

Trump wants to change education. What's that mean for kids?

President Trump has vowed to abolish the Department of Education. He’s pressured schools to end DEI initiatives and protections for transgender students. He's rescinded guidelines that barred immigra…

Published on 2 weeks, 3 days ago

A vaccine skeptic is leading public health in the US. Today, RFK Jr. faced questions

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced a scathing line of questioning from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers in the Senate on Thursday.

Kennedy is a vaccine skeptic and is using his position as Secretary …

Published on 2 weeks, 4 days ago

Your covid vaccine questions answered

The one thing certain about the COVID vaccine right now is that everything about it is changing.

The Food and Drug Administration recently approved the next round of COVID-19 vaccines for the fall sea…

Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago

Corporate America ditched DEI. What happened to the employees?

“Chief diversity officer” was once Corporate America’s hottest job. 

Now corporate America has retreated from DEI and slashed thousands of jobs. So where does that leave the people who’ve built career…

Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago