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A History of Hezbollah (Throwback)
Episode 310
Hezbollah is a Lebanese paramilitary organization and political party that's directly supported by the Islamic Republic of Iran. In the wake of the O…
1 year, 8 months ago
When Things Fall Apart (Throwback)
Episode 309
Climate change, political unrest, random violence - Western society can often feel like what the filmmaker Werner Herzog calls, "a thin layer of ice …
1 year, 8 months ago
The Conspiracy Files
Episode 308
9/11 was an inside job. Aliens have already made contact. COVID-19 was created in a lab.
Maybe you rolled your eyes at some point while reading that l…
1 year, 8 months ago
How U.S. Unions Took Flight (Throwback)
Episode 307
Airline workers — pilots, flight attendants, mechanics, baggage handlers, and more — represent a huge cross-section of the country. And for decades, …
1 year, 8 months ago
Water in the West
Episode 306
What does it mean to do the greatest good for the greatest number? When the Los Angeles Aqueduct opened in 1913, it rerouted the Owens River from its…
1 year, 9 months ago
We The People: Canary in the Coal Mine
Episode 305
The Third Amendment. Maybe you've heard it as part of a punchline. It's the one about quartering troops — two words you probably haven't heard side b…
1 year, 9 months ago
We The People: Equal Protection
Episode 304
The Fourteenth Amendment. Of all the amendments to the U.S. Constitution, the 14th is a big one. It's shaped all of our lives, whether we realize it …
1 year, 9 months ago
We The People: Legal Representation
Episode 303
The Sixth Amendment. Most of us take it for granted that if we're ever in court and we can't afford a lawyer, the court will provide one for us. And …
1 year, 9 months ago
Tested: Questions of a Physical Nature
In 1966, the governing body of the Olympic track and field event started mandatory examinations of all women athletes. These inspections would come t…
1 year, 9 months ago
We the People: Gun Rights
Episode 302
The Second Amendment. In April 1938, an Oklahoma bank robber was arrested for carrying an unregistered sawed-off shotgun across state lines. The robb…
1 year, 10 months ago