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Embedded: The Network
In the mid-1980s, an OBGYN in Brazil noticed that far fewer pregnant women at his hospital were dying from abortion complications. It wasn't a coinci…
10 months ago
We The People: Canary in the Coal Mine
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 by…
10 months, 1 week ago
Congress has voted to eliminate government funding for public media
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10 months, 2 weeks ago
Edward Said and the Question of Palestine
Episode 351
Edward Said brought the question of Palestine into the American mainstream. He taught at Columbia University for nearly 40 years, and today, more tha…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
What Makes Us Free?
What's the role of government in society? What do we mean when we talk about individual responsibility? What makes us free? 'Neoliberalism' might fee…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Does America Need a Hero?
Captain America: an all-American superhero. Clad in red, white, and blue, he carries only a shield. And he fights only when he must. When it's right.…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
Iran and the U.S., Part Three: Soleimani's Iran
The Iran-Iraq war, 9/11, and the story of Iranian Revolutionary Guard general Qassem Soleimani, from his rise to power, to his assassination, by the …
11 months ago
Iran and the U.S., Part Two: Rules of Engagement
Military confrontations, early-morning attacks, and digital warfare: the story of Iran and the U.S. from the 1979 Iranian revolution to the fraught m…
11 months ago
What the Supreme Court Does in the Shadows
Episode 348
The Supreme Court is issuing its final decisions of the term this month. But it's been extraordinarily active since January, in part because the Trum…
11 months, 1 week ago
Iran and the U.S., Part One
The U.S. and Iran have had a tense relationship for decades — but when did that begin? This week, we feature our very first episode about an event fr…
11 months, 1 week ago