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What happens when you can bet on anything?
Prediction markets have long been an under-the-radar way to bet on politics, sports and pop culture. Now, platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket are go…
9 months ago
How Trump's tariffs are squeezing small businesses
President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again tariff strategy has created uncertainty around the world. Can America’s 35 million small businesses stay…
9 months ago
‘It affects your wiring’: Jake Sullivan on the weight of his work as national security adviser
From 2021 to 2025, Jake Sullivan served as President Joe Biden's U.S. national security adviser. He had enormous influence on the U.S. response to so…
9 months ago
The Supreme Court case that could upend the Voting Rights Act
Later this month, the Supreme Court will hear a case that could overturn a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that protects against racia…
9 months, 1 week ago
The Jackpod: Homeland insecurity
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on Kristi Noem. How the former South Dakota governor rose to head the Department of Homeland Security and the impac…
9 months, 1 week ago
Are robo-referees making sports more fair or less fun?
Major League Baseball will add an automated ball-strike system next season. How human judgement is giving way to technology across the sports world, …
9 months, 1 week ago
Lessons for the U.S. in 'China’s quest to engineer the future'
How can a lawyerly society and an engineering society learn from each other? And what’s at stake if they fail? Author Dan Wang set out to answer thos…
9 months, 1 week ago
Is there really a rise in left-wing political violence in America?
Charlie Kirk's assassination. The United Healthcare CEO's murder. Several recent high-profile killings seem to have political motivations. What’s dri…
9 months, 1 week ago
Princeton's president on how the university is taking a stand
Free speech, funding and academic freedom at U.S. colleges are under attack. Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber shares how his university is w…
9 months, 1 week ago
Meghna's old house
Meghna recently appeared on this episode of This Old House Radio Hour to talk about her childhood home in Corvallis, Oregon. She has a great time tal…
9 months, 1 week ago