Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchOur Roads are Full of Potholes. Why Are They So Hard to Fix?
The pothole is the bane of any commuter’s day. In Oakland, the city has paid over $35 million in the last 10 years in pothole litigation. And accordi…
4 months, 1 week ago
Forum From the Archives: PRXZM Live on Forum
California synth-pop duo PRXZM joins us in studio for a live musical performance. Classically trained musicians Nick Ortega and Emma Maidenberg host …
4 months, 1 week ago
Salman Rushdie on Writing at “The Eleventh Hour”
Salman Rushdie is one of the most consequential living writers – artistically, culturally and politically. “The 11th Hour” is his latest collection o…
4 months, 1 week ago
Government Shutdown Stretches to Record 36 Days
We’re now in the longest shutdown in U.S. history after lawmakers on Tuesday again failed to advance a deal to extend health care subsidies and re-op…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
What RFK Jr.’s Support for Psychedelic Therapy Means for Its Future
This summer, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said he’d like to see psychedelic therapies for depression, trauma and other …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Post-Election Analysis: California's Proposition 50
We look at how California voted on Proposition 50, which would temporarily redraw the state’s congressional districts to favor Democratic candidates.…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
If We Are in an AI Bubble, What Happens if it Pops?
“AI may not simply be 'a bubble,' or even an enormous bubble. It may be the ultimate bubble,” writes tech journalist Brian Merchant. In the first hal…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Conspiracy Theory Expert Experiences Eaton Fire Disinformation Firsthand
Journalist Mike Rothschild has for the last decade studied and written about the rise and spread of conspiracy theories, hoaxes and scams. But after …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Is The Student Loan Safety Net Unraveling?
More than 350,000 Californians are now behind on their student loan payments – the highest delinquency rate for any type of debt in over two decades,…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales on How to Build Trust
Wikipedia, the crowdsourced encyclopedia, is one of the world’s most visited websites, with 11 billion page views each month. Its founder, Jimmy Wale…
4 months, 2 weeks ago