American Surrogate

France is the place where for decades you weren't supposed to talk about someone's blackness, unless you said it in English. Today, we're going to meet the people who took a very French approach to ch...

16 Joulu 202049min

For close to a year, Talia Lavin went undercover in white supremacist online communities, creating fake personas that would gain her access to the dark reaches of the internet normally off-limits to h...

9 Joulu 202028min

What can a young refugee who's survived a war teach a novelist about writing young adult adventure?To manage podcast ad preferences, review the links below:See pcm.adswizz.com for information about ou...

25 Marras 202033min

Just because you can't vote, doesn't mean you're not watching. We crisscross the globe to understand how people see their fates and fortunes in the aftermath of the 2020 U.S. election.To manage podcas...

12 Marras 202038min

On this bonus drop, we feature an episode from the NPR podcast Louder Than A Riot called "Lyrics on Trial."To manage podcast ad preferences, review the links below:See pcm.adswizz.com for information ...

6 Marras 202034min

After a Ugandan scholar is suspended from her university job, she discovers a new tool for resistance: extreme public rudeness. Will it work against a strongman president?To manage podcast ad preferen...

28 Loka 202044min

What if more evangelical Christians in the United States fought climate change with the same spirit they bring to the issue of abortion? We go back to a surprisingly recent period when that happened.T...

14 Loka 202036min

How does India's caste system play out in the hiring practices of Silicon Valley? And what happens when dominant caste people in the U.S. grapple with their own inherited privilege for the first time?...

30 Syys 202032min