Introducing: 'The Run-Up'
In November, Americans will head to the polls for the first nationwide election since the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. But what happens this fall won’t just be about who wins and who loses. On the fi...
6 Syys 202214min
A User's Guide to the Midterm Elections
Today marks the unofficial start of the campaign for the midterm elections. This year’s midterms will be the first major referendum on the Biden era of government — and a test of how much voters want ...
6 Syys 202242min
Vancouver’s Unconventional Approach to Its Fentanyl Crisis
An influx of Fentanyl, a highly lethal synthetic narcotic, has aggravated the opioid crisis in the United States and prompted communities to scramble for ways to lower the skyrocketing rates of overdo...
2 Syys 202233min
How Gorbachev Changed the World
Few leaders have had as profound an effect on their time as Mikhail S. Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, who died this week at 91.It was not Mr. Gorbachev’s intention to liquidate the So...
1 Syys 202241min
The Parkland Students, Four Years Later
This episode contains detailed descriptions of a mass shooting that some listeners may find disturbing.A trial is underway in Parkland, Fla., to determine the fate of the gunman who killed 17 people a...
31 Elo 202227min
Inside the Adolescent Mental Health Crisis
This episode contains discussions about suicide, self-harm and mental health issues.In decades past, the public health risks teenagers in the United States faced were different. They were externalized...
30 Elo 202229min
Is a Local Prosecutor Making the Strongest Case Against Trump?
Since he left office, former President Donald J. Trump has been facing several investigations.They include the congressional inquiry into the Jan. 6 attack at the Capitol and the F.B.I.’s search of Ma...
29 Elo 202229min
The Sunday Read: ‘She’s at Brown. Her Heart’s Still in Kabul.’
Going to college can be a shock to most: Leaving the comfort of friends and family for a leap into the unknown, a fresh start. But what is the university experience like as a refugee?The journalist Ma...
28 Elo 202252min
