‘I Knew I Should Leave, I Couldn’t Leave’
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‘I Knew I Should Leave, I Couldn’t Leave’

Flash floods plagued Utah and much of the Colorado Plateau this summer. Climate change has made them more frequent and more intense. In this audio essay, Terry Tempest Williams, a writer and conservationist, describes the terrible beauty of witnessing one such flood alone in her home.


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A Venezuelan Economist on What Trump Gets Wrong About Venezuela

A Venezuelan Economist on What Trump Gets Wrong About Venezuela

Nicolás Maduro may be out, but Venezuela’s Chavista regime still holds power. Meanwhile, the opposition leader and Nobel Prize winner María Corina Machado is fighting to remain relevant. She’s schedul...

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The Internet May Look Different After You Listen to This

The Internet May Look Different After You Listen to This

A.I. slop is taking over the internet. As the line between human-made and machine-made art blurs — and real and fake images collapse into one another — how should we think about culture now? On “The O...

13 Tammi 34min

From ICE to Foreign Quagmires: Escalation Everywhere

From ICE to Foreign Quagmires: Escalation Everywhere

President Trump began 2026 by invading an autonomous nation and capturing its leader. The Opinion politics writer Michelle Cottle talks to the columnists David French and Carlos Lozada about the ICE s...

10 Tammi 40min

From Kardashian Injectable Lips to Mar-a-Lago Face

From Kardashian Injectable Lips to Mar-a-Lago Face

In 2023, there were over 34.9 million cosmetic procedures performed globally, a 40 percent increase from four years ago. As these procedures have become more common, the taboos against talking about t...

8 Tammi 27min

Is This MAGA Foreign Policy or Something Else Entirely?

Is This MAGA Foreign Policy or Something Else Entirely?

President Trump’s operation to capture Nicolás Maduro, the ousted president of Venezuela, and his wife, seems to have been a military success. What is far less clear is what happens next. Stephen Stro...

5 Tammi 42min

My Gay Son Changed My Understanding of Evangelical Christianity (Re-Air)

My Gay Son Changed My Understanding of Evangelical Christianity (Re-Air)

Changing your mind can be a difficult thing to do, especially when it also means reconsidering the foundation of your faith. That’s what happened for the evangelical pastor Bill White when his 15-year...

31 Joulu 202519min

Is Trump’s Version of America’s History a Lie? (Re-Air)

Is Trump’s Version of America’s History a Lie? (Re-Air)

President Trump’s attacks on the Smithsonian Museum for being too “woke” in its exhibits are part of a broader effort to control America’s story. Bryan Stevenson, a lawyer and the founder of the Equal...

24 Joulu 202526min

America's Next Story: Michelle Goldberg

America's Next Story: Michelle Goldberg

Joe Biden’s immigration policies may have contributed to Donald Trump’s winning a second term, but a year later, Americans are increasingly unhappy with the president’s aggressive deportation tactics....

22 Joulu 202535min

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