Zuckerberg and the Post-Factcheck Era
After the election, Mark Zuckerberg announced that he was doing away with Facebook’s fact-checking apparatus in the US. With content creators getting paid based on reach, and content spreading wider a...
9 Mar 202526min
From 4Chan to Charlottesville to DOGE
To understand the second Trump administration, you have to understand the internet culture that gave birth to it.Guest: Elle Reeve, CNN correspondent who reported on the 2017 Unite the Right rally in ...
7 Mar 202527min
How Worried Are Ukrainians?
Aware of Donald Trump’s reputation as a dealmaker, Ukrainians had some hope as he took office—maybe Trump could break the stalemate with Russia and find peace. Then that Oval Office meeting happened…G...
6 Mar 202522min
The True Cost of Slashing the Government
Republicans have been talking about cutting the size of the government down for decades. Now that the Trump administration is following through on those plans, the process is laying bare just how much...
5 Mar 202522min
Why Trump Needs Congress
Congressional Republicans are trying to extend Trump’s first-term tax cuts, appease GOP budget hawks and increase defense spending—all in a single budget. Can it be done?Guest: Jim Newell, senior poli...
4 Mar 202525min
Why Women Kill
A survey of people incarcerated in California found that 20 percent of women in for homicide had killed their abusive partners. How have self-defense laws failed women in abusive relationships—and how...
3 Mar 202530min
Cracking the Egg Crisis
Everyone’s talking about the price of eggs—so why are they so expensive? And when can we expect—if ever—the price to come back down?Guests: Dr. Jada Thompson, associate professor at the University of ...
2 Mar 202518min
The DOGE Resistance
Federal workers in the U.S. Digital Service resigned in protest over what they viewed as indiscriminate, irresponsible firings coming from the DOGE office. While lawsuits are entering the courts and p...
28 Feb 202524min
