Is an Upset Brewing in Iowa?

Is an Upset Brewing in Iowa?

Iowa is home to less than 1% of the U.S. population. So why is this year’s Senate race the 2nd most expensive in U.S. history? Democrats hope to use all that cash to unseat a Republican star in a state that President Trump won handily in 2016.

Guest: Andrew Batt, senior producer at Iowa PBS

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This Fire Season Is Different

This Fire Season Is Different

The American West is undergoing one of the most extreme fire seasons on record. With megafires creating apocalyptic scenes across large swaths of California, Oregon, and Washington, and a pandemic sti...

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Can We Trust the Polls This Time?

Can We Trust the Polls This Time?

For months after Donald Trump’s 2016 victory, pundits labored over how the polls, and the reports surrounding them, had badly misjudged and mischaracterized the election. Since then, pollsters have ma...

9 Sep 202020min

A Post Office Insider On What We're Getting Wrong

A Post Office Insider On What We're Getting Wrong

John Nolan worked at the United States Postal Service for a total of 24 years. He retired in 2005. The last couple of months have been a frustrating time for someone with intimate knowledge of the ins...

8 Sep 202020min

TBD | The Limits of Filming Police Brutality

TBD | The Limits of Filming Police Brutality

In the wake of the killing of Michael Brown in 2014, and the national protests that followed, many believed that video shared on social media, along with footage from body cameras, would reshape the r...

4 Sep 202020min

The Limits of Filming Police Brutality

The Limits of Filming Police Brutality

In the wake of the killing of Michael Brown in 2014, and the national protests that followed, many believed that video shared on social media, along with footage from body cameras, would reshape the r...

4 Sep 202020min

Trump's Legal Troubles Are Just Getting Started

Trump's Legal Troubles Are Just Getting Started

President Donald Trump’s business dealings have been shrouded in secrecy, but new legal scrutiny on the Trump Organization might turn up some answers about how the president makes and keeps his money....

3 Sep 202022min

Will “Law and Order” Save Trump?

Will “Law and Order” Save Trump?

Nine weeks out from the presidential election, the Trump campaign is trying to make the election about “law and order.” Is that a winning strategy when the violence they’re pointing to is happening un...

2 Sep 202019min

A Democratic Mud-Fight in Massachusetts

A Democratic Mud-Fight in Massachusetts

The Democratic primary for a Massachusetts Senate seat is becoming a test of progressive bona fides and the strength of the Kennedy family name. So perhaps it’s not surprising to learn that, when it c...

1 Sep 202016min

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