Meh-lania

Melania, the documentary about the First Lady, is a lot like its subject: extremely expensive and fundamentally inscrutable.


Guest: Heather Schwedel, staff writer at Slate, author of “Unfortunately, I Have to Recommend You See Melania”.


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Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, and Rob Gunther.

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Can an Algorithm Spot a Shooter?

Can an Algorithm Spot a Shooter?

Schools have spent millions to detect threats online. It mostly doesn’t work.Guest: Arijit SenHost: Lizzie O'Leary Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

3 Jun 202221min

How Gun-Makers Are Arming the Culture War

How Gun-Makers Are Arming the Culture War

After a mass shooting, gun manufacturers follow a set playbook—they offer “thoughts and prayers,” go quiet, and wait for the bump in sales driven by fear of new gun restrictions. The company Daniel De...

2 Jun 202227min

How Soccer's Best Women Finally Got Paid

How Soccer's Best Women Finally Got Paid

If you want to understand the way inequality is baked into the systems and structures all around us, examining the pay equity issue in U.S. soccer is a pretty good place to start. But after a six-year...

1 Jun 202225min

Reporting on Guns from Texas

Reporting on Guns from Texas

Following the shooting in Uvalde, we talked to a Texas reporter who has covered mass shootings for five years. The Lone Star state remains a GOP strong-hold, which means Texas Republicans tailor their...

31 Mai 202223min

Online Privacy in a Post-Roe World

Online Privacy in a Post-Roe World

What can current surveillance infrastructure tell us about online privacy after the fall of Roe? Guest: Lily Hay NewmanHost: Lizzie O'Leary Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...

29 Mai 202217min

TBD | Will Bitcoin Ruin El Salvador?

TBD | Will Bitcoin Ruin El Salvador?

Is El Salvador heading for default after going all in on crypto?Guest: Anna-Cat BrigidaHost: Lizzie O'Leary Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

27 Mai 202220min

Will Bitcoin Ruin El Salvador?

Will Bitcoin Ruin El Salvador?

Is El Salvador heading for default after going all in on crypto?Guest: Anna-Cat BrigidaHost: Lizzie O'Leary Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

27 Mai 202220min

A Sandy Hook Parent Speaks

A Sandy Hook Parent Speaks

The school shooting in Uvalde, Texas was the deadliest since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut nearly a decade ago. Today, we’re re-airing an interview with a parent...

26 Mai 202226min

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