Will Banning Russian Oil Hurt Russia, or the U.S.?
On Tuesday morning, President Biden took to the podium at the White House to deliver a solemn and provocative speech. As punishment for waging war on Ukraine, he announced, the United States would cu...
9 Mar 202222min
Why Zelensky Poses a Unique Threat to Putin
Since the start of the war in Ukraine, no single figure has antagonized President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia as effectively or persistently as President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine. His defiant vid...
8 Mar 202233min
On the Road With Ukraine’s Refugees
This episode contains strong language. In response to Russia’s increasingly brutal campaign against Ukrainian towns and cities, an estimated 1.5 million people — most of them women and children — have...
7 Mar 202239min
The Sunday Read: ‘The Waco Biker Shootout Left Nine Dead. Why Was No One Convicted?’
It was a perplexing event, with little in the way of legal closure. Seven years on from a fatal biker shootout in 2015, Mark Binelli explores the details of the event — which started as a brawl betwee...
6 Mar 202259min
The Death of the Competitive Congressional District
This episode contains strong language.After winning his House seat in the 2018 midterm elections, Representative Dan Crenshaw, a Republican of Texas, seemed to have found a sweet spot between full-blo...
4 Mar 202255min
Why Russia Hasn’t Defeated Ukraine
After invading, Russia’s military was expected to sweep through Ukraine within a few days, quickly seizing the capital, Kyiv, and installing a pro-Moscow government.It hasn’t worked out that way.Now, ...
3 Mar 202230min
How Europe Came Around on Sanctions
As Russian forces bombard Ukraine’s cities and strike civilian areas with increasingly powerful weapons, the European Union has adopted the largest package of sanctions ever imposed on a single countr...
2 Mar 202230min
In Ukraine, the Men Who Must Stay and Fight
This episode contains strong language.As the Russian assault has intensified, the government in Ukraine has enacted martial law, requiring men to stay in the country and either join the fight or face ...
1 Mar 202242min
