The Public Health Officials Under Siege
This episode contains strong language.When the coronavirus hit the United States, the nation’s public health officials were in the front line, monitoring cases and calibrating rules to combat the spre...
11 Nov 202126min
‘How Did We Let People Die This Way?’
Over the past year, a record 2,000 migrants from Africa have drowned trying to reach Spain.Many of these migrants make the journey in rickety vessels, not much bigger than canoes, that often don’t sta...
10 Nov 202132min
A Conversation With a Virginia Democrat
In a bipartisan win for President Biden, Democrats and Republicans have passed a trillion-dollar infrastructure plan. Now comes the difficult part — trying to win approval for a $2 trillion social spe...
9 Nov 202127min
A Case That Could Transform America’s Relationship With Guns
The U.S. Supreme Court is gearing up to rule on an area of the law that it has been silent on for over a decade: the Second Amendment.The case under consideration will help decide whether the right to...
8 Nov 202130min
The Sunday Read: ‘I Fell in Love With Motorcycles. But Could I Ever Love Sturgis?’
Like many other Americans, Jamie Lauren Keiles, the author of this week’s Sunday Read, bought their first motorcycle during the coronavirus pandemic.“I thought I was just purchasing a mode of transpor...
7 Nov 202128min
The Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse
This episode contains strong language and scenes of violence.Last summer, as the country reeled from the murder of George Floyd, another Black man, Jacob Blake, was shot by police in Kenosha, Wis. Peo...
5 Nov 202130min
A Rough Election Night for the Democrats
On a major night of elections across the United States on Tuesday, the Republican Glenn Youngkin claimed an unexpected victory over his Democratic opponent, Terry McAuliffe, to win the governor’s race...
4 Nov 202126min
A Last Chance to Avert Climate Disaster?
In a giant conference hall in Glasgow, leaders from around the world have gathered for the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Climate Change Convention, or COP26. This is the 26th such sessio...
3 Nov 202127min
