How DOGE Cuts May Affect Your Summer Vacation
Sweeping cuts are throwing America’s national parks and forests into uncertainty. With fewer rangers, trail crews, and wildfire fighters, the effects could be immediate — closed campgrounds, neglected...
13 Mar 202529min
Where Did #MeToo Go?
Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned from office in 2021 amid a sexual harassment scandal. Now, he’s back and running for mayor of New York City. And he’s not the only one, other so-called “...
6 Mar 202537min
Why Elon Musk Wants You to Have More Kids
A growing number of tech leaders, conservatives, and social influencers believe falling birthrates pose an existential threat to civilization, and this “pro-natalist” movement wants Americans to start...
27 Feb 202533min
And the Oscar Goes to… the Best Campaign?
The Oscars aren’t just about the movies—they’re about politics, too. Audie talks with New Yorker staff writer Michael Schulman, author of Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears. ...
20 Feb 202532min
Why Crunchy Conservatives Love RFK Jr.
Raw milk, seed oil skepticism, and...coffee enemas? The rise of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the conservative “Make America Healthy Again” movement is reclaiming what it means to be ‘crunchy’ -- a term p...
13 Feb 202532min
The United States of Elon
President Trump put Elon Musk in charge of government efficiency and the result has been nonstop chaos and trauma for civil servants. Audie talks with WIRED reporter Vittoria Elliot about how he is do...
6 Feb 202542min
A Pastor's Stand on Trump's ICE Raids
In the wake of Donald Trump’s executive orders on immigration, Audie talks with Rev. Gabriel Salguero about how faith leaders are navigating the call to provide support and guidance to undocumented im...
30 Jan 202530min
The ‘Sober Curious’ Revolution
"Dry January" is evolving into something more than a 4-week virtue signal. American attitudes about drinking are changing, especially among younger generations who are drinking much less. So, what’s b...
23 Jan 202530min
