Why Graham Platner wasn’t the answer to the Democrats’ men problem
Earlier this week, Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Maine, was accused by a former partner of sexual assault. Platner denies the allegations, but on Wednesday, he suspended his c...
10 Jul 43min
'Gratuitously cruel': Chase Strangio on how trans youth became political targets
Last week, the US supreme court ruled that Idaho and West Virginia can continue enforcing their bans on transgender athletes playing on girls’ and women's teams in schools. It’s the latest development...
8 Jul 38min
The shadowy movement behind ‘Trump accounts’
On the Fourth of July, the Trump administration's new savings accounts for children went live. These ‘Trump accounts’, created as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, are ostensibly supposed to hel...
6 Jul 45min
Term limits? Court packing? Elie Mystal on why it’s time to reform SCOTUS
This term, the US supreme court handed down decisions on issues ranging from voting rights to immigration and birthright citizenship, reshaping life for millions of people. Kai Wright speaks with Elie...
1 Jul 40min
450 years in jail: the leftist activists convicted of terrorism
After the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the Trump administration vowed to prosecute "antifa" activists for domestic terrorism. Now, it's made good on that threat. A group of activists who joined an a...
29 Jun 36min
Taylor Swift’s girlhood era is ending. Where does she go next?
Over the past two decades, Taylor Swift has changed the music industry, and how we think about girlhood. From songs like Fifteen about first love and heartbreak to introspective tracks like Mirrorball...
26 Jun 31min
Has the American project failed? Eddie Glaude Jr on the US at 250
As the US prepares to celebrate 250 years since its founding, Kai Wright sits down with Eddie Glaude Jr, a Princeton University professor, to talk about the conflicts at the heart of the American proj...
24 Jun 40min
How Iranians are coping with the Iran war
With negotiations to end the war in Iran now underway, experts widely agree that the Iranian government has the upper hand. But if the regime emerges from the war stronger than before, what does it me...
22 Jun 33min
