The “Peace President” Goes to War
Over the weekend, in the middle of the night, the Trump administration brought the United States into yet another Middle East war. Guest: Shane Harris, staff writer at The Atlantic covering national s...
2 Mar 27min
TBD Tries… Wearables
How much would it change your life and approach to health if you had instant access to your quantified biometrics? RFK Jr. and the Department of Health and Human Services have bet the difference would...
1 Mar 22min
SchadenFriday: The Olympic Curler Who Called Out Trump
Training for the Olympics is a Sisyphean task, but if you’re a curler, pushing a rock is kind of your thing. And who knows? Your big break might come in your 50s.Guest: Rich Ruohonen, Minnesota curler...
27 Feb 5min
Anthropic vs. the Pentagon
The Pentagon wants Anthropic to hand over its A.I. with no strings attached. Anthropic doesn’t want its products used to surveil Americans or create autonomous machines of war. Naturally, the Pentagon...
27 Feb 25min
How Hockey Got Drafted into the Culture Wars
The gay romance show Heated Rivalry brought an influx of attention to hockey, and gold-medal winning performances from both the women’s and men’s American teams seemed to be priming the NHL for a fres...
26 Feb 27min
Mexico’s Cartel War
With President Trump’s urging and support from CIA drones, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s more confrontational approach to the drug cartels culminated in the death of “El Mencho,” the most want...
25 Feb 23min
She's Skipping the State of the Union
Why a number of Congressional Democrats are skipping tonight’s State of the Union address—and why some are still going.Guest: Congresswoman Veronica Escobar, representing Texas's 16th Congressional D...
24 Feb 26min
Does Legal Immigration Still Exist?
Counter to claims that immigrants just need to come to America “the right way,” DHS has begun using the department that administers legal immigration to arrest, detain, and deport people—including tho...
23 Feb 24min
