The Cost of Division with Heather McGhee
Why are African Americans getting hit the hardest by the coronavirus? In part, this public health crisis is shining a light on the ramifications of policies and politics rooted in the legacy of racism...
28 Apr 202059min
Solidarity in a Disaster with Rebecca Solnit
Something remarkable is happening. While we must be physically isolated, separated from the world and those we love, people are finding creative ways to reach out and foster community. From sewing mas...
21 Apr 202052min
Going Viral with Carl Bergstrom
There are still more questions than answers about COVID-19. While the impacts of the virus are felt in every corner of human life, there’s a desire to find a neat and clean explanation for how things ...
14 Apr 202051min
The Last Great Pandemic with John M. Barry
What did we learn from the last great pandemic? You don’t have to dig deep into the 1918 influenza before finding eerie similarities to today – be it the White House downplaying the severity of the vi...
7 Apr 202046min
Battling the Darkness with Thomas Burke Jr.
WARNING: This episode discusses violence in war, suicide, depression and drug use.By the time he was 21-years-old, Thomas Burke Jr. had experienced enough trauma for a lifetime. After enlisting in the...
31 Mar 202054min
The Fight for Asylum with Bridget Cambria and Tobias Barrington Wolff
As the coronavirus pandemic spreads, we know that there are marginalized groups that are exposed. Those migrants seeking asylum at the southern border are one of those exposed groups, and face even mo...
24 Mar 202056min
REVISITED Breaking Government with Michael Lewis
Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, the federal government’s catastrophically inadequate response, and the uncertainty that hangs over us all as a result, Chris decided to do something a little different...
17 Mar 202048min
The Origins of a Disaster with Adam Higginbotham
In April of 1986 a nuclear accident occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the then Soviet Union. The fallout from the accident and the Soviet government’s response compounded into one of th...
10 Mar 202050min
