What Story Will This Election Tell Us?
With less than 36 hours to go until the final voting deadline for the midterm elections, it's important to know what's at stake. Amy Walter, a host on The Takeaway and National Editor of the Cook Poli...
5 Nov 201814min
The Meme Midterms
Will Oremus and April Glaser are bringing you a special episode of If Then, all about the midterm elections and the role of Silicon Valley and online media in our beloved democratic process. We’re goi...
5 Nov 201856min
They Forecast a Hate Wave in 2008
Daryl Johnson tried to warn Homeland Security about the growing momentum behind right-wing extremists. He was not well-received. On Friday’s show, how the actions of the Obama and Trump administration...
2 Nov 201819min
The State of Red State Democrats
President Trump wanted to make this the election of the caravan. For red state democrats, that’s becoming the case. So with only days to go until midterms how will Trump’s immigration rhetoric shape c...
1 Nov 201820min
Understanding the Crisis in Yemen
Eric Nagourney, an international desk editor for the New York Times, explains the paper’s decision to publish harrowing photographs of malnourished Yemeni children. And Fatima Alasrar, a Yemeni and a ...
31 Okt 201817min
The Internet of Hate
On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser look further into the presidential election in Brazil and how tech has played a role. On Sunday, the far right candidate Jair Bolsanaro was elected...
31 Okt 201842min
"And Subject to the Jurisdiction Thereof..."
There's a clause in the 14th amendment that people wanting to change it continue to come back to: "and subject to the jurisdiction thereof." Today on the show, Professor Garrett Epps of The Atlantic j...
30 Okt 201812min
Words Matter
Slate’s April Glaser explains the futility of expelling bigots from one social media platform, only to see them find safe harbor on another. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...
29 Okt 201815min
