George Floyd Square, Five Years Later

With all the breathless enthusiasm for the presidential race, no one seems very interested in the U.S. Senate. Why not? Guest: Slate writer Jim Newell.  Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Anna Martin, with help from Samantha Lee.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6 Maj 201919min

Deutsche Bank was the one lender that couldn’t quit Donald Trump. Now the bank holds the key to understanding President Trump’s finances. Guest: David Enrich, finance editor for the New York Times.   Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Anna Martin, with help from Samantha Lee.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

3 Maj 201922min

Attorney General William Barr showed up to the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify, but the spotlight was also on his colleague, Special Counsel Robert Mueller. What will it take to resolve the growing divide between these two men and their views of the Mueller investigation? Guest: Jeremy Stahl, senior editor at Slate.  Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Anna Martin, with help from Samantha Lee.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2 Maj 201918min

Back in 1991, when a 35-year-old law professor named Anita Hill accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment, it was Joe Biden who got to decide how to handle the allegation. Why does Hill think Biden failed her and all subsequent women who would bring a harassment allegation before the Senate? And what does Biden owe those women now, as he seeks the Democratic nomination for president? Guest: Dahlia Lithwick, writer for Slate and host of the Amicus podcast.  Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Anna Martin, with help from Samantha Lee.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 Maj 201921min

At Brigham Young University, students and alumni are forcing a conversation about the severe enforcement of the school’s strict Honor Code. How did BYU’s high standards lead to some students feeling less safe?  Guest: Erin Alberty, reporter for the Salt Lake Tribune.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

30 Apr 201922min

The NRA is in a financial mess of its own doing. A number of executives, vendors, and contractors have used their positions to enrich themselves, extracting hundreds of millions of dollars from the organization in the process. How did secrecy, poor judgement, and sweetheart deals toss the NRA into an existential crisis? Guest: Mike Spies, reporter at The Trace. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

29 Apr 201918min

Back in 2014, a mysterious hashtag started trending on Twitter: #EndFathersDay. The accounts tweeting the extremist sentiments appeared to be the accounts of black women. But black feminists on Twitter knew something was amiss. So they got to the bottom of the hashtag—and used their own to fight back.  Guest: Rachelle Hampton, Slate writer.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

26 Apr 201918min

Immigration judges walk into work everyday knowing that the system they operate in is broken. It has been for decades, through multiple administrations. So what’s the fix? The answer isn’t as radical as you might think. Guest: Judge A. Ashley Tabaddor, immigration judge in Los Angeles and president of the National Association of Immigration Judges. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

25 Apr 201917min