Kids These Days: The Impact of Tech, Social Media and AI on Adolescents
According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, in 2022, more than one in three U.S. adolescents between the ages of 18 and 25 had some form of mental health disorder, incl...
7 Aug 202558min
Robert Reich on Democrats’ Failures, Trump’s Fascism & Populism
Democrats have abandoned the working class, according to former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, leading working people to fall for President Trump’s hollow and hateful cultural populism. But he argues t...
4 Aug 202554min
Journalists or Creators? How Media Entrepreneurs Are Reshaping News
Legacy media isn’t dead, but journalists are leaving traditional outlets in swarms to launch their own newsletters, podcasts and social media ventures, and they may be forcing a reboot. As one of the ...
31 Juli 20251h
Epstein, Trump & the MAGA Meltdown — Sorting Fact from Fiction
Ever since Trump was re-elected in 2024, his MAGA base has been eagerly awaiting the release of the Epstein files. So it came as a shock when, in July, a Justice Department memo said they had reviewed...
28 Juli 202555min
When AI F*s Up, Who’s to Blame? With Bruce Holsinger
What happens when artificial intelligence collides with family, morality and the need for justice? Author and University of Virginia professor Bruce Holsinger joins Kara to talk about his new novel, C...
24 Juli 202552min
TikTok Is Changing How We Talk & How We Vote
Social media algorithms are leading to the creation of new words, new accents, and even new identities. And while using the apps may seem like a fun, trivial way to waste time, they’re actually having...
21 Juli 202555min
Making Trump Pay with E. Jean Carroll and Roberta Kaplan
“Not my type” is what President Donald Trump said about writer and former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll after she accused him of sexually assaulting her in a dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman. Desp...
17 Juli 202557min
Science vs. Silicon Valley with Adam Becker
How skeptical should we be about the bill of goods (often marketed as needs) sold to us by Silicon Valley? Very, says Adam Becker, an astrophysicist and author of the new book, More Everything Forever...
14 Juli 202549min
