Your Local Disinformation with Davey Alba
The local newspaper is dying. Across the country, newsrooms are either shuttering completely or struggling through massive staff layoffs. It's becoming increasingly clear that in the void left by trus...
8 Dec 202048min
The Down-Ballot Democrats with Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
What happened to the down-ballot Democrats? Going into election day, Democrats were expecting to pick up seats and expand their control of the House. Instead, they suffered consequential blows, still ...
1 Dec 202053min
The Problem with Political Hobbyism with Eitan Hersh
Has online activism and doomscrolling through twitter turned politics into just a hobby for people? At what point is it just a way to spend time rather than affect meaningful change? This week Tufts U...
24 Nov 202052min
How Red is Texas with Abby Livingston
Are Republicans losing their grip on Texas? Election night saw Democrats largely unable to build on the gains made in 2018 when an insurgent Beto O’Rourke ran a grassroots senate campaign that gained ...
17 Nov 202054min
What We Got Wrong with Zeynep Tufekci
The U.S. just surpassed 10 million confirmed cases of coronavirus as infection rates spike across the country. If you look at the charts tracking the reported cases, hospitalizations, and deaths, it s...
10 Nov 20201h 8min
Donate Now with Michael Whitney
What is the deal with all those fundraising emails? The ones with increasingly dramatic subject lines and maybe a dash of emotional manipulation – they’re everywhere, but do they work? There’s a scien...
3 Nov 202049min
Understanding the “Latino Vote” with Chuck Rocha
Why is Donald Trump doing better with Latino voters in 2020 than he was in 2016? The central tension in even asking that question is – who exactly are Latino voters? As campaign veteran Chuck Rocha po...
27 Okt 202050min
America's Isolation with Samantha Power
What does the world think of us right now? Former US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power says it isn’t surprising that our standing in the world has dropped, but rather just how precipitous those drop...
20 Okt 202033min
