BONUS: The First Family of Opioids with Patrick Radden Keefe
If you trace the prescription opioid epidemic that is gripping the country to its source, you will find yourself at the feet of the Sackler family. Patrick Radden Keefe is back in a special bonus epis...
18 Apr 201919min
The Ghosts of a Dirty War with Patrick Radden Keefe
No war can last forever, and when peace comes, those who lived through the horror of violence and hatred have to find a way to live with each other. So it is in Northern Ireland, where since 1998 Cath...
16 Apr 201955min
Abolishing Prisons with Mariame Kaba
What if we just got rid of prisons? The United States is the epicenter of mass incarceration – but exactly what is it we hope to get out of putting people in prisons? And whatever your answer is to th...
9 Apr 20191h 2min
Are We a Democracy? with Astra Taylor
Is democracy doomed? Actually, let’s take one step back: what came to your mind when you read the word ‘democracy’? It’s one of those words that on first glance seems easy enough to define but can tri...
2 Apr 201952min
Dying of Whiteness with Jonathan Metzl
Life expectancy in America has gone down three years in a row. You might expect to see a decline in average life expectancy in the aftermath of war or famine – to witness it in an industrialized natio...
26 Mars 201956min
Building a Progressive Majority with Dorian Warren
There are a whole lot of people running for President. Already, the candidates are beginning their nationwide trek, pitching themselves to the Democratic base. Each campaign faces the same struggle: h...
19 Mars 201955min
Rethinking Identity with Kwame Anthony Appiah
There’s a reason we keep revisiting identity on WITHpod. From Brittney Cooper to Alex Wagner to Michael Tesler to Amy Chua and on, it’s a topic worth circling back to because it’s one of the most fund...
12 Mars 201955min
The Uninhabitable Earth with David Wallace-Wells
Is it too late for us? Scientists have spent decades sounding the alarm on the devastating effects of climate change. And for decades, society decided to do pretty much nothing about it. In fact, over...
5 Mars 20191h 3min
