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The Waves: Unpacking NY Mag’s Teen Cancel Cultu...
It shows a lot of sympathy for its male protagonist. But is that a bad thing?
22 min
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What Next: The Shocking Jan. 6 Hearing Was Not ...
Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony is a bombshell, but Trump’s still a long way from accountability.
25 min
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What Next: What Texas Can’t Forget
One state senator’s fight for Uvalde and for modest gun law changes in the Lone Star State
25 min
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What Next: The State That Brought Down Roe
Mississippi voted down fetal personhood in 2011. In 2022, it was the state that flipped Roe v. Wade.
24 min
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What Next: Your Body, Their Choice
“All of those rights are now up for grabs.”
27 min
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The Waves: What The F*** Do We Do Now?
Abortion rights have fallen. Let’s all scream together.
27 min
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Amicus: Abortion, Guns, and Justices Doing What...
Crushing, predictable decisions from SCOTUS at the dawn of an alarming new era
56 min
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Slow Burn: Roe v. Wade, Roe Against Wade
How Justice Harry Blackmun became an accidental abortion rights hero.
10 min
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A Word: Full Court Stress
How Black NBA players stay sane and on top of their game.
22 min
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What Next: The Poll Workers Targeted by Trump
The anger that exploded on Jan. 6 was being stoked for weeks.
28 min
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What Next: Why Biden Can’t Ice Out Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom buys its way out of the dog house.
22 min
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What Next: An Overlooked Tool to Stop School Sh...
From a student-centered approach, “hardening” a school is obviously counter-productive.
21 min
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The Waves: The Truth About “Normal” Sex
Human and animal history is queer as hell
24 min
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A Word: Black Gay Pride and Prejudice
“I think they’re really threatened by love.”
32 min
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What Next: Bill Barr Calls B.S. on Trump
Why the former attorney general has been particularly useful to the House Select Committee.
20 min
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What Next: The Real Lesson of San Francisco's D...
Chesa Boudin became district attorney as part of a wave of progressive prosecutors. As he leaves office, how do his peers survive?
20 min
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Slow Burn: Roe v. Wade, Women vs. Connecticut
What it took to strike down one of the oldest abortion laws in the country.
8 min
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How To!: Run for Office Without Being an A**hole
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and Vermont State Sen. Becca Balint on staying above the fray.
36 min
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What Next: The Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh
How the alleged targeting of a Palestinian American journalist lays bare the escalating tensions between Israeli forces and Palestinians.
23 min
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What Next: Does Gun Violence Need an Emmett Til...
A trauma surgeon’s desperate plea for change.
19 min
1346
The Waves: The Hidden Cost of Breast Implants
The real dangers and science behind breast implants and other cosmetic enhancements
31 min
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Slow Burn: S7 Ep. 2: Life or Death
How a doctor and nurse from Cincinnati irrevocably changed the debate over abortion in America.
10 min
1348
A Word: Black Crypto Boom
African Americans are heavily investing in cryptocurrency. Will it pay off?
30 min
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What Next: What The Jan. 6 Hearings Are Really ...
Prime-time hearings, professionally produced for television—but can they make a difference?
19 min
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What Next: Can 20 Years of Oversight Reform a P...
After 11 different police chiefs and myriad reforms, Oakland PD is “on the cusp of compliance.” But residents remain leery.
24 min