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What Next TBD: We're Expecting the Wrong Things...
What to make of the latest COVID-19 guidelines from the CDC.
24 min
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The Waves: It’s Not TV. It’s a Sh*tshow.
The mess at HBO is a sign of worse things to come for marginalized voices in TV and movies
33 min
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Political Gabfest: The Martyrdom of Liz Cheney
The Trump investigations; Liz Cheney’s defeat; and controversies over how to teach kids to read
51 min
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What Next TBD: What All That Money for Green Te...
The Inflation Reduction Act is fast-tracking climate technologies.
23 min
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What Next: The Red States Punishing Green Busin...
The “party of big business” is using public funds to dictate how private companies invest.
21 min
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What Next: Will Kentucky Fail Breonna Taylor Ag...
An ambitious attorney general failed to hold the cops accountable. Will he obstruct future investigations?
22 min
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What Next: What the DOJ Should Do About Trump
One former federal prosecutor thinks the agency is missing an opportunity to explain its approach to the former president.
25 min
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What Next: Who Influences the Influencers?
Political money and messaging is flowing, unregulated, onto social media.
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What Next TBD: Big Pharma’s Bet on Psychedelics
Psychedelic drug research is increasingly being funded by pharmaceutical companies.
22 min
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A Word: Designing Wakanda
The Black Panther franchise is lifting up a new generation of Black creatives in film.
23 min
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The Waves: Live. Laugh. Lexapro.
Mental health drugs shouldn’t come with stigma. But they shouldn’t be the only solution, either.
30 min
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Political Gabfest: What’s in Trump’s Safe?
The Mar-a-Lago search; the Inflation Reduction Act; and seeking accountability for family separation at the border.
52 min
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What Next TBD: Crypto Could Leave Texas in the ...
How crypto mining is taxing the Texas power grid.
22 min
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What Next: The Crisis of Trust That Dobbs Created
A ruptured ectopic pregnancy left a Texas woman wondering if her treatment was delayed because of her state’s abortion ban.
23 min
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What Next: Is This Climate Bill Worth the Wait?
And how long until we know it’s working?
20 min
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What Next: The Taliban vs. the Press
How one journalist’s reporting trip turned into a nightmare.
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What Next: The New Era of Child Labor
A teen girl vanished in Alabama. The search for her revealed kids as young as 12 working in an Alabama factory.
19 min
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What Next TBD: The Monkeypox Vaccine Monopoly
How intellectual property laws make health crises worse.
24 min
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A Word: Full-Court Fighter
NBA great Bill Russell never apologized for fighting racism. It cost him.
33 min
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The Waves: Liz Cheney’s Mom Energy
She’s disappointed in Trump. But she still voted with him 93 percent of the time.
29 min
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Political Gabfest: Nothing’s The Matter With Ka...
The primaries & Kansans’ defense of abortion; Alex Jones on trial; and surviving pregnancy in the United States.
45 min
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What Next TBD: The Homes We Forgot to Build a D...
Is there a way to fix the never-ending housing crisis in the US?
24 min
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What Next: The Democrats’ MAGA Gambit
Elevate far-right extremists in the primary for an easier win in the general—what could go wrong?
22 min
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What Next: Is It Time to Free the “Merchant of ...
Does Russia want Viktor Bout back badly enough to send Brittney Griner home?
19 min
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What Next: Kansas's Sketchy Abortion Vote
From confusing language to the election’s odd timing, conservative lawmakers are using every trick in the book to try and restrict access to reproductive healthcare.
20 min