1451
A Word: The Third COVID Summer
People are done with the virus; unfortunately, the virus isn’t done with us.
18 min
1452
What Next TBD: The Dark Web of Online Spider Sales
How the pandemic and social media turbocharged the online spider trade.
18 min
1453
The Waves: Cafeteria Catholics Can Support Abor...
The Catholic Church claims abortion activists are threatening them. Is that true?
27 min
1454
Political Gabfest: Did You Apologize to Manchin...
The surprise deal for climate legislation, new January 6th revelations, and the deadliest road in America.
50 min
1455
What Next: Why Adoption Isn’t Enough
The “pre-Roe” world of adoption is not something to aspire to. Neither is the current system.
22 min
1456
What Next: The Fight to Defend Gay Marriage
It’s a winning issue, so why aren’t Senate Democrats hurrying it to a vote?
28 min
1457
What Next: The Worst Drought in 1,200 Years
The Southwest is struggling today, and it's not prepared for what may follow tomorrow.
23 min
1458
What Next: The Price Liz Cheney Will Pay
Oppose Trump vocally? Pay for it locally.
23 min
1459
A Word: Hip Hop McCarthyism?
Prosecutors are using rap lyrics in court, with very high stakes.
16 min
1460
Political Gabfest: Hot, Hotter, Hottest
Europe’s deadly heat wave, Joe Manchin kills climate legislation, and the inevitable post-Roe healthcare chaos has begun.
43 min
1461
The Waves: The 10 Year Old Who Needed An Abortion
Why did so many news outlets question a doctor’s word about a rape?
33 min
1462
What Next: Three Theories on Joe Manchin
Why the West Virginia senator kept telling the Democrats ‘no’ on climate — and why the Democrats kept on asking.
21 min
1463
What Next: A Different Kind of Pollution
“Sensory pollution” in the environment can be just as harmful as chemical pollution—but it’s also much easier to fix.
23 min
1464
What Next: The Prosecutors Stuck With Abortion ...
In conservative states, some public attorneys are trying to signal that they'll treat Dobbs-triggered cases with skepticism.
26 min
1465
What Next: The Biden Problem
Why do party leaders keep getting caught flat-footed?
18 min
1466
A Word: They Want to Kill Americans
“They brag about having all the guns. They mean it.”
20 min
1467
Amicus: Eric Holder's Supreme Court Protest
President Obama’s Attorney General reveals why he decided to boycott SCOTUS
45 min
1468
The Waves: Brittney Griner and the Problem With...
She’s a star of her game—and this is how she’s treated?
27 min
1469
Political Gabfest: Lowest Approval Rating
Biden’s 2024 plans, the establishment Republicans who stand by Trump, and Herschel Walker’s baffling Senate campaign.
49 min
1470
What Next: The Proud Boys' New Plan for Power
From a loose coalition of “ironic misogynists” to a political force in the GOP.
22 min
1471
What Next: The Real Risks of Monkeypox
The latest outbreak threatens more than any one community.
23 min
1472
What Next: The Russians Invaded. The Opera Play...
Facing bombardment and blockade, music has returned to Odesa’s storied theater.
24 min
1473
What Next: The War on LGBTQ+ Rights
How The Trevor Project sees the impact of the GOP’s newly-introduced, anti-LGBTQ+ laws on American youth.
26 min
1474
The Waves: The Caregiver Crisis
Women have been depending on the labor of other women in order to succeed. What has it cost us?
25 min
1475
A Word: Back to Black Colleges?
Why are growing numbers of elite African American students considering Black campuses?
31 min