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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
1452
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
1453
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
1454
What Next: Does Gun Violence Need an Emmett Til...
A trauma surgeon’s desperate plea for change.
19 min
1455
The Waves: The Hidden Cost of Breast Implants
The real dangers and science behind breast implants and other cosmetic enhancements
31 min
1456
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
1457
A Word: Black Crypto Boom
African Americans are heavily investing in cryptocurrency. Will it pay off?
30 min
1458
What Next: What The Jan. 6 Hearings Are Really ...
Prime-time hearings, professionally produced for television—but can they make a difference?
19 min
1459
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
1460
What Next: The Right’s Poll-Watcher Army
They still don’t accept the last big election. They’re trying to help with the next one.
22 min
1461
What Next: Does Proof Matter at the Supreme Court?
There's evidence a death row inmate is innocent. The justices are condemning him to die.
22 min
1462
A Word: Black to the Future Online
Podcaster Bridget Todd is ensuring that Black and LGBTQ online activists and creators get their flowers now.
22 min
1463
Slow Burn: Roe v. Wade, Episode 1
In 1971, Shirley Wheeler became the public face of the fight for abortion rights.
52 min
1464
The Waves: Abortion on the Ballot
Working through the best way to fight back against the end of Roe.
30 min
1465
What Next: How Gun-Makers Are Arming the Cultur...
Manufacturers follow a set playbook for when their products are used in mass shootings.
27 min
1466
What Next: How Soccer's Best Women Finally Got ...
The US Women’s National Soccer team fought for six years to secure equal pay for equal work.
25 min
1467
What Next: Reporting on Guns from Texas
The view from a state that doesn’t “have that many restrictions left to loosen up”—and just had a mass shooting.
23 min
1468
Amicus: When a Shooter Comes to Your School
A rebroadcast of Dahlia Lithwick speaking with three educators about when gun violence came to their schools—and the return to the classroom after.
29 min
1469
A Word: Debtor Nation Strikes Back
Is canceling college debt a racial justice issue?
23 min
1470
The Waves: Protecting Abortion Is Vital For The...
In ending the right to an abortion, women’s ability to make a living is at stake
25 min
1471
What Next: A Sandy Hook Parent Speaks
An interview that makes us feel something like hope.
26 min
1472
What Next: The End of Ending the Pandemic
How treatments for addiction and HIV prevention can inform this moment—and the next—in the fight against COVID.
18 min
1473
What Next: New York State’s Redistricting Mess
The ongoing battle over New York State’s political map has national implications.
21 min
1474
What Next: Biden’s Student Loan Ambivalence
If only looking at debt made it disappear.
23 min
1475
What Next TBD: North Korea's Hacking Army
Can North Korea's army of cyber-criminals be stopped?
20 min