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1701
What Next TBD: Elonnnnnnnnnnnnn!
What does Elon Musk really want with Twitter?
16 min
1702
What Next: Is France About to Elect a Far-Right...
Emmanuel Macron appears to have taken reelection for granted.
21 min
1703
What Next: Disney vs. DeSantis
The entertainment giant is going head-to-head with Florida’s governor over what critics are calling the “don’t say gay” law.
22 min
1704
What Next: Pennsylvania’s Nutty Senate Race
This club has everything: moderates, populists, and exactly one (1) Trump endorsement.
26 min
1705
What Next: From Homeless to Housing Reporter
How living in a car for a year helped shape one journalist’s trajectory.
24 min
1706
What Next TBD: Uber Makes Nice With Cabs
New York City taxis are headed to the Uber app.
18 min
1707
A Word: Taxes, Death, and Trouble
The “Black Tax” pushes many African Americans to the financial edge. What’s the path back?
24 min
1708
The Waves: Prepping for Doomsday, Feminist Edit...
What will you need if society collapses?
34 min
1709
What Next TBD: Elon Trolls the SEC
The Tesla billionaire is now Twitter's largest shareholder. Will he remake the platform in his image?
19 min
1710
What Next: Who Can Hold Russia Accountable?
Ambassador Stephen Rapp says prosecutors are already collecting evidence of war crimes in Ukraine. Will it matter?
24 min
1711
What Next: Amazon Gets Its First Union
A scrappy group of Davids has bested Goliath.
23 min
1712
What Next: The Fight Over Free Lunch
How inflation, supply chains, and a tussle in Congress are leaving a pandemic-era food program hanging in the balance.
21 min
1713
What Next: Marjorie Taylor Greene vs. Everyone
The Republican firebrand faces party pressure, political challengers, and a lawsuit seeking her disqualification from Congress.
21 min
1714
A Word: It Hits Different
Are more Black Americans ready to forgive Will Smith?
24 min
1715
What Next TBD: A Conversation With Europe's Top...
Margrethe Vestager just wants big tech companies to play by the same rules as everyone else.
17 min
1716
What Next TBD: The White House's Favorite Tech ...
Google's Ex-CEO built considerable influence in Biden's Office of Science and Technology. Did he cross the line?
19 min
1717
What Next: NATO, Back From the Brink
A brief history of an alliance that, mere years ago, was on the ropes.
25 min
1718
The Waves: Romance Novels Are For Everyone
There are still too many gatekeepers in what should be an inclusive community
40 min
1719
What Next: Ginni Thomas Wanted a Revolution
How the wife of a Supreme Court justice found herself at the center of the January 6th insurrection — and a congressional investigation.
24 min
1720
What Next: Dua Lipa’s Copyright Problem
Did the "Levitating" singer rip off other artists? Or should courts stop rewarding musicians for being so litigious?
22 min
1721
What Next: Where is Brittney Griner?
27 min
1722
A Word: Heroes, Victims, or Threats: Race and R...
Why governments set aside anti-refugee policy for white Ukrainians, and no one else.
29 min
1723
What Next TBD: The Cost of Going Off-Grid
Is there a downside to being entirely energy self-sufficent?
18 min
1724
The Waves: Power of the Dog's Sneaky Feminism
Jane Campion’s Oscar-nominated film is just one example in a long line of feminist westerns
34 min
1725
What Next TBD: Why the Zelensky Deepfake Failed
Even low-quality deepfakes can have an enormous impact.
19 min