1901
The Waves: Hocus Pocus Has No Focus
The Sanderson Sisters are back, but our reaction to witches has evolved.
30 min
1902
What Next TBD: Twitter Is Dead; Long Live Twitter
No matter what Elon Musk does, Twitter will never be the same
36 min
1903
What Next: When Child Protective Services Gets ...
How a lack of due process makes an already-stressful situation worse.
25 min
1904
What Next: The True Origins of the U.K.’s Polit...
Rishi Sunak is inheriting a party and country that can only manage the decline.
21 min
1905
What Next: Is Fetterman's Disability Anyone’s B...
The problems with “push up contest” politics.
27 min
1906
What Next: How DeSantis Redrew Florida’s Map
The governor’s new map obliterated a majority Black district and triggered a wave of lawsuits, but it’s still in place for the midterms.
22 min
1907
A Word: We Won’t Black Down
GOP-backed laws aim to discourage Black voters. Can activists fight back?
30 min
1908
What Next TBD: Can We Make an Alzheimer’s Drug ...
Advances towards an effective drug therapy have been uneven and unclear, but there are promising developments.
30 min
1909
Political Gabfest: The Polls Do Not Look Amazin...
Some dire polls for Dems; women demand human rights in Iran; and Arkansas’ law targeting trans kids goes on trial.
45 min
1910
The Waves: Why You Hate Women’s Voices
Elissa Bassist, the author of Hysterical, explains how society became conditioned to find women’s voices annoying.
27 min
1911
What Next TBD: When An Algorithm Raises Your Rent
If it draws on data from landlords and tells them what others are charging, when does it become price-fixing?
29 min
1912
What Next: What Happened to Kanye West?
The superstar rapper, now known as Ye, has found a comfortable spot in high-powered conservative circles.
22 min
1913
What Next: GOP to Cities: Drop Dead
Republicans dismiss America’s cities as “cesspools”—and their legislation is starting to match the rhetoric.
23 min
1914
What Next: Five Years of #MeToo
What has changed and what hasn’t, in Hollywood and beyond.
23 min
1915
What Next: An American Surgeon in Wartime Ukraine
Why one volunteer doctor keeps going back into countries wrecked by Russian bombs.
18 min
1916
Political Gabfest Bonus Edition: Michigan and A...
A special episode of the Political Gabfest on the midterm races in Michigan and Arizona.
25 min
1917
How Tech Can Help—or Harm—Racial Justice
Talking about the intersection of technology and the social sciences with Ruha Benjamin.
27 min
1918
What Next TBD: Are You Ready to Be Composted Wh...
How a bunch of environmentalists want to disrupt the American death industry.
28 min
1919
The Waves: Why the Law Cares About Your Sex
In Paisley Currah’s new book Sex Is As Sex Does, he asks: why do we classify people based on their sexual identity?
31 min
1920
Political Gabfest: Clarence Thomas Is A Prince Fan
LA’s racism & redistricting scandal, the Andy Warhol copyright case at the Supreme Court, and Anne Applebaum on Ukraine.
55 min
1921
What Next TBD: The Next Amazon Union Fight
Why labor’s success in Staten Island has been so difficult to replicate.
27 min
1922
What Next: How Bad Is the Economy Going to Get?
Fed chairman Jerome Powell’s going after inflation aggressively—what’s it going to cost us?
26 min
1923
What Next: How Is Herschel Walker Still in This?
Are voters desensitized to all this dirty laundry?
23 min
1924
What Next: Roger Stone’s January 6th
Hearings will likely reopen with evidence from a Danish documentary on—and personal text messages from—the longtime GOP operator.
19 min
1925
What Next: Amicus: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackso...
Inside the voting rights arguments at the High Court
42 min