1926
The Waves: Why Women Carry the Bulk of Student ...
Women and people of color will benefit. Which is good!
26 min
1927
What Next TBD: A.I. Made to Fight Child Porn En...
The unintended victims of Google's A.I. used to fight child predators.
24 min
1928
What Next: Best Of 2022 | The Michigan Democrat...
One freshman state senator shows Democrats how to parry Republican attacks designed to stoke fear and anger.
27 min
1929
What Next: Best Of 2022 | When Your Book Gets B...
How did Ashley Pérez’s novel Out of Darkness get blackballed from schools across the country?
27 min
1930
What Next: Best Of 2022 | The NFL’s Race Problem
A former head coach alleges that the league’s hiring practices are discriminatory. What will it take for them to change?
27 min
1931
What Next: Best Of 2022 | Ginni Thomas Wanted a...
How the wife of a Supreme Court justice found herself at the center of the January 6th insurrection — and a congressional investigation.
25 min
1932
A Word: Ballers and Shot Callers
How Black quarterbacks like Patrick Mahomes rewrote the NFL playbook on race.
28 min
1933
What Next TBD: The Streaming TV Bloodbath
We're seeing a course correction in the streaming market.
24 min
1934
The Waves: Why Jane Austen Still Slaps
Her women speak. What a concept!
32 min
1935
One Year 1986: No Crime Day
Would Isiah Thomas’ vision of a crime-free world set Detroit on a new path, or was it a recipe for failure?
50 min
1936
Political Gabfest: Could the Democrats Actually...
Changing tides ahead of the midterms; Conservatives score an unprecedented $1.6B donation; and Biden’s student loan forgiveness and repayment plans.
49 min
1937
What Next TBD: The Hacker Blowing the Whistle o...
Inside the explosive whistleblower complaint against Twitter.
30 min
1938
What Next: How Serena Transcended Tennis
Her on-court accomplishments are unparalleled, but Serena Williams’s impact stretches much further.
26 min
1939
What Next: Abuse in the Southern Baptist Conven...
Decades of accusations and alleged cover-up have the church’s leadership under a DOJ investigation.
28 min
1940
What Next: Oklahoma's Upcoming Execution Spree
Sister Helen Prejean is imploring both church and state to be “pro-life” even for the guilty.
22 min
1941
What Next: The Migrants Texas Sent to New York ...
What can New York do for asylum seekers who have been sent as a political stunt?
18 min
1942
A Word: Black Wombs Matter
Why does the maternal mortality crisis kill more Black mothers?
23 min
1943
What Next TBD: We're Expecting the Wrong Things...
What to make of the latest COVID-19 guidelines from the CDC.
24 min
1944
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
1945
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
1946
What Next TBD: What All That Money for Green Te...
The Inflation Reduction Act is fast-tracking climate technologies.
23 min
1947
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
1948
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
1949
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
1950
What Next: Who Influences the Influencers?
Political money and messaging is flowing, unregulated, onto social media.
26 min