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1926
What Next: Russia’s Next Target?
Why Putin might be setting his sights on Moldova, a tiny country on Ukraine’s western border.
25 min
1927
What Next: Ukrainian War, American Intelligence
The U.S. government is walking a fine line when it comes to lending its intelligence data to the Ukrainian military.
25 min
1928
What Next: How Connecticut Became An Abortion S...
Its new law will extend protection beyond just the state’s residents.
21 min
1929
What Next TBD: Is Free Speech Online Just a Myth?
The framework we create now will define speech online for decades to come.
22 min
1930
A Word: Joy and Pain: Navigating Grief
As America marks a million COVID deaths, grief is universal, but still misunderstood.
30 min
1931
The Waves: What Amber Heard’s Make-up Palette S...
The Amber Heard vs. Johnny Depp trial shines a bright light on how the court system fails victims of gender violence.
49 min
1932
What Next TBD: Can the Internet Rescue Abortion...
A conversation with a doctor providing abortion access via telemedicine.
15 min
1933
What Next: Depp v. Heard
Free speech and family law collide in a celebrity defamation trial.
23 min
1934
What Next: The Supreme Court Tips Its Hand
Abortion rights in America are on borrowed time.
28 min
1935
What Next: The Michigan Democrat Who Said “Enough”
One freshman state senator shows Democrats how to parry Republican attacks designed to stoke fear and anger.
26 min
1936
What Next: Mexico’s Disappearing Women
Despite all the outrage and protests, the abductions and femicides haven’t stopped.
22 min
1937
A Word: Could Musk Kill Black Twitter?
Many users fear the tech bro troll will make Twitter more racially toxic.
28 min
1938
What Next TBD: The Fantasy of Internet for All
Starlink was supposed to revolutionize the global internet. Can it still meet its goal?
15 min
1939
The Waves: Edible Arrangements Is Getting Into ...
And, a gender-based theory on why fruit chunks on sticks are popular to begin with
38 min
1940
What Next TBD: What Elon Wants With Twitter
The purchase of Twitter is almost across the line. Now what?
18 min
1941
What Next: L.A.’s Alarming Latino Mortality Rate
And why one doctor sees it as a call to action for his community.
21 min
1942
What Next: The Crisis in Special Education
States are mandated to provide quality education for students with disabilities. What’s getting in the way?
23 min
1943
What Next: Florida’s Most Powerful Flak
How Gov. Ron DeSantis’ press secretary fired up right-wing Twitter and further distorted a debate over education.
19 min
1944
What Next: The Librarians Fighting Book Bans
“The whole point [of a library] is to provide a wide variety of viewpoints and let the reader decide.”
18 min
1945
What Next TBD: A New High-Tech Weapon in Ukraine
How is facial recognition technology is being deployed on the front lines in Ukraine?
18 min
1946
A Word: Black Lives Matter: More Money, More Pr...
Some bereaved relatives and activists say a BLM founder’s spending breaks faith with the movement.
32 min
1947
The Waves: Ecofeminism Isn’t Just For Hippies
The bond between feminism and the environment should be stronger than ever.
34 min
1948
What Next TBD: The COVID Data Disaster
The CDC moved the goalposts on COVID-19. Can we still fight the pandemic without a clear picture of the data?
21 min
1949
What Next: Putin’s Hunger for Money
Bill Browder on why the war in Ukraine is about more than NATO expansion and Ukraine's shift towards the West.
22 min
1950
What Next: Biden's Immigration Mess
The administration plans to rescind a Trump policy that limited immigration into the U.S. Why are Democrats running scared?
23 min