2001
A Word: Debtor Nation Strikes Back
Is canceling college debt a racial justice issue?
23 min
2002
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
2003
What Next: A Sandy Hook Parent Speaks
An interview that makes us feel something like hope.
26 min
2004
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
2005
What Next: New York State’s Redistricting Mess
The ongoing battle over New York State’s political map has national implications.
21 min
2006
What Next: Biden’s Student Loan Ambivalence
If only looking at debt made it disappear.
23 min
2007
A Word: Reparations for Racist Violence?
While the nation focuses on the deadly Buffalo shooting, survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre are still fighting for justice.
34 min
2008
What Next TBD: North Korea's Hacking Army
Can North Korea's army of cyber-criminals be stopped?
20 min
2009
The Waves: What Reality TV Says About Us
Are we watching for the right reasons?
26 min
2010
What Next TBD: How Buffalo Could Transform Soci...
Can the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism effectively moderate extremist content?
19 min
2011
What Next: China’s Zero-COVID Policy
How did a virus prevention strategy turn into punishment?
23 min
2012
What Next: No Lone Wolves
Why the mass shooting in Buffalo is part of a bigger movement.
25 min
2013
What Next: How Corporations Are Taking Advantag...
Consumers are paying the price as some companies use inflation as a cover for price hikes.
25 min
2014
What Next: The Evolution of Pro-Choice Messaging
How should supporters of reproductive rights talk about abortion now?
27 min
2015
A Word: Is Big Tech Pro-Choice?
Tech companies fell short on “racial reckoning” promises. Are abortion rights next?
22 min
2016
What Next TBD: Inside Trump’s Twitter Clone
Can Truth Social survive without Trump?
17 min
2017
The Waves: How the Fall of Bitch Media is a Sig...
The feminist outlet going under could not have come at a worse time.
24 min
2018
What Next TBD: Can A.I. Know What You're Feeling?
A.I. that can read emotion is the next frontier in machine learning.
16 min
2019
What Next: The Future of IVF Post-Roe
Abortion access isn’t the only thing hanging in the balance if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.
23 min
2020
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
2021
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
2022
What Next: How Connecticut Became An Abortion S...
Its new law will extend protection beyond just the state’s residents.
21 min
2023
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
2024
A Word: Joy and Pain: Navigating Grief
As America marks a million COVID deaths, grief is universal, but still misunderstood.
30 min
2025
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