2001
A Word: Black Crypto Boom
African Americans are heavily investing in cryptocurrency. Will it pay off?
30 min
2002
What Next: What The Jan. 6 Hearings Are Really ...
Prime-time hearings, professionally produced for television—but can they make a difference?
19 min
2003
What Next: Can 20 Years of Oversight Reform a P...
After 11 different police chiefs and myriad reforms, Oakland PD is “on the cusp of compliance.” But residents remain leery.
24 min
2004
What Next: The Right’s Poll-Watcher Army
They still don’t accept the last big election. They’re trying to help with the next one.
22 min
2005
What Next: Does Proof Matter at the Supreme Court?
There's evidence a death row inmate is innocent. The justices are condemning him to die.
22 min
2006
A Word: Black to the Future Online
Podcaster Bridget Todd is ensuring that Black and LGBTQ online activists and creators get their flowers now.
22 min
2007
Slow Burn: Roe v. Wade, Episode 1
In 1971, Shirley Wheeler became the public face of the fight for abortion rights.
52 min
2008
The Waves: Abortion on the Ballot
Working through the best way to fight back against the end of Roe.
30 min
2009
What Next: How Gun-Makers Are Arming the Cultur...
Manufacturers follow a set playbook for when their products are used in mass shootings.
27 min
2010
What Next: How Soccer's Best Women Finally Got ...
The US Women’s National Soccer team fought for six years to secure equal pay for equal work.
25 min
2011
What Next: Reporting on Guns from Texas
The view from a state that doesn’t “have that many restrictions left to loosen up”—and just had a mass shooting.
23 min
2012
Amicus: When a Shooter Comes to Your School
A rebroadcast of Dahlia Lithwick speaking with three educators about when gun violence came to their schools—and the return to the classroom after.
29 min
2013
A Word: Debtor Nation Strikes Back
Is canceling college debt a racial justice issue?
23 min
2014
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
2015
What Next: A Sandy Hook Parent Speaks
An interview that makes us feel something like hope.
26 min
2016
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
2017
What Next: New York State’s Redistricting Mess
The ongoing battle over New York State’s political map has national implications.
21 min
2018
What Next: Biden’s Student Loan Ambivalence
If only looking at debt made it disappear.
23 min
2019
What Next TBD: North Korea's Hacking Army
Can North Korea's army of cyber-criminals be stopped?
20 min
2020
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
2021
The Waves: What Reality TV Says About Us
Are we watching for the right reasons?
26 min
2022
What Next TBD: How Buffalo Could Transform Soci...
Can the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism effectively moderate extremist content?
19 min
2023
What Next: China’s Zero-COVID Policy
How did a virus prevention strategy turn into punishment?
23 min
2024
What Next: No Lone Wolves
Why the mass shooting in Buffalo is part of a bigger movement.
25 min
2025
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