2001
What Next: Kansas's Sketchy Abortion Vote
From confusing language to the election’s odd timing, conservative lawmakers are using every trick in the book to try and restrict access to reproductive healthcare.
20 min
2002
What Next: The Jan. 6 Rioter Whose Son Turned H...
Facing a 15 year sentence for domestic terrorism, will they make an example of Guy Reffitt?
24 min
2003
A Word: The Third COVID Summer
People are done with the virus; unfortunately, the virus isn’t done with us.
18 min
2004
What Next TBD: The Dark Web of Online Spider Sales
How the pandemic and social media turbocharged the online spider trade.
18 min
2005
The Waves: Cafeteria Catholics Can Support Abor...
The Catholic Church claims abortion activists are threatening them. Is that true?
27 min
2006
Political Gabfest: Did You Apologize to Manchin...
The surprise deal for climate legislation, new January 6th revelations, and the deadliest road in America.
50 min
2007
What Next: Why Adoption Isn’t Enough
The “pre-Roe” world of adoption is not something to aspire to. Neither is the current system.
22 min
2008
What Next: The Fight to Defend Gay Marriage
It’s a winning issue, so why aren’t Senate Democrats hurrying it to a vote?
28 min
2009
What Next: The Worst Drought in 1,200 Years
The Southwest is struggling today, and it's not prepared for what may follow tomorrow.
23 min
2010
What Next: The Price Liz Cheney Will Pay
Oppose Trump vocally? Pay for it locally.
23 min
2011
A Word: Hip Hop McCarthyism?
Prosecutors are using rap lyrics in court, with very high stakes.
16 min
2012
Political Gabfest: Hot, Hotter, Hottest
Europe’s deadly heat wave, Joe Manchin kills climate legislation, and the inevitable post-Roe healthcare chaos has begun.
43 min
2013
The Waves: The 10 Year Old Who Needed An Abortion
Why did so many news outlets question a doctor’s word about a rape?
33 min
2014
What Next: Three Theories on Joe Manchin
Why the West Virginia senator kept telling the Democrats ‘no’ on climate — and why the Democrats kept on asking.
21 min
2015
What Next: A Different Kind of Pollution
“Sensory pollution” in the environment can be just as harmful as chemical pollution—but it’s also much easier to fix.
23 min
2016
What Next: The Prosecutors Stuck With Abortion ...
In conservative states, some public attorneys are trying to signal that they'll treat Dobbs-triggered cases with skepticism.
26 min
2017
What Next: The Biden Problem
Why do party leaders keep getting caught flat-footed?
18 min
2018
A Word: They Want to Kill Americans
“They brag about having all the guns. They mean it.”
20 min
2019
Amicus: Eric Holder's Supreme Court Protest
President Obama’s Attorney General reveals why he decided to boycott SCOTUS
45 min
2020
Political Gabfest: Lowest Approval Rating
Biden’s 2024 plans, the establishment Republicans who stand by Trump, and Herschel Walker’s baffling Senate campaign.
49 min
2021
The Waves: Brittney Griner and the Problem With...
She’s a star of her game—and this is how she’s treated?
27 min
2022
What Next: The Proud Boys' New Plan for Power
From a loose coalition of “ironic misogynists” to a political force in the GOP.
22 min
2023
What Next: The Real Risks of Monkeypox
The latest outbreak threatens more than any one community.
23 min
2024
What Next: The Russians Invaded. The Opera Play...
Facing bombardment and blockade, music has returned to Odesa’s storied theater.
24 min
2025
What Next: The War on LGBTQ+ Rights
How The Trevor Project sees the impact of the GOP’s newly-introduced, anti-LGBTQ+ laws on American youth.
26 min