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What Next TBD: A Conversation With Europe's Top...
Margrethe Vestager just wants big tech companies to play by the same rules as everyone else.
17 min
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A Word: It Hits Different
Are more Black Americans ready to forgive Will Smith?
24 min
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What Next TBD: The White House's Favorite Tech ...
Google's Ex-CEO built considerable influence in Biden's Office of Science and Technology. Did he cross the line?
19 min
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The Waves: Romance Novels Are For Everyone
There are still too many gatekeepers in what should be an inclusive community
40 min
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What Next: NATO, Back From the Brink
A brief history of an alliance that, mere years ago, was on the ropes.
25 min
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What Next: Ginni Thomas Wanted a Revolution
How the wife of a Supreme Court justice found herself at the center of the January 6th insurrection — and a congressional investigation.
24 min
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What Next: Dua Lipa’s Copyright Problem
Did the "Levitating" singer rip off other artists? Or should courts stop rewarding musicians for being so litigious?
22 min
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What Next: Where is Brittney Griner?
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What Next TBD: The Cost of Going Off-Grid
Is there a downside to being entirely energy self-sufficent?
18 min
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A Word: Heroes, Victims, or Threats: Race and R...
Why governments set aside anti-refugee policy for white Ukrainians, and no one else.
29 min
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The Waves: Power of the Dog's Sneaky Feminism
Jane Campion’s Oscar-nominated film is just one example in a long line of feminist westerns
34 min
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What Next TBD: Why the Zelensky Deepfake Failed
Even low-quality deepfakes can have an enormous impact.
19 min
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What Next: Syria Was Putin’s Testing Ground
And now he’s using the same tactics in Ukraine.
23 min
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What Next: Congress Is In Denial About COVID
Some federal COVID relief funds dry up this week – and it doesn’t look like new funding will be coming anytime soon.
22 min
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What Next: A Stalemate in Ukraine
An impasse doesn’t mean everyone goes home. It means the world witnesses a stupefying, deadly slog.
21 min
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What Next: What the Sackler Family Won
The people behind Purdue Pharma and the reckless marketing of OxyContin are about to pay out billions in return for civil immunity.
25 min
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What Next TBD: The Startup Delivering Adderall
What happens when you pair the Silicon Valley playbook with prescription drugs?
15 min
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A Word: Are Oscars STILL So White?
Is the diverse 2022 Oscar class proof of progress, or just a good year?
22 min
2144
The Waves: Negotiate Like a Woman
Everything you need to know to make sure you’re paid what you deserve.
36 min
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What Next TBD: Hong Kong’s Covid Crisis
Why did the city fail to vaccinate its elderly population?
18 min
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What Next: What It Takes to Get an Abortion in ...
Pro-choice advocates in the state are up against one of the most extreme abortion laws in the country.
22 min
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What Next: The Russian Media Crackdown
It’s getting harder for Russians to cut through the noise of state propaganda and censorship.
25 min
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What Next: What Banning Russian Oil Really Means
The U.S. ban of Russian oil wasn’t supposed to happen. So what led us here?
24 min
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What Next: The Persistence of Anti-Asian Violence
Faced with government inaction, community organizations are stepping up. But they say they shouldn’t have to.
23 min
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A Word: Lynching’s Legacy - Emmett Till to Geor...
Lynching is now a federal crime. It only took a hundred years.
23 min