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A Word: Taxes, Death, and Trouble
The “Black Tax” pushes many African Americans to the financial edge. What’s the path back?
24 min
2127
What Next TBD: Uber Makes Nice With Cabs
New York City taxis are headed to the Uber app.
18 min
2128
The Waves: Prepping for Doomsday, Feminist Edit...
What will you need if society collapses?
34 min
2129
What Next TBD: Elon Trolls the SEC
The Tesla billionaire is now Twitter's largest shareholder. Will he remake the platform in his image?
19 min
2130
What Next: Who Can Hold Russia Accountable?
Ambassador Stephen Rapp says prosecutors are already collecting evidence of war crimes in Ukraine. Will it matter?
24 min
2131
What Next: Amazon Gets Its First Union
A scrappy group of Davids has bested Goliath.
23 min
2132
What Next: The Fight Over Free Lunch
How inflation, supply chains, and a tussle in Congress are leaving a pandemic-era food program hanging in the balance.
21 min
2133
What Next: Marjorie Taylor Greene vs. Everyone
The Republican firebrand faces party pressure, political challengers, and a lawsuit seeking her disqualification from Congress.
21 min
2134
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
2135
A Word: It Hits Different
Are more Black Americans ready to forgive Will Smith?
24 min
2136
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
2137
What Next: NATO, Back From the Brink
A brief history of an alliance that, mere years ago, was on the ropes.
25 min
2138
The Waves: Romance Novels Are For Everyone
There are still too many gatekeepers in what should be an inclusive community
40 min
2139
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
2140
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
2141
What Next: Where is Brittney Griner?
27 min
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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
2143
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
2144
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
2145
What Next TBD: Why the Zelensky Deepfake Failed
Even low-quality deepfakes can have an enormous impact.
19 min
2146
What Next: Syria Was Putin’s Testing Ground
And now he’s using the same tactics in Ukraine.
23 min
2147
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
2148
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
2149
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
2150
What Next TBD: The Startup Delivering Adderall
What happens when you pair the Silicon Valley playbook with prescription drugs?
15 min