The State of Polling with Nate Cohn
There’s so much discourse about polling and it seems like there’s a poll for nearly every political issue. At the same time, polls often don’t successfully help us to predict the future, including ele...
26 Mar 202452min
“Who’s Afraid of Gender?” with Judith Butler
Why have attacks on gender become so pervasive, especially within right-wing movements? Our guest this week points out that “the question of gender is fundamentally linked with the future of our democ...
19 Mar 202451min
BONUS: TikTok’s Uncertain Future with Jacob Ward
If you’ve been following the news, you’ve seen that this week the House passed a bill designed to force the sale of TikTok from its Chinese parent company. If you’re confused about the ins and outs of...
15 Mar 20241h
Confronting Christian Nationalism with Doug Pagitt
Our guest this week recently traveled down to the border to confront the so-called “Army of God” as part of a larger project of providing alternative ideologies to Christian nationalism. Doug Pagitt i...
12 Mar 202458min
A Mediapocalypse? with Ben Smith
It can feel like the news industry is in a moment of crisis. Over 500 journalists were laid off from news outlets in January 2024 alone, according to a report from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray &...
5 Mar 202449min
The Explosion in Green Tech with Jigar Shah
Nuclear power contributes to nearly 20 percent of the electricity generated in America, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. Enormous growth has occurred since the signing of the Inflation Redu...
27 Feb 202456min
Protecting Voting Rights with Eric Holder
The Department of Justice, created in 1870, was initially formed in part to enforce Reconstruction era laws aimed at ensuring voting rights for formerly enslaved people. Yet, nearly 150 years later, v...
20 Feb 202444min
2020: The Year Everything Changed with Eric Klinenberg
2020 was undoubtedly one of the most consequential years in history. The ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, along with other cascading crises, can still be felt in almost every facet of our live...
13 Feb 20241h
