“Stolen: Surviving St. Michael’s” with Connie Walker
Trigger warning: This episode contains mentions of sexual and physical abuse. For nearly the past year, Canadian journalist Connie Walker has been working on an investigation into her father's experi...
21 Jun 202251min
‘How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics’ with Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò
“Identity politics” polarizes discourse about virtually every aspect of contemporary political life. But what exactly is it, and what role does “elite capture” play in how it has come to be understood...
14 Jun 202252min
A gun industry insider perspective with Ryan Busse
There are more guns than cars in the United States. And studies show that gun sales go up following mass shootings. We had a different episode planned for this week, but given the marked rise in gun v...
7 Jun 202254min
'Liberalism and Its Discontents’ with Francis Fukuyama
Freedom House’s annual Freedom in the World survey notes that liberalism has rapidly declined each year for the last 16 years. And its precipitous downturn is more evident now than ever amid waning re...
31 Mai 202257min
‘A Genetic History of the Americas’ with Jennifer Raff
Who were the first people to migrate to the Americas? When did they arrive, and how? For centuries, those questions have been shrouded in mystery. No written records and very little archaeological evi...
24 Mai 202253min
Unpacking Title 42 with Thomas Saenz
Title 42, a decades old and rarely used public health order used to bar people with medical conditions from entering the country, revived by the Trump administration, enables immigration authorities t...
17 Mai 202256min
‘Allow Me to Retort’ with Elie Mystal
“Forced labor is already unconstitutional and what is forced birth other than forcing a woman to labor against her will?” remarked Elie Mystal, a justice correspondent at The Nation, following the lea...
10 Mai 20221h 6min
‘A Year of Healing and Heartbreak’ with Thomas Fisher
Recovery from trauma and its emanations is a defining theme of this moment. Dr. Thomas Fisher has certainly seen his share of the effects of mass disruption as an emergency medical physician. He typic...
3 Mai 202259min
