The Origins of a Disaster with Adam Higginbotham
In April of 1986 a nuclear accident occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the then Soviet Union. The fallout from the accident and the Soviet government’s response compounded into one of th...
10 Mar 202050min
Exile and Basketball with Enes Kanter
Enes Kanter is a wanted man in his home country of Turkey. He’s long been a vocal critic of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and it’s come at a high cost. At 6′ 10″, Kanter also happens to play ...
3 Mar 202045min
Stacking the Courts with Dahlia Lithwick
The future of our courts will be decided in the 2020 election. While the Trump administration grabs headlines with scandal after scandal, gaffe after gaffe, behind the scenes they are quietly chipping...
25 Feb 202049min
Between God and Man with Daniel M. Lavery
"What if you were a man, sort of?" In his new memoir, author Daniel M. Lavery remembers how, in the early days of his transition, he would say it was as if a demon ambushed him in the night, whispered...
18 Feb 202050min
The Gettable Voter with Jon Favreau
Democrats can beat Donald Trump in the 2020 election. Another four years of a Trump White House is not a foregone conclusion. With nine months to go before the general election, there’s a tremendous a...
11 Feb 202052min
The Frontlines of Addiction with Beth Macy
This is an intimate portrait of what addiction looks like in America. From the board rooms of pharmaceutical companies to the living rooms across America, Beth Macy traces the path of devastation wrou...
4 Feb 202056min
Why We’re Polarized with Ezra Klein
The title says it all on this one, folks. What is it about the American political system that cultivated this deeply dysfunctional and polarized climate? Last year, we had Ezra Klein on the show to as...
28 Jan 20201h 7min
The Uneven Playing Field with Howard Bryant
Professional sports are never more than an inch away from the deepest core of what's happening in America. They are an amazing crucible of politics and culture that manage to reflect the issues we are...
21 Jan 202057min
