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2063 episodes transcribedToday marks the unofficial start of the campaign for the midterm elections. This year’s midterms will be the first major referendum on the Biden era o...
An influx of Fentanyl, a highly lethal synthetic narcotic, has aggravated the opioid crisis in the United States and prompted communities to scramble...
Few leaders have had as profound an effect on their time as Mikhail S. Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, who died this week at 91.It was...
This episode contains detailed descriptions of a mass shooting that some listeners may find disturbing.A trial is underway in Parkland, Fla., to deter...
This episode contains discussions about suicide, self-harm and mental health issues.In decades past, the public health risks teenagers in the United S...
Since he left office, former President Donald J. Trump has been facing several investigations.They include the congressional inquiry into the Jan. 6 a...
Going to college can be a shock to most: Leaving the comfort of friends and family for a leap into the unknown, a fresh start. But what is the univers...
President Biden’s announcement this week that he would cancel chunks of student loan debt stands to have a major impact for many of the 45 million Ame...
Daria Dugina and her father, Aleksandr Dugin, have been major figures in the Russian propaganda landscape, advocating Russian imperialism and supporti...
Across industries and income brackets, a growing number of American workers are discovering that their productivity is being electronically monitored...
Even as the anti-abortion movement celebrates victories at the Supreme Court and in many states across the country, there is debate about where to go...
For more than 500 days, coal miners in rural Alabama have been on strike. Around 900 workers walked off the job in April 2021, and they haven’t been b...
In the past decade, planting trees has come to represent many things: a virtuous act, a practical solution and a symbol of hope in the face of climate...
What is a black hole? Why do we remember the past but not the future? If time had a beginning, does it have an end?We don’t have the answers to some o...
Last week, the F.B.I. took the extraordinary step of searching Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald J. Trump’s private club and Florida home. Their goa...
Across the United States, airline travel this summer has been roiled by canceled flights, overbooked planes, disappointment and desperation.Two and a...
One year ago this week, when the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan, they promised to institute a modern form of Islamic government that honored wo...
Carried interest is a loophole in the United States tax code that has stood out for its egregious unfairness and stunning longevity. Typically, the ri...
It was a long-shot bet on liquid natural gas, but it paid off handsomely — and turned the United States into a leading fossil-fuel exporter.The journa...
Five years ago, after decades of resistance, the Boy Scouts of America made a momentous change, allowing girls to participate. Since then, tens of tho...
