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2096 episodes transcribedPresident 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...
This episode contains strong language and descriptions of an abortion.With the end of Roe v. Wade, Louisiana has become one of the most difficult plac...
On Monday, federal agents descended on Mar-a-Lago, the private club and Florida home of former President Donald J. Trump, reportedly looking for class...
This weekend, Democrats passed legislation that would make historic investments to fight climate change and lower the cost of prescription drugs — pai...
This episode contains descriptions of distressing scenes. In a landmark ruling, a jury in Texas ordered Alex Jones, America’s most prominent conspirac...
The more he insisted that his name was Joshua, the more delusional he came to be seen.Journalist Robert Kolker tells us the remarkable story of Joshua...
Charles Falls Jr., known as Chillie, loves to take cruises. But Covid, as it has done for so many, left him marooned at home in Virginia.As he told Cr...
This episode contains mention of sexual assault. Kansas this week became the first U.S. state since the fall of Roe v. Wade to put the question of abo...
