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350 episodes transcribedIn the New Testament, Jesus says it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. In the Un...
What happens when a nation splits apart? It's a question many of us are asking ourselves today. It happened 75 years ago with Partition, when India an...
In the 1970s, a savvy CEO named Dwayne Andreas hit on an idea: take surplus corn from America's heartland, process it into a sweetener, and start sell...
Ésta semana te presentamos un episodio muy especial de nuestros amigos en NPR y Futuro Media — su primer episodio del podcast La Última Copa, en Españ...
This week we're bringing you something special from our friends at NPR and Futuro Media: the first episode of the podcast, The Last Cup. From his earl...
Football, aka soccer, is life. At least, it is for many people across the globe. There are few things that are universally beloved but this sport come...
We are in the season of chaos. It can feel like everything is happening at once: You might be sprinting across an airport; or around your kitchen, wit...
Born into slavery in the early 1800s, Frederick Douglass would live to see the Civil War, Emancipation, Black men getting the right to vote, and the b...
Is the U.S. on the brink of civil war? It's a question that has been in the air for a while now, as divisions continue to worsen. Beyond the political...
What's happening in Iran right now is unprecedented. But the Iranian people's struggle for gender equality began generations before the death of 22-ye...
In a world where computer chips run everything from laptops to cars to the Nintendo Switch, Taiwan is the undisputed leader. It's one of the most powe...
We live in divided times, when the answer to the question 'what is reality?' depends on who you ask. Almost all the information we take in is to some...
Over one million Uyghur people have been detained in camps in China, according to estimates, subjected to torture, forced labor, religious restriction...
In American history, schools have not just been places to learn the ABCs – they're places where socialization happens and cultural norms are developed...
From BTS to Squid Game to high-end beauty standards, South Korea reigns as a global exporter of pop culture and entertainment. How does a country go f...
It's been over a century since a self-described socialist was a viable candidate for president of the United States. And that first socialist candidat...
Unseen, they stalk their targets from thousands of feet in the air. Operators are piloting them from military bases halfway across the world. At any m...
How did a small group of Islamic students go from local vigilantes to one of the most infamous and enigmatic forces in the world? The Taliban is a nam...
Afghanistan has, for centuries, been at the center of the world. Long before the U.S. invasion — before the U.S. was even a nation — countless civiliz...
Gas. Meat. Flights. Houses. The price of things have gone up by as much as nine percent since last year. The same amount of money gets you less stuff....
