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In his SOTU this week, the president said Guantanamo will remain open for business. Last fall we spoke to the author and editor of Guantanamo Diary about life inside the prison. (episode)
A look at the nature of protest movements in an era of never-ending distraction. Plus, inside the world of online memes and right-wing conspiracy theories. (episode)
From #ReleaseTheMemo to "The Storm," right wing internet conspiracies and memes continue to bubble up into mainstream media. Journalist Will Sommer helps us make sense of the trends.
From whence, memes? For whom, memes? Gloom or doom, memes? With The New York Times's internet culture critic Amanda Hess.
How strong is the women's resistance movement? To find out, look beyond headcounts at protests.
How to be a savvy consumer of protest news.
Science fiction author Ursula K. Le Guin created vivid worlds that gave credence to radical, political ideas and progressive notions of gender and race.
Andre and Lisette are married Congolese refugees. He made it to America. She's stuck in a refugee camp. Here's how changes to U.S. policy are keeping them apart. A story from WNYC. (episode)
A look back at 1994 and where the #MeToo movement could go from here. Plus: how Facebook will change the news you see and a tribute to one of radio's weirdest, most influential voices. (episode)
The latest round of celebrity allegations have some asking if the #MeToo moment has gone too far. But are they missing the point?
We look back on debates within feminism in the 1990s to understand how far the movement has come — and how far it still has to go.
Will Facebook's modified News Feed stymie fake news and make its users happier — or will it cripple the real news industry?
Influential and experimental radio host Joe Frank passed away earlier this week. He was 79. Radiolab's Jad Abumrad and writer Mark Oppenheimer join Brooke to discuss his work.
Through his twenty-year career as a national security reporter for The New York Times, James Risen has gotten some of the biggest scoops in the industry. It almost cost him his career. (episode)
Bob talks to Michael Wolff, author of Fire & Fury. Plus: the man who helped write the Pentagon Papers on 'The Post'; and a new study on fake news in 2016: Was it as bad as we thought? (episode)
Fire and Fury offers new details about chaos in the Trump White House. Author Michael Wolff explains how he got the access and what sets the book apart from daily reports.
One year ago, Gessen warned about coming autocracy and provided rules for surviving it. How have her predictions borne out?
Les Gelb, project leader for the Pentagon Papers, on what Steven Spielberg's new film may leave out of the real story.
A new study looks at the role of "fake news" in the weeks prior to the 2016 election, and the results are not as dire as previously assumed.
The time has finally come for President Trump's promised "Most Dishonest & Corrupt Media Awards." Bob and Brooke hit the (fictional) red carpet to check it out.
Les Gelb, project leader for the Pentagon Papers, on what Steven Spielberg's new film may leave out of the real story. (episode)
The surprising political history of abortion; how the language we use in the abortion debate impacts us all; how state lawmakers are tightening rules around abortion; and more. (episode)
Historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore explains how the intractable political battle came to be.
Sherri Chessen knows more about the American conversation around abortion than almost anyone. She’s the person who started it.
An OB-GYN reflects on the rules state legislators have made about how she can communicate with her patients.
Does the framing of "choice" limit how we think about abortion?
As Black Mirror launches its fourth season--and the real world seems to increasingly resemble the show--we revisit a 2015 conversation with the show's creator. (episode)