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A former White House staffer is threatened with a lawsuit by the Trump campaign after publishing a tell-all memoir. (episode)
The Covington kids, MAGA hat symbology, a graphic photo in The Times, and a new Canadian documentary series. (episode)
Where the recent episode between white teenager Nicholas Sandmann and Native American elder Nathan Phillips has left us.
Did journalists fall for bad faith arguments from right-wing political operatives?
The MAGA hat has been described as a symbol of hate as potent as the KKK hood. Really?
Pushback to The New York Times' decision to publish a graphic image after an attack in Nairobi.
What's the role of cable TV in healing centuries of cultural, social and economic wounds?
On the Anniversary of Martin Luther King's death last year, Brooke spoke to Mychal Denzel Smith who says that Americans - black and white, are due for a vacation from MLK-mania. (episode)
A new threat to local journalism, a look back on Brexit, and the YouTube battle of PewDiePie vs. T-Series. (episode)
A hedge fund zeroes in on the Gannett newspaper empire.
A TV movie about Brexit depicts a divisive strategist behind the Leave campaign.
Brits and foreigners hoping for a second referendum see "leave" as an aberration. But is that an accurate interpretation?
The beginning of the end of Western hegemony on the internet.
Rosanne Cash celebrates the release of her new album, "She Remembers Everything," in an intimate evening of talk and performance with Brooke at WNYC's The Greene Space. (episode)
Border theatrics, dirty tricks in Alabama, and fakery on the World Wide Web. (episode)
President Trump visited McAllen to tell a story about chaos at the border. But the safe city is a strange choice for making that case.
Lessons learned from two years of separating truth from fiction.
On deceptive social media practices in the face-off between Roy Moore and now–Senator Doug Jones.
He posed as a prohibitionist, conservative, pro–Roy Moore Alabamian online. He was only one of those things.
Fake clicks, fake people, fake metrics, fake businesses. What's left to believe?
Is it too ordinary to be afraid of your cat dying? Author Jeff VanderMeer is this week's guest on "10 things that scare me: a tiny podcast about our biggest fears." (episode)
150 years ago, the last enslaved people brought to America founded a community outside of Mobile, Alabama. (episode)
150 years ago, the last slaves brought to America founded a community outside of Mobile, Alabama.
On the anniversary of the death of a radio giant, Brooke and Jad Abumrad remember the transcendent nuttiness of Joe Frank. (episode)