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Public health facts and fibs, vaccines as secret sauce, and, of course, GameStonk. (episode)
Why public health experts need to tell the whole truth — and admit what they don't know.
To get more vaccines produced, we might need to take a whack at intellectual property rights — at least temporarily.
How Redditors turned the stock market — which is absurd — into something very, very absurd.
How bored Redditors turned the stock market — which is absurd — into something very, very absurd. (episode)
With our 46th president sworn in, what lessons will we carry forward from the Trump era? (episode)
After four plus years, a (short-lived) reprieve.
How do we begin to repair the deep damage done to our information ecosystem?
Bob and Brooke reflect on two decades worth of shows.
A birth certificate, a bar receipt, a newspaper ad, a board game, a Ziploc bag of shredded paper, a pair of museum tickets, some checks, and a USB drive. The series finale of Trump, Inc. (episode)
Revealing Zello's role in last week's riot, making a case for deplatforming, and exploring the idea of responsible social media. (episode)
Listen to recordings from an insurrectionist as she stormed the Capitol.
After years of incitement, Donald Trump lost his digital megaphone.
How financial sanctions for anti-democratic plots and insurrectionist violence might — or might not — work.
Social media's future might look more like a public park than a space ship.
Coronavirus spreads in schools. Just like it spreads everywhere else. (episode)
Making sense of the events at the Capitol on Wednesday, unpacking the right-wing "Lost Cause" myth and its historical antecedent, and revisiting "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down." (episode)
On Wednesday, as law enforcement struggled to respond, journalists struggled for words.
How Trump and his followers are using the tactics and symbols of the "Lost Cause" to establish influence in defeat.
Compromise didn't work after the Civil War. It won't work this time, either.
A pop critic unpacks the complexities of The Band's canonical, misunderstood song.
How the pandemic has shaped our future: from the built environment, to the way we work, to the way we learn. (episode)
Instinctive anti-urbanism in coronavirus coverage has a long history in America.
As the pandemic forces us to renegotiate our relationship with the built world, we look to past pandemics and the work of disability rights advocates for guidance.
How a shift to online education could offer accessibility to some marginalized students.