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On Monday night, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly warned against the removal of Confederate statues, equating it with the erasure of history. Why that's... not right. (episode)
The early days in the fight against sexual harassment. Plus: the untold facets of Eric Garner's death; and how the JFK conspiracy theories "shaped the landscape of the American mind." (episode)
Have we finally reached a turning point in the long fight against sexual harassment?
A new book by Matt Taibbi explores what the life and death of Eric Garner can teach us about policing, our justice system, and America's ongoing struggle to deal with race.
Some previously classified documents about the JFK assassination were released this week. After over 50 years, the unanswered questions still gnaw at Americans.
The day that President John F. Kennedy died, television, and America’s relationship to it -- changed forever.
October is a time of tradition: changing leaves, fall harvest, Halloween and ... clown terror. (episode)
How the drug industry worked to hobble the DEA; understanding the rise of painkillers; how death notices can help us understand addiction; and a system of elder exploitation, exposed. (episode)
How the drug industry tricked Congress into dismantling oversight in the midst of the opioid crisis. And how nobody noticed.
Our current opioid crisis is rooted partially in narratives about pain and pain management that have been shaped by pharmaceutical companies and aided by unquestioning journalists.
In the absence of local reporting, obituaries and death notices offer a sense of the human toll of the opioid epidemic.
When the court rules that someone else is in charge of your finances — and your life.
Raqqa was finally liberated from the clutches of ISIS this week but the city and its inhabitants paid a high price for their freedom. (episode)
Assessing threats to the First Amendment; keeping an eye on the "adults in the room"; reporting on Puerto Rico; and examining the important role of gossip. (episode)
President Trump threatened to revoke NBC's broadcast license this week. He can't really do that, but should we be worried anyway?
Although we're assured that they provide a moderating influence on President Trump, why we should be wary of the so-called "adults in the room."
CBS' David Begnaud is back in Puerto Rico, and he says conditions there are possibly even more dire than they were last week.
Long before this week's flood of coverage, Harvey Weinstein's alleged abuses were well known to those who knew where to look. On the essential role of gossip blogs and whisper networks.
Perhaps no one understood the fine line that gossip journalists must walk better than the infamous gossip-columnist-turned-political commentator Walter Winchell.
CBS' David Begnaud is back in Puerto Rico, and he says conditions there are possibly even more dire than they were last week. (episode)
Examining the media's emphasis on death tolls; why we should use the term "terrorism" sparingly; how country music went red; and a look at human memory in the context of Blade Runner. (episode)
The media have been tracking the rising death tolls in Las Vegas and Puerto Rico. But are numbers the best way to represent tragedies?
The Las Vegas shooting has revived a conversation that follows many mass shootings: when to call an attack "terrorism" and what the official definition implies.
Country music is assumed to be the soundtrack of the Republican Party. But it wasn't always that way. Bob looks at the political history of country music.
For non-fans, country music is often assumed to represent a white working class that is reactionary, simplistic and bigoted. A look at the genre's depth and why it's misunderstood.
The original Blade Runner film influenced countless books and films depicting dystopias. But it also presented novel ideas about memory and what it means to be human.
After the mass shooting in Las Vegas on Sunday, we're seeing some familiar media tropes. (episode)