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Revisiting Brooke's conversation with Gab's former COO. (episode)
Confused midterm coverage, the caravan narrative, the history of passports, and a transgender rights campaign in Massachusetts. (episode)
How to make sense of the confusing national conversation around the midterms.
It's not an invasion. It's an exodus.
As migrants wend their way through Central America, they're being stymied by what they don't have: passports. How our need for state-issued documents evolved.
Trans activists in Massachusetts deploy a counterintuitive tactic before a contentious referendum.
2018 MacArthur "genius grant" recipient and longtime West Virginia reporter Ken Ward Jr reflects on his career. (episode)
Getting Saudi royals wrong, DNA tests for Native and African-Americans, and the mysteries and revelations of twins. (episode)
From reformer to brutal dictator: a historian analyzes a familiar narrative.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren inadvertently stepped into a long-simmering struggle over genetics and tribal sovereignty.
For African Americans that have been stripped of their language, their culture and access to their roots, DNA tests can be invaluable.
The film "Three Identical Strangers" tackles the darker side of nature and nurture research.
In which we learn about the softer side of Sears... and how the ubiquitous catalog challenged Jim Crow. (episode)
What is money? It’s what you pay the electric bill with — and it’s also the story of humankind. (episode)
JSG Boggs drew replicas of dollar bills and used them to buy goods and services — until the Secret Service took his fake money out of circulation.
How money didn't arise from barter, and why gold isn't as precious as we might think — the money myths are many.
If money is a story we tell ourselves, the plot is thickening.
Writer John Keene received a MacArthur "genius grant" for his innovative works that reimagine history. (episode)
What the Kavanaugh nomination teaches us about men's anger; plus, a deep dive into Native American history, and a look at the role Native American culture plays in German politics. (episode)
Some men are mad about the Brett Kavanaugh nomination process. The logical fallacies undergirding the anger.
A reexamination of the tragic and simplistic narratives that dog American Indian history.
In nearly every major period of political upheaval, Germans have turned to fantasies about Native Americans to understand their evolving national identity.
Trump has long worked to enforce silence. And he’s been trying to take the practice to the White House. (episode)