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How can we move beyond polarization? Plus, one man’s dark obsession with organizing the natural world. (episode)
America is more polarized than ever. How did we get to this place — and how can we get out of it?
Lulu Miller on the possibilities — and perils — of trying to bring order to chaos.
The Amazing Randi died last week at the age of 92. Listen to a conversation bob had with him four years ago. (episode)
The origins of the modern presidential campaign and how livestream technology is transforming voter outreach. Plus, an explainer on "pink slime" news. (episode)
On Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's first Twitch stream and the future of American politics.
Political consulting and dirty tricks as we know them today can be traced back to a single race — in 1934.
A look at Russian influencing campaigns and a homegrown network of "pink slime" local news sites.
On the never-ending story of Republicans "fleeing the ship," "whispering," "signaling a break," and "distancing themselves from Trump."
This week, another episode of WNYC Studio's "Blindspot: the road to 9/11." In this episode, police investigating a house fire in Manila uncover a plot to blow up a dozen airplanes. (episode)
Has electoral coverage improved since 2016? Should we trust the polls? Also, the app that's helping extremist groups reach new recruits. (episode)
Letting go of convention and standing for democracy.
Nate Silver on what 538 is doing differently — and what he's doing the same — this election.
After a foiled plot to kidnap a governor and blow up a bridge, the media rethinks who gets to be a "militia member" instead of a "domestic terrorist."
How violence surrounding the election might unfold and what can be done to mitigate it.
The story of a long-heralded, lately-demoted taxonomist of fish and then, notoriously, people. (episode)
What Republicans mean when they say "we're not a democracy." And generational diagnostics, from the very lucky "silent generation" to the very unlucky millennials. (episode)
GOP Senator Mike Lee tweeted, "We're not a democracy," tapping into an age-old anti-majoritarian strain of conservatism.
How and why the right has come to stand against liberal democracy.
How Biden's generation's impeccable timing might have shaped his politics and worldview.
Millennials aren't spoiled, they're exhausted.
In executive orders and public commentary, the president rejects "sensitivity training" and what he views as "anti-American" historiography. (episode)
Contending with Christianity in America. (episode)
Theres much more to the religious right than just white evangelicals.
Christian historians coined the idea that to be persecuted is to be righteous in the 4th century.
And what kind of power does it really wield?
Examining the consequences of 'White Jesus' in America.
Trump made headlines at Tuesday's debate by telling the far-right Proud Boys to "stand back and stand by." How should the press cover those remarks? (episode)