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How do you fix a case of national amnesia? A case study in Berlin, and in Montgomery. (episode)
Bryan Stevenson has taken inspiration from Berlin for his new civil rights memorial and museum in Montgomery, Alabama.
Brooke visits a memorial to the victims of lynching.
So, what happens when a nation commits itself to the task of confronting its history?
"The problem is, most of what I've ever done in my life is motivated by fear." (episode)
Immigration reporting, triumphs and deaths of journalists, and paintings for the future. (episode)
Life and death at the U.S.–Mexico border.
It's not all the Mueller tea-leaf reading or the latest diplomatic scandal. Investigative reporting in 2018 led to major changes.
A look back at the legacy of reporters who lost their lives this year.
Swedish artist Hilma af Klint was one of the first abstract painters. So why are we just learning about her now?
When so-called "spirits" started communicating through adolescent girls in the 19th century, they had a radically reformist message.
One of the drafters reflects, nearly 50 years later. (episode)
Experts believe a flu pandemic is coming. How have we fared with catastrophes in the past? (episode)
Could the deadly global pandemic of 1918 happen again?
In 1976, an ambitious vaccination program backfired terribly.
Much like this year's caravan scare, the Ebola coverage swelled in concert with the 2014 midterm elections.
How we learned to catch diseases before they can spread in the air.
Trust in the government and in the media are in a sorry state. What happens when they have to lead the public through the next major pandemic?
The Trump Inc. crew explains what they've learned from court filings in the Cohen and Manafort cases. (episode)
Presidential eulogizing, special counsel speculation, immigration coverage, and forgotten Hanukkah history. (episode)
An examination of the choices journalists make when they set out to memorialize the commander-in-chief.
How the anticipation around the Mueller investigation mirrors an old baseball tradition.
Over the span of just a year, Peru went from welcoming Venezuelan migrants to shunning them. How did it happen?
What if, just for one day, the media only covered the stories of displaced people?
Understanding the holiday as a civil war helps explain modern divisions among the Jewish people.
Present-day derision for Ocasio-Cortez's clothing mirrors turn-of-the-century history. (episode)