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How the utopian kingdom at the center of Black Panther falls into a long history of black liberation struggles. (episode)
Twitch is a video streaming platform where millions of people broadcast their lives in real-time. Like unedited, raw, reality TV. (episode)
Now streaming: tragedy, humanity, esports.
Venture capitalists and professional esports players converge at New York City's hottest club.
The story of one streamer, who turned to Twitch during his darkest hour.
A documentary film takes us back to the most notorious event of the German-American Bund. (episode)
Poor coverage of female candidates; re-examining Lorena Bobbitt's legacy; and the farce of Black History Month. (episode)
What to watch for — and ignore — in the press's coverage of women running for office.
Back in the 90s, the media caricatured the Virginia housewife who'd cut off her husband's penis. How this telling missed the real story.
Have the radical roots of this commemorative month given way to farce and corporate interests?
Where do our modern notions of free speech come from? A new book goes back to 1919. (episode)
The messaging behind the Green New Deal; a former insider's look at Facebook's problems; a potential solution; and the godfathers of the modern newspaper column. (episode)
The Green New Deal marks a new scale, and new urgency, for climate solutions.
How Roger McNamee became one of Facebook's fiercest critics.
Bob shares his concerns with a Facebook rep.
A new documentary about legendary reporters Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill.
After a week of spurious cancer cure claims, we revisit our Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Health News Edition. (episode)
Reporting in Venezuela, the legacy of Simón Bolívar, U.S. interventions in Latin America, and Chinese propaganda. (episode)
One reporter in Caracas describes her experience covering the presidential standoff.
Simón Bolívar is a hero and an icon. He's also a paradox.
Venezuela may be the latest in a long string of botched invasions and coups throughout the region.
How China is pushing propaganda about its internment camps.