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A haunting case of missing students, election skulduggery dating back centuries, and the deep dark world of comments sections. (episode)
Cruz and Kasich's short-lived alliance was just the latest GOP maneuver to block the presumptive nominee, and the latest in a long history of electoral skulduggery.
Prior to 1824, the idea that the masses might not have much of a say in the selection of their president wasn't particularly controversial. One "corrupt bargain" changed all that.
An FEC loophole allows super PACs to coordinate with campaigns if they aren't spending money. A pro-Clinton group is using that loophole to post comments online.
What The Guardian learned from sifting through the 70 million comments left on its site since 2006.
The haunting disappearance of 43 students in Mexico may finally force a kind of reckoning.
Boston College is once again being subpoenaed to turn over the confidential collection of interviews with Irish militia members known as the Belfast Project. (episode)
On the occasion of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we look closely at what the Bard means to us now. (episode)
How the fight over the true identity of William Shakespeare reflects shifting perceptions of culture, class, genius, art, and... ourselves.
The staging of Shakespeare's comedy Love's Labors Lost in Kabul as a celebration of hope and a form of therapy.
Brooke donned her finest ruff and took a trip to Washington Square Park to hear what the Bard means to the "rabble" (as he would say). (article)
With an aging listenership and the rise of podcasts, the future of NPR is thrown into question. Plus: Turkey tests free speech in Germany; and the history of novelizations. (episode)
Bob considers what the future might hold for NPR.
It will come as no surprise that in Turkey, you can be jailed for insulting President Erdogan. What is shocking is that a critic of Erdogan could be charged with that crime in Germany.
The Clarence Thomas hearings that riveted the country for 3 days in 1991 are being televised again in a dramatized form by HBO, at a similar time of political crisis over a nomination.
Write a great book and you're a genius. Turn a book into a great film and you're a visionary. Turn a great film into a book...that's another story. Inside the world of novelizations.
The first FDA-approved drug to treat sexual dysfunction in women has been hailed as "the female Viagra." But like nearly all aspects of the drug, it's not quite that simple. (episode)
From the initial leak to the international repercussions, the Panama Canal to the endless conspiracy theory subreddits: the roots and meanings of the Panama Papers. (episode)
How did 400 journalists from nearly 80 countries go through the world's largest data leak? Very carefully.
The Panama Papers are the result of an unprecedented feat of journalistic coordination. We check in with reporters from around the world who were involved.
How US corporate and political interests aligned to create the perfect conditions for the Panamanian offshore banking industry to flourish.
Conspiracy theorists are poring through the Panama Papers, but not for the reasons you might think. The revelations, many say, are just a distraction -- or targeted.
Forty years after its release, "All the President's Men" is still seen as a symbol of all that is good in American journalism. If it weren't for one man, it might not have been so.
How do you sort through 11.5 million documents in the world's largest whistleblower leak? Very carefully. (episode)
The plight of information under an opaque administration; dissecting political "momentum"; a Ghanaian journalist's fight for justice; and seeking posthumous fame for a cult icon. (episode)
A reporter uses FOIA to expose how Obama's self-proclaimed "most transparent administration in history" has tried to kill FOIA reform.
When President Obama criticized the press this week, he extended his criticism to the public too. As as members of a news-consuming public, what ethical responsibilities do we have?
The most celebrated face of investigative journalism in Africa belongs to a journalist who very few would recognize. He's even disguised himself as a rock to report a story.
Every election, you hear a lot about a candidate having or losing "momentum." What does it mean? Almost anything, and therefore nothing.
As a multi-city retrospective of late director Chantal Akerman's 40 plus films launches, can Akerman achieve in death the fame she hoped for in life?