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Getting the narrative right on Trump voters, a look at white anxiety in TV-land, and exploring Trump's past business dealings. (episode)
Will a strong economy and shifting Democratic party lead Trump to reelection in 2020?
A new study challenges the notion that Trump voters were primarily motivated by economic anxiety.
ABC says the reboot of 'Roseanne' portrays "The Family That Looks Like Us." But who is the "us", exactly?
Comedian Hari Kondabolu confronted "The Simpsons" — and got results.
A conversation with the hosts of the Trump, Inc. podcast.
Once upon a time, WNYC's Kai Wright saw a movie called Punks. A romantic comedy about black gay men, it was like nothing he'd ever seen before. But then it disappeared. (episode)
Alex Jones' Achilles heel, a history of self-immolation, and an LSD retrospective. (episode)
After spreading conspiracy theories for years, Alex Jones and Infowars are now facing a host of defamation suits aimed at bringing down the media organization.
A political history of the self-sacrificing protest tactic, in the wake of a very public suicide this week.
In a small east Texas town in 2014, a retired white pastor named Charles Moore set himself on fire to protest racism. We revisit his life's story.
We have never-before-heard tapes from Ken Kesey, the man who taught the hippies how to be hippies and inspired the psychedelic 60's.
This week public radio legend Carl Kasell died after a life-long career on the air. Brooke sat down with Carl in 2014 on the occasion of his retirement to reminisce. (episode)
Facebook, dark money, corporate power, and mistaken vigilantism. (episode)
During Mark Zuckerberg's congressional hearings, few legislators seemed to grasp the problem at hand. Spoiler alert: It isn't Cambridge Analytica, the Facebook algorithm, or "pokes."
A new documentary looks at Montana's fight against dark money in politics.
The long and surprising history of the Supreme Court's role in shaping (and, mostly, expanding) corporate rights.
Why did the media get the Pulse shooting narrative so wrong?
What the media got wrong about the Steubenville rape case.
This week, the Trump Inc. team are digging into business interests in the Trump administration and they ask you to help them dive into the "swamp." (episode)
Caravans, sex trafficking legislation, Martin Luther King Jr. and unintended consequences. (episode)
President Trump has signed an order to send troops to the border. Brooke explores how a single misleading news report has led to an international incident, and who will suffer.
A bipartisan bill that aims to curb sex trafficking is on its way to be signed by the President. So why aren't more people happy?
How Dr. King's version of masculinity is wielded against young black Americans.
Did you see that video of Sinclair news anchors reading from a script? It's been watched over 7.5 million times and it's put the conservative media outlet back in the spotlight. (episode)