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May 2018

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  • Fact Checking #WhereAreTheChildren May 30, 2018

    How two separate immigration stories mistakenly became one. (episode)

  • Technical Foul May 25, 2018

    Giuliani's claims, Silicon Valley's relationships with the Pentagon, and sports history.&nbsp; (episode)

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    • Truth Is Not Relative May 25, 2018

      The Trump team works to avoid a "perjury trap."

    • Google Enlists May 25, 2018

      Why Google's deal with the Pentagon has its employees so&nbsp;distressed.

    • Surveillance Valley May 25, 2018

      While some have been shocked to see Google and Amazon tangling with the military, journalist Yasha Levine says it has always been thus.

    • The Greatest What-Ifs in Sports History May 25, 2018

      A new book by Slate's Mike Pesca looks at the great hypotheticals in sports history.

  • Glenn Beck Reverses His Reversal May 24, 2018

    In November 2016, Bob&nbsp;spoke to&nbsp;Blaze bloviator Glenn Beck to hear about his opposition to Donald Trump. This weekend, Beck proudly donned on MAGA hat. Bob explains.&nbsp;&nbsp; (episode)

  • Africatown May 18, 2018

    150 years ago,&nbsp;the last slaves brought to America founded&nbsp;a community outside of Mobile, Alabama. (episode)

  • The Recording of America May 16, 2018

    On what would have been Studs Terkel's 106th birthday,&nbsp;we revisit a conversation bob had about the legendary&nbsp;documentarian&nbsp;with his&nbsp;erstwhile collaborator and editor Andre Schiffrin.&nbsp; (episode)

  • This Is America May 11, 2018

    Brooke takes on the media myths that continue to obscure our understanding of poverty. (episode)

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    • The Poverty Tour May 11, 2018

      Welfare advocate&nbsp;Jack Frech has taken&nbsp;reporters on "poverty tours" of Athens County, Ohio, for years.&nbsp;But has media attention made any difference in the lives of the Appalachian poor?&nbsp;

    • Rags to Riches Revisited May 11, 2018

      If America is supposed to be a land of equal opportunity and upward mobility for all, why do so many fall through the cracks?

    • The Myth of Meritocracy May 11, 2018

      Exposing the myth that financial success&nbsp;stems purely from hard work.

  • An Extended Trip Through Wild Wild Country May 8, 2018

    A bonus edition&nbsp;of Bob's conversation with the directors. (episode)

  • Dark Twisted Fantasy May 4, 2018

    The freedom of the press, the frustrations of men and the search for utopia.&nbsp; (episode)

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  • Mayday, May Day May 2, 2018

    May Day isn't some kind of Soviet export developed in Moscow's Red Square. It actually started in the U.S. (episode)