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Why Canadians don't care about patriotism; grieving under the media spotlight; and a composer's search for the sound of America. (episode)
Many Canadians don't care about their country's 150th anniversary. Why that may be a good thing.
We explore why after acts of racially charged violence, society demands that black families "mourn in public."
Composer Aaron Copland and the search for an American national identity.
Bob's take on this week's back and forth between the President and the press who cover him. (episode)
This week, at the annual conference of the National Association for Media Literacy Education, Bob sat down with former FCC chairman Newton Minow to survey the "vast wasteland." (episode)
Why we need to talk about gerrymandering. Plus, tumult at the Census; the creation of the term "Hispanic"; and government spyware targeting Mexican journalists. (episode)
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case on how district lines are drawn. Democrats are finding it hard to win special elections. Why it all comes back to gerrymandering.
What a crippled Census Bureau—leaderless and underfunded—could mean for the health of our democracy.
How the US Census, Univision, and advocates teamed up to add "Hispanic" to the 1980 Census—and forged a new American identity.
Journalists and human rights activists have been surveilled using government-exclusive spyware on their cell phones. It starts with a text message.
The Asian-American band The Slants sued after its trademark was denied because it's disparaging to...Asian-Americans. This week the group won its long legal battle. (episode)
Making sense of the post-shooting political blame game; Puerto Ricans seek to clarify their identity; and seeing through healthcare secrecy. (episode)
In the aftermath of politically-charged violence, how the media and politicians fall into familiar traps.
Critics on the right have accused a production of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" of inciting violence, but that fundamentally misunderstands the play.
Restricting press access, refusing to hold public hearings, and rushing the vote.
The RNC's talking points reveal its approach to Trump's investigation.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals cited one of Trump's tweets in its decision to uphold a block on his travel ban—a potential turning point in the debate about how to interpret his feed.
Puerto Ricans once recoiled from the word "colony". But as the island searches for new ways to define itself, the term seems more appropriate and popular than ever before.
This week two Attorneys General filed suit, claiming the president is violating the emoluments clause of the constitution. We offer a primer on American political corruption. (episode)
The crackdown on leakers begins; compromising with Nazi Germany for journalistic access; and the dystopian potential of augmented reality. (episode)
How careless leaking, and reporting, led to the arrest of NSA contractor Reality Winner.
During WWII, the AP exchanged photos with the Nazis in order to get to the truth. Was it the right thing to do?
Bob scrutinizes the hype behind augmented reality and explores its dystopian potential.
Season 5 of House of Cards just came out so we're re-airing Brooke's conversation with Michael Kelly who plays Frank Underwood's lethally loyal chief of staff, Doug Stamper. (episode)
The recent anti-Muslim hate crime in Portland has sparked a debate about free speech. Plus: lefty conspiracy theories; the media's obsession with the Trump-Russia story; and more. (episode)
A Portland reporter on the aftermath of the recent anti-Muslim hate crime, and what the national media are missing.
There’s a widening gap between what political types and regular people care about most.
A new study finds that media coverage of Trump's first 100 days set new records for negativity.
On the craft and longevity of hyper-partisan news.
Louise Mensch has been propagating fake facts about the "Trump-Russia affair." Why are some Democrats so quick to believe them?