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Tragicomic commuting stories, self-driving cars, operatic arias, and transit rights. (episode)
Why free cars aren't the answer for America's marathon trekkers.
It'll be a marvelous future, if we buy in.
A new, in-progress opera about two mythical figures in American transit history.
Going beyond point-A-to-point-B mobility.
Silicon Valley’s “millionaire maker” is a behavioral scientist who harnessed the power of persuasion in a booming tech industry. But it might not be too big to rein in. (episode)
In a special hour this week, On the Media examines the history of US imperialism — and why the familiar US map hides the true story of our country. (episode)
On bird poop and human rights.
In the 19th century, the US sought to be a democracy, an empire, and a white supremacist nation. It couldn't be all three.
How America's evolving territorial empire has influenced everything from the Beatles to 9/11.
Ted Kaczynski had been a boy genius. James McConnell’s ideas about psychology sparked almost as much anxiety as Facebook does today. Here’s how their paths crossed. (episode)
Hindu nationalists are rewriting Indian history, and we re-examine a foundational myth in the US. (episode)
How Hindu nationalists are rewriting the story of India.
We're exploring the myths of American Exceptionalism. This week, historian Greg Grandin digs into America's founding narrative: endless expansion.
A once-famous psychologist...& how the Unabomber tried to kill him. The first part of a three-part series from The Stakes examines the science of persuasion — and its backlash. (episode)
White nationalism laundered through punditry, supremacist notions about self-governance, and Puerto Ricans' perspectives on federal oversight. (episode)
Locating the engines of hate online can take some searching. Finding similar sources on television is easier.
Trump is hardly the first American president to govern on the assumption that only white people can self-govern.
There are more protests on the island against the newly sworn-in governor. But there are also more conversations about what comes next.
Historian Kathleen Belew says that the key to understanding massacres like the one in El Paso is to understand the movement that they come from. (episode)
Part three of a series. Can theories of criminal justice reform help us rehabilitate so-called trolls and detoxify the web? (episode)
The internet can be so mean. And the platforms that dominate it aren't doing anything to stop the cruelty.
How theories of criminal justice reform can help us detox the internet.