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Boom and bust on the big screen. (episode)
What to call election "audits"; the ominous threat of election subversion; voting in Russia; and the Kremlin's latest attack on journalists. (episode)
Finding the right language to describe a now-common political ploy.
Voter suppression was just the tip of the iceberg.
Big tech caved to the Kremlin, showing how internet censorship can threaten democracy.
More and more Russian journalists are being placed on a list of foreign agents in the government's attempt to stifle dissent.
Who is John Eastman, and why does he keep spreading anti-democratic theories? (episode)
Nicki Minaj; religious exemptions and the vaccine mandate; and climate change disinformation. (episode)
The rise in religious exceptions to vaccine mandates is bringing up big constitutional questions.
Linda Greenhouse says the current Supreme Court is more deferential to religion.
Why covering the weather must include climate change—and humanity's culpability.
How advertising allowed fossil fuel companies to sell themselves as the good guys.
Elizabeth Holmes said she'd revolutionized blood analysis. Investigative reporter John Carreyrou exposed the truth. (episode)
What happens to media in Afghanistan; how we remember 9/11; the conspiratorial legacy of Loose Change; and the politicization of Ivermectin. (episode)
What's at stake in keeping local journalism alive in Afghanistan?
20 years later, how we tell the story of 9/11.
A look at the internet's first viral film and deep distrust in the post-9/11 moment.
How a drug used to fight parasitic infections become central to our culture — and science — wars.
A look back at a great movie about journalism done right, and an introduction to our guest-host. (episode)
What happens when humans try to impose order...everywhere. (episode)
Lulu Miller on the possibilities — and perils — of trying to bring order to chaos.
Librarians grapple with the bias baked into classification systems.
The algorithms that govern our lives are opaque and biased. (episode)