Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Florida man indicted (again) (again)
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The latest unprecedented is about January 6, but does the American public still care about January 6...
Where did the recession go?
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A much-dreaded recession doesn’t actually seem to be materializing. We called up some experts — ...
Will “parental rights” mobilize Muslims?
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Some Muslim parents wanted their kids to opt out of reading schoolbooks with LGBTQ characters and th...
Music’s nostalgia-industrial complex
28 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A lot of our new hit music sounds just like our parents’ old hit music. Pitchfork’s Jayson Green...
Sound of Freedom
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Wall Street Journal’s John Jurgensen explains how Sound of Freedom, an action-drama about figh...
A third nuclear superpower
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For decades, a delicate strategy of deterrence kept Russia and the US from nuclear war. With China u...
Inside the AI factory
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are used to thinking of artificial intelligence as knowledge generated by machines. The Verge’s...
I want you! (to fight the culture war)
24 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The defense bill is the latest piece of legislation to be weaponized by the far-right Freedom Caucus...
Barbie Dreampodcast
21 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is Barbie a toy commercial doubling as the first installment of an inevitable Mattel Cinematic Unive...
Bidenomics
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A lot of Americans are still feeling iffy about the economy, but Joe Biden’s so proud of how thing...
Is ethical investing a sham?
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Republican presidential candidates have a bone to pick with ESG investments. So does James Surowieck...
Inside the Actors Strike
18 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The actors are officially on strike. Vox senior correspondent and critic Alissa Wilkinson breaks dow...
Vacation ... all I ever wanted?
17 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
🎵 Now that I’m away, I wish I had stayed. 🎵 Vox’s Allie Volpe explains why travel feels li...
The Joshua Generation
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A group of evangelical Christians raised their children to become influential in the White House, on...
Disaster unpreparedness
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Vermont just got slammed with flash floods, road closures, and evacuations. Harvard’s Juliette Kay...
Can Threads unravel Twitter?
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As Meta launches its Twitter competitor, The Verge’s David Pierce says that we are watching the en...
NATO to Ukraine: Not yet
11 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
President Biden and other world leaders say it’s too dangerous to admit Ukraine into NATO while it...
Why everyone’s mad about equity
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone is fighting about “equity.” If only they could define it. Vox’s Andrew Prokop explain...
Where’s the beef?
07 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A rancher in the Pacific Northwest scammed two companies out of $244 million. In this episode we fir...
Excuseflation
06 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Inflation happens for a lot of reasons that can be hard for even economists to fully grasp. But — ...
Even more forever chemicals
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The chemical manufacturer 3M will pay $10 billion to settle claims it contaminated drinking water wi...
Smokeshow
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For the second time this month, huge sections of the US are blanketed by wildfire smoke. Vox’s Reb...
Supreme Court: Race need not apply
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Supreme Court ruled against race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard and UNC. The ruling is...
Mall cop nation
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The three biggest private employers in North America are Walmart, Amazon, and a security firm you’...
Woke, woke, woke, woke, woke
27 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How “woke” went from Marcus Garvey to Childish Gambino to Ron DeSantis. This episode was produce...
The man behind Russia’s mutiny
26 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Yevgeny Prigozhin rose from hot dog seller to top chef to Russia’s leading mercenary. Journalist P...
OceanGate
23 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Deep-sea explorer G. Michael Harris has been down to the wreck of the Titanic 14 times. He begged hi...
Dinner and a Modi
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Despite US concerns over the decline of Indian democracy and human rights, Prime Minister Narendra M...
Okla-home-a
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A group in Tulsa, Oklahoma, will pay remote workers $10,000 to move there. Vox’s Rani Molla explai...
Childproofing Pornhub
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
States want to restrict kids’ access to harmful content online via age verification systems. New Y...
The Today, Explained Center for Kids Who Can’t Read Good
16 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For decades, American schools have taught reading with an approach that doesn’t work very well. Em...
How the Saudis bought pro golf
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The PGA Tour wanted nothing to do with a rival Saudi-funded golf tour, but like Silicon Valley and t...
Kids sue Montana over climate change
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Held v. Montana, a first-of-its-kind climate lawsuit, pits young people — and their constitutional...
Vivek Ramaswamy explains himself
13 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The entrepreneur is running a longshot campaign for the GOP nomination on an “American nationalist...
Why Marvel movies look bad
12 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bad visual effects in movies may have less to do with technology and more to do with workers being u...
Florida man indicted (again)
09 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For the first time in American history, a former president faces federal charges. Vox’s Andrew Pro...
Texas messed with Houston schools
08 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The state of Texas took over Houston’s Independent School District and replaced the superintendent...
California is becoming uninsurable
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two insurance giants will stop issuing new policies for California homes. CalMatters reporter Ben Ch...
Apple’s $3,500 goggles
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Apple’s launch of a new mixed reality headset shows that, for Apple, the metaverse isn’t dead. T...
Real Housebans of Tallahassee
05 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A new Florida law will restrict where Chinese citizens can buy homes, and other states may follow su...
Hannah Gadsby and “Pablo-matic" Picasso
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Hannah Gadsby railed against Pablo Picasso in “Nanette.” So why are they curating an ex...
Ukraine’s counteroffensive
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ukraine vowed to mount a counteroffensive against Russia. Drone attacks on Moscow might signal it ha...
Target-ing Pride
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Companies have been leaning into Pride month for years. So why are brands like Target and Bud Light ...
The Kia Boyz are coming for your car
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Turns out Kias and Hyundais are easy to steal. Teens are taking advantage, and putting it all on Tik...
Hot and bothered
26 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The FDA approved a game-changing drug to treat hot flashes, a symptom of menopause. Health writer Ja...
He's Ronning
25 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
NBC’s Matt Dixon explains how Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to Make America Florida. Vox’s Andrew Prok...
A cancer vaccine?
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Vinod Balachandran explains how he and his colleagues successfully treated pancreatic cancer wit...
How wellness killed Jenny Craig
23 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The diet company is shutting down. Bloomberg’s Emma Court explains how Jenny Craig’s strategy —...
The rehabilitation of Bashar al-Assad
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad became a regional pariah after brutal crackdowns on his own citizen...
Parking is a lot
19 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In our quest to accommodate parked cars, we’ve paved over downtowns, polluted the planet, and made...
Kevin McCarthy wants you to get a job
18 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With the debt ceiling deadline approaching, Republicans want to expand rules that require welfare re...
The most important election of 2023
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After 21 years of leading Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a global political giant. But a crumbling ...
The new border crisis
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Title 42, a Covid-era policy that included strict limits on migration into the US from Mexico, has e...
Can power plants go green?
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The EPA has just announced new rules for power plants to clean up their act. But to get to those low...
How Zelda changed gaming
12 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s dangerous to go alone! Take this podcast. This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edite...
Covid is “over”
11 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Or at least the federal government is over spending money on it. Vox’s resident epidemiologist, Ke...
Trump loses sexual abuse lawsuit
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A New York jury awarded $5 million to journalist E. Jean Carroll, whose civil suit against the forme...
Ed Sheeran and the “Blurred Lines” effect
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ed Sheeran just won a big copyright trial. But he might not have even been in court if not for Robin...
The killing of Jordan Neely
08 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A subway rider choked to death Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man known to New Yorkers for his...
Charles in charge
05 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
King Charles is struggling to get his subjects to care about the historic coronation this weekend. P...
Get used to higher interest rates
04 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Federal Reserve has once again raised interest rates, which means borrowing money for your mortg...
Disney vs. DeSantis
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Once upon a time, a Magic Kingdom took issue with a ruler’s law and, well, everyone ended up suing...
The Supreme Court’s corruption crisis
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a hearing today, the Senate Judiciary Committee took on the Supreme Court’s lack of ethics stan...
Why parents are suing social media
01 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Congress has yet to pass legislation regulating social media companies, so parents are taking matter...
Fake Drake
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Verge’s Nilay Patel explains how a spurious collaboration between Drake and The Weeknd started...
Can Title IX protect trans athletes?
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
President Biden hopes so. His administration is preparing to roll out new rules that would counter s...
The new war in Sudan
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Foreign powers are arming and funding opposing military leaders in Sudan, who are now battling for c...
He’s running
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The oldest president in the history of the United States wants a second term. Vox’s Andrew Prokop ...
The Adderall shortage
24 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There is a nationwide shortage of medications to treat ADHD. One culprit: the DEA. Vox’s Dylan Sco...
Cocaine hippos (and the case against pets)
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The descendants of Pablo Escobar’s pet hippopotami are wreaking havoc in Colombia. They can teach ...
Make it rain
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Colorado River is disappearing and the government is now spending millions on one wild idea to e...
What does the Fox pay?
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
$787.5 million. (To Dominion Voting Systems, averting a defamation trial that could have been disast...
Hollywood writers are ready to strike
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TV and film writers just voted to authorize a strike, which could leave studios without fresh script...
The forever chemicals in your blood
17 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Biden administration has new plans to reduce the amount of PFAS or “forever chemicals” in Am...
The Discord leaks
14 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Federal officials have charged a 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard with pos...
Phantom ghosts Broadway
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The chandelier crashes for a final time as Broadway’s longest-running musical, Andrew Lloyd Webber...
Why stuff isn’t getting cheaper
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The traditional explanation of inflation is simple: too much money chasing too few goods. But some e...
The new fight over abortion pills
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A federal judge in Texas invalidated the FDA’s decades-old approval of the abortion drug mifeprist...
Why Russia arrested an American reporter
10 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Evan Gershkovich’s detention is a callback to the last time a US journalist was accused of espiona...
Table for 10 billion, please
07 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Feeding the world’s growing population is an increasingly difficult challenge, and climate change ...
Uncle Sam really wants you
06 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The US military faces its worst recruiting crisis since the draft ended in 1973. Secretary of the Ar...
Should you carry Narcan?
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The drug that brings people overdosing on opioids back from the brink of death in minutes just got a...
City Limits: Blame the mayor
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chicagoans feel unsafe, and many blame Mayor Lori Lightfoot. The two Democrats on the ballot to repl...
City Limits: Crime vibes
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Americans aren’t going downtown like they used to, and a lot of them say it’s because they don’...
Florida man indicted
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump is the first US president to be indicted. Now what? Vox’s Andrew Prokop explains. Thi...
The fake nation of Kailasa
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Newark officials rescinded a sister city agreement with the United States of Kailasa after finding o...
How an AI pope pic fooled us
29 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
An AI-generated image of Cool Pope in immaculate drip went viral over the weekend and most everyone ...
The Israeli-Israeli conflict
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Far-right judicial reforms have inspired what might be the largest protests in the history of Israel...
New Mexico low-key fixes child care
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The US has a child care crisis. But New Mexico just figured out a way to fix it (hint: they’re pay...
City Limits: Should public transit be free?
24 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Transit agencies nationwide are facing an existential crisis. Washington, DC’s city council has a ...
Rep. Frost and David Hogg on what Gen Z wants
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Five years after March for Our Lives, one of the historic protest’s organizers and his historic fr...
A tents standoff at the VA
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When the Veterans Administration failed to build the homes it promised, unhoused vets built a tent c...
The US is obsessed with China
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There’s rare bipartisan consensus in Washington: China is a threat to be countered. Cornell profes...
7,300 days
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The war in Iraq has been declared over by nearly every president since the one who started it 20 yea...
City Limits: Beware the Doom Loop
17 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Pandemic restrictions are mostly over, but cities are still struggling to recover. Empty offices thr...
The “Lean In” era is over
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Execs like YouTube’s Susan Wojcicki and Meta’s Sheryl Sandberg paved the way for women in tech. ...
The Republicans breaking up with Tucker Carlson
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Fox News host aired a splashy exclusive this month about the January 6 insurrection. Some Republ...
The kids defying family court
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two siblings in Utah are defying a court order to reunite with their father, who they allege abused ...
Silicon Valley Bank goes bust
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
SVB’s collapse is the biggest bank failure since 2008. Insider’s Ben Bergman explains why the ba...
Top Fun: Oscars vs. blockbusters
12 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Huge hits like Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: The Way of Water got nominated alongside Tár. In this ...