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Jul 11, 2026

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How Kleptocracy Came to America - Franklin Foer - March 2019 12.02.2019

When the U.S.S.R. collapsed, Washington bet on the global spread of democratic capitalist values—and lost. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Not Just a Drill - Erika Christakis - March 2019 12.02.2019

There’s scant evidence that they’re effective. They can, however, be psychologically damaging—and they reflect a dismaying view of childhood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Raiders of the Office Park - Rene Chun - March 2019 12.02.2019

As the line between work and home blurs, office supplies attract sticky fingers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Women and Children First - Devin Gordon - March 2019 12.02.2019

The director discusses the absence of men in his early life and his movies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Parasitic Relationship - Rebecca Giggs - March 2019 12.02.2019

We had scarcely discovered the parasite Felicola isidoroi when it vanished forever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why Ford Hired a Furniture Maker as CEO - Jerry Useem - March 2019 12.02.2019

In the car of the future, you may care more about how the driver’s seat swivels than how the engine purrs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Father of Children’s Goth - James Parker - March 2019 12.02.2019

He was a writer-artist ahead of his time, but Tim Burton, Lemony Snicket, and American culture have finally caught up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Humans Tamed Themselves - Melvin Konner - March 2019 12.02.2019

A leading anthropologist suggests that protohumans became domesticated by killing off violent males. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Chief Justice's Secret - Michael O'Donnell - March 2019 12.02.2019

The chief justice writes fiercely conservative opinions, yet champions the Court’s political independence. How will he respond to a constitutional crisis? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Fight Over Big Government Was Bitter From the Start - Kim Phillips-Fein - March 2019 12.02.2019

What the battle between Herbert Hoover and FDR can teach us Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Desire in the Dark - Dana Stevens - March 2019 12.02.2019

David Thomson’s fascinating, and frustrating, tour of gay subversion and female oppression in American movies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why Are We So Angry? - Charles Duhigg - January/February 2018 21.12.2018

The untold story of how we all got so mad at one another Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Case of Emergency - Elizabeth Goitein - January/February 2018 21.12.2018

From seizing control of the internet to declaring martial law, President Trump may legally do all kinds of extraordinary things. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Tibet Went Crazy For Hoops - Louie Lazar - January/February 2018 21.12.2018

Monks, nomads, and a sport’s unlikely ascent in a remote corner of the globe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yes, America Can Still Lead the World - Jake Sullivan - January/February 2019 21.12.2018

 We allowed an important idea—American exceptionalism—­to be hijacked and misused. Now we need to rescue that idea and let it guide America at home and abroad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Global Backlash Against Women - Peter Beinart - January/February 2019 21.12.2018

Donald Trump’s ideological cousins around the world want to reverse the feminist gains of recent decades. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Birds Vs. Drones - Rebecca Griggs - January/February 2019 21.12.2018

As machines fill the skies, they meet resistance from the animals who already live there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don't Call Me LGBTQ - Jonathan Rauch - January/February 2019 21.12.2018

The case for a new term that describes all sexual minorities Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

High Crimes - Rene Chun - January/February 2019 21.12.2018

Marijuana legalization was supposed to decrease crime—but the reality is more complicated. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did Free Pens Cause the Opioid Crisis? - Ray Fisman and Michael Luca - January/February 2019 21.12.2018

What Big Pharma knows about people’s hardwired instinct to reciprocate when given a gift Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Imaginary Boyfriends - Jessie Li - January/February 2019 21.12.2018

Why millions of women play the mobile game Love and Producer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Haunting Last Letters of Sylvia Plath - James Parker - January/February 2019 21.12.2018

As tragedy approaches, she is stricken, broken—and at the height of her artistic powers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Mysterious RBG - Dahlia Lithwick - January/February 2019 21.12.2018

A new biography squares the decorous legal figure with the feminist gladiator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Bard of Male Malaise - A.O. Scott - January/February 2019 21.12.2018

In Hark, the characters are distracted, and their author veers between satire and sincerity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Sex Recession - Kate Julian - December 2018 20.11.2018

Despite the easing of taboos and the rise of hookup apps, Americans are in the midst of a sex recession. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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