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A Weather Event With Fire Embedded 31.01.2025 42:33

LA's fires weren't just a "natural" disaster but a climate-driven weather event, revealing how global warming is reshaping California's future. Read More: www. WhoWhatWhy.org

Partisan Politics Is Democracy's Best Hope 24.01.2025 25:16

At a time when partisan warfare threatens democracy, stronger, not weaker, political parties might be our salvation. Read More: www. WhoWhatWhy.org

When the Hydrants Ran Dry in Los Angeles 17.01.2025 27:56

When LA's hydrants failed during massive fires, misinformation spread. What really happened – and the hard truths about our urban water systems. Read More: www. WhoWhatWhy.org

Algorithms and Empathy: The Human Cost of Innovation 10.01.2025 28:38

Is technology helping us thrive or tearing us apart? Explore how rethinking innovation could lead to a more connected and human future. Read More: www. WhoWhatWhy.org

America's Healthcare Emergency: How to Fix It From the Ground Up 03.01.2025 36:15

An MIT economist reveals why short-term fixes fail, and offers a blueprint for a complete system transformation. Read More: www. WhoWhatWhy.org

How Clashing Teams of Political Strategists Remade the Democratic Party 13.12.2024 31:01

Democrats once counted on the votes of blue-collar workers, but two rival teams of consultants saw change coming. Their fight over the party's future still echoes today. Read More: www. WhoWhatWhy.org

Red vs. Blue America: Federalism in the Fight Against Autocracy 06.12.2024 26:45

From civil rights foe to progressive hope: How states' rights flipped from a conservative weapon to a liberal shield to protect democracy. Read More: www. WhoWhatWhy.org

Unsavory Truths: The Menace Behind Your Holiday Meals 28.11.2024 24:18

Glazing hams and carving turkeys hide a sinister truth: Our food supply is increasingly dangerous. A look at the meatpacking industry's dark secrets. Read More: www. WhoWhatWhy.org

The Comfort of False Beliefs: Why We Crave Misinformation 22.11.2024 43:10

It's not just about fake news — our hunger for control and community makes us surprisingly eager to embrace comfortable lies over difficult truths. Read More: www. WhoWhatWhy.org

Dismantling Democracy Is the Point 15.11.2024 28:08

When 'burning it all down' becomes reality: The toxic mix of personal rule and zealous ideologues threatens to dismantle federal power. Read More: www. WhoWhatWhy.org

Women Voters and the Firewall That Wasn't 08.11.2024 16:13

What happened to women voters as Harris drew fewer of them than Biden in 2020? Even in pro-choice strongholds, economic concerns trumped reproductive rights. Read More: www. WhoWhatWhy.org

Five Days Out: The Threat of an October Surprise 01.11.2024 34:18

The dangerous game of private, back-channel diplomacy has long corrupted American elections. How the 1980 October surprise still haunts American politics. Read More: www. WhoWhatWhy.org

Your Vote, Amplified: How AI Is Revolutionizing Political Participation 25.10.2024 27:22

Want your vote to really count? See how AI meets democracy in a Princeton lab. Read More: www. WhoWhatWhy.org

January 6 As You've Never Seen It Before: The 'Fight Like Hell' Documentary 18.10.2024 22:17

Think you know everything about January 6? Think again. Jon Long's raw, footage reveals shocking truths. Democracy hangs in the balance. Listen. Watch. Decide. Read More: www. WhoWhatWhy.org

Beyond Deregulation: The Existential Threat of 'Ungoverning' 11.10.2024 38:36

Experts reveal the dangers behind Trump and Project 2025's radical agenda and how the deliberate dismantling of government agencies threatens democracy. Read More: www. WhoWhatWhy.org

Mobile Voting Is Coming 04.10.2024 24:22

Is mobile voting the future? It could boost turnout and reduce polarization. Piloted in some states, it has the potential to transform elections nationwide. Read More: www. WhoWhatWhy.org

Rewriting Reality: How the Battle for History Shapes the Future 27.09.2024 32:19

Attacks on US education and historical truth mirror global authoritarianism. Read More: www. WhoWhatWhy.org

Red Counties, White Sheriffs: Sheriffs Reshaping America's Political Landscape 20.09.2024 38:14

In 80 percent of US counties, white sheriffs wield unchecked power, aligning with militias and influencing elections. Democracy hangs in the balance. Read More: www. WhoWhatWhy.org

AI's Dirty Secret: Sweatshops, Carbon, and the Race to the Bottom 13.09.2024 33:07

Behind AI's rapid rise: exploited workers in digital sweatshops and mounting environmental costs. Read More: www. WhoWhatWhy.org

The 9/11 Generation: How Past Trauma Shapes Today's Young Voters 05.09.2024 34:03

From 9/11 chaos to the 2024 ballot box: How the 9/11 aftermath still echoes in young voters' minds. Read More: www. WhoWhatWhy.org

Supreme Court's Immunity Gift to Trump: The Ghosts of Nixon, Bork, and Scalia 29.08.2024 29:10

How SCOTUS turned ex-presidents into immune monarchs, made them above the law and protected by an "authoritarian constitution." Read More: www. WhoWhatWhy.org

The Day After November 5: Confronting the Post-Election Crisis 23.08.2024 26:59

As Democrats celebrate their successful convention, a 50-year plot threatens the transparent process on which a fair election depends. Read More: www. WhoWhatWhy.org

Gaslighting America: The GOP's 'Ministry of Truth' 16.08.2024 26:33

How the war on reality threatens democracy. From January 6 to COVID-19, if truth becomes malleable we lose America's ability to function coherently. Read More: www. WhoWhatWhy.org

The Financial World's Untamed Beast 09.08.2024 29:17

Cryptocurrency: Pandemic boom, spectacular bust, now rising again. Is it revolutionizing finance or another factor threatening economic stability? Read More: www. WhoWhatWhy.org

15 Years Before the White House: Kamala Harris Talks Crime Policies 07.08.2024 24:34

From San Francisco DA to presidential hopeful: Kamala Harris's evolving stance on criminal justice, in her own words. Read More: www. WhoWhatWhy.org