WhoWhatWhy's Podcasts

The crazy but important story of what happens when the White House, the Pentagon, and the world's greatest scientists are forced to work with Hollywood. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/08/07/hollywood-washington-and-the-bomb/

An in-depth look at why evangelicals are Trump's most unwavering supporters, and their plans for making Christianity great again. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/08/04/why-are-white-evangelicals-primed-for-trumps-fear-mongering/

How the history of CIA and KGB Cold War covert election interference led us to what we face today. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/07/31/a-democracys-ultimate-threat/

Bennie Smith discovered a high-risk tampering mechanism built into US election systems. Smith explains what he found, its implications, and how election officials and members of the public can detect this "feature" of our voting systems that belies the principle of "one person, one vote."

A look at free speech, hate speech, campus speech, and post-truth speech.

Joe McCarthy may have been America's most vicious demagogue. But he passed all his "skills" onto Donald Trump. To understand McCarthy is to understand what we are living through.

The founder of the Transformative Justice Coalition talks about efforts to stop your vote from being counted — and what you can do about it.

A former US senator looks at how Trump might lose the election — and still remain in power. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/07/10/trump-loses-remains-president/

Investigative journalist and former Moscow correspondent Catherine Belton looks at the untold, human, and complex story of Vladimir Putin. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/07/03/putin-putin-putin/

A look at the cutting-edge technology that may enable us to actually confront climate change. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/07/01/can-geoengineering-save-the-planet/

Co-creator of S.W.A.T. talks about how 50 years of police shows on television have shaped and undermined our views of policing and race. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/06/26/hollywood-has-sold-us-copaganda/

A police lieutenant with more than 30 years on the force, who is the president of his Black Police Officers Association, gives a personal and inside look at policing. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/06/19/what-it-means-to-be-black-while-blue/

Is there a common link between all the dark things that are happening? Is it hiding in plain sight? Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/06/12/police-wall-street-pentagon-and-white-house-crime-whats-the-connection/

The riots of 1967 and 1968 over racial injustice resulted in over 70 dead and many injured. How do they compare with what we are witnessing today? Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/06/05/is-it-1968-all-over-again/

Saudi Arabia has poured billions of dollars into promoting Wahhabism around the world, engendering violence from behind the cover of NGOs and government agencies. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/05/29/the-terrorist-threat-concealed-by-saudi-soft-power/

Election watchdog Emily Levy provides an overview of what to fear in the next election and what you can do about it. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/05/22/election-day-is-165-days-away-be-afraid/

Gabriella Novello, WhoWhatWhy's election integrity reporter, discusses what it's like to cover efforts to protect the right to vote during a pandemic. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/05/19/from-the-front-lines-of-the-fight-for-fair-elections/

A look at the corrosive culture caused by rigid hierarchies and unquestioning loyalty in the US military. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/05/15/not-all-it-can-be-the-us-military-is-failing/

Some Christian nationalists are contesting the coronavirus lockdown to further their own Bible-based, authoritarian agenda. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/05/08/religious-nationalism-and-the-reopening-of-america/

To mark World Press Freedom Day, we look at how COVID-19 has impacted the free press around the world. It's not a pretty picture.

A look inside the current oil market meltdown and how it will impact climate change and global energy markets for years to come. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/04/24/how-many-barrels-of-oil-are-you-willing-to-take/

On its 50th anniversary, one of Earth Day's co-founders tells the fascinating story of how the movement began, the changes it triggered, and why it is still relevant half a century later.

A detailed on-the-ground analysis of the travesty that was the Wisconsin primary.

People with underlying physical conditions are particularly at risk of getting seriously ill from COVID-19. But what about people with underlying psychological conditions? Here is an important look at how the crisis is affecting those with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

A look at the role of billionaires in the COVID-19 crisis. Is their philanthropy a symptom of a bigger problem that ails the US?