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587 episodes

Trump shared a racist "joke." That humor is an American tradition

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21:06Feb 14, 2026

Was dating while Black always so hard?

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39:16Feb 11, 2026

Bad Bunny, resistance, and the Super Bowl halftime show

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20:23Feb 7, 2026

The history of Black History Month, one hundred years in

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35:12Feb 4, 2026

Americans are worried about crime. Here’s how politicians leverage it

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17:19Jan 31, 2026

What the history of U.S. protests illuminates about today

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28:05Jan 28, 2026

What the quarter-zip craze tells us about Blackness and respectability

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17:26Jan 24, 2026

How local police extend ICE's reach, even in sanctuary cities

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39:15Jan 21, 2026

Freedom through the eyes of foes: Rev. Martin Luther King and Sen. Barry Goldwater

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22:21Jan 17, 2026

Venezuela and the long tradition of US interference

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33:13Jan 14, 2026

Jelani Cobb talks democracy, Trumpism, and the future of journalism

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18:11Jan 10, 2026

How 'The Joy Luck Club' highlighted the complicated dynamics of immigrant families

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34:40Jan 7, 2026

Support for Israel is waning, but many White Evangelical Christians remain steadfast

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34:17Jan 3, 2026

From "CRT" to "DEI": A history of race and moral panics

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39:15Dec 31, 2025

Where ICE came from, and where it needs to go

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18:30Dec 27, 2025

What the 1968 fight for ethnic studies classes teaches us about today

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40:35Dec 24, 2025

Keep culture and tradition alive at the mahjong table

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17:34Dec 20, 2025

The fight over public education, from Texas to the White House

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38:24Dec 17, 2025

The evolution of blackface in the age of AI

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15:58Dec 13, 2025

In the Trump era, has the word 'racist' lost its meaning?

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30:49Dec 10, 2025

Remembering disability activist Alice Wong

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16:40Dec 6, 2025

How the Trump administration is reshaping immigration

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40:37Dec 3, 2025

Gratitude isn’t just for Thanksgiving

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16:55Nov 29, 2025

How poetry helps Ada Limon navigate life, even when it’s tough

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35:40Nov 26, 2025

Fearing deportation, undocumented parents are preparing to leave their kids behind

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11:44Nov 22, 2025

How undocumented families are navigating the looming threat of ICE

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31:58Nov 19, 2025

How Trump's cuts to public media threaten the first Native American station

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17:40Nov 15, 2025

Tribal colleges are a unique resource — and they're under threat

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31:10Nov 12, 2025

The hidden history of demonizing SNAP recipients

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35:35Nov 8, 2025

Freedom of speech has never been for everyone

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39:38Nov 5, 2025

How Zohran Mamdani is scrambling establishment Democrat's brains

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20:39Nov 1, 2025

How Elon Musk and JD Vance plan to 'save civilization' with more babies

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37:34Oct 29, 2025

Unpacking the Trump administration's immigration raid in Chicago

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17:13Oct 25, 2025

Racist slurs, naughty words, and how dictionary editors define them

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36:40Oct 22, 2025

What does Israel mean to American Jews?

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41:38Oct 15, 2025

Stacey Abrams on how voter suppression threatens democracy

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15:05Oct 11, 2025

Voting rights are at risk. Here's why.

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33:57Oct 8, 2025

Why Malala Yousafzai is a hero in the West but not back home

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41:34Oct 1, 2025

Is the American dream a scam?

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33:10Sep 24, 2025

The stakes of calling Israel's actions in Gaza a genocide

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43:50Sep 17, 2025

How calls for mass deportations went mainstream

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43:10Sep 10, 2025

Digging into our ancestors' drama

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41:23Sep 3, 2025

How racism kept Americans out of pools

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35:24Aug 27, 2025

How Trump's D.C. takeover criminalizes homelessness

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39:27Aug 20, 2025

Statelessness, but make it funny

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30:42Aug 13, 2025

Hot weather kills. Who gets protected?

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32:00Aug 5, 2025

You told us — what brings you joy

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16:53Aug 2, 2025

Is joy an act of resistance?

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36:38Jul 30, 2025

Protests are near constant. Do they work?

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30:35Jul 23, 2025

Congress has voted to eliminate government funding for public media

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2:01Jul 18, 2025