Episodes

  • A vocal coach says you really shouldn't try to sing along at screenings of Wicked
    Nov 22 2024

    PLUS: a Métis lawyer tallies the costs of fraudulent claims of Indigenous identity; what a new viral video reveals about the Iranian government's approach to policing women's expression; reviewing Stalker 2, a video game about survival made by people who are surviving a war in Ukraine; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

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    53 mins
  • In flood-ravaged Valencia, protesters see a cautionary tale about the consequences of governments that deny climate change
    Nov 15 2024

    PLUS: The interactive documentary and video game Tetris Forever; how Donald Trump used a fringe, anti-democratic movement to takeover mainstream US politics; what the debate over bike lanes reveals about emotional space, identity and who belongs; the new series Say Nothing considers the difficult questions at play during The Troubles; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

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    53 mins
  • Donald Trump has the means, the mandate and the inclination to govern as an autocrat. Will he follow through?
    Nov 8 2024

    PLUS: What Trump's return means for Ukraine; searching for common grown with January 6 insurrection supporters; the legacy of Taylor Swift's Eras tour; Opera Review's quest to break down barriers in opera; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

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    54 mins
  • Day 6 Introduces | Uncover: Bad Results
    Nov 4 2024

    They needed certainty. They got chaos. For over a decade, countless people from at least five different countries put their trust in a company offering prenatal paternity tests. It promised clients “99.9% accuracy” — but then routinely, for over a decade, identified the wrong biological fathers.


    Investigative journalists Jorge Barrera and Rachel Houlihan track down the people whose lives were torn apart by these bad results, the shattered families and acrimonious court cases that followed, and the story behind the company that continues to stand by its testing and is still operating today.


    More episodes of Uncover are available at: https://lnk.to/HSDNKxm3

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    35 mins
  • Elon Musk wields huge power in transportation, space flight and communications. Now he's wading into politics
    Nov 1 2024

    PLUS: How Canada became a hub for the international meth trade; what one journalist saw from a front-row seat inside the control room for Love Is Blind; how the Smithsonian's collection of Presidential campaign ephemera tells the story of social change in the U.S.; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

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    53 mins
  • A Philadelphia teacher says life in a swing state means an endless stream of robocalls and road closures
    Oct 25 2024

    PLUS: How a supervised drug consumption site turned around one man's life; a Black journalist goes in search of what motivates Black Republicans; a prosecutor fighting 'pig butchering' scams; Randy Rainbow; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

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    53 mins
  • Lawrence Bishnoi is alleged to be running an international crime gang. Ottawa says he is helping the Modi government kill Canadians from a jail cell in India
    Oct 18 2024

    PLUS: What the debate over bubble tea says about cultural appropriation; Sugith Varughese reflects on 40 years as a Canadian actor of Indian descent; the 45th anniversary of The Specials and the legacy of 2 Tone Records; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

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    53 mins
  • Meet the climate futurist trying to help people prepare for life on a chaotic planet
    Oct 11 2024

    PLUS: How citizen-run mutual aid networks became the backbone of Sudan's humanitarian crisis response; an investigative reporter who spent decades covering the Menendez brothers says it's time to reexamine their convictions; film critic Dana Stevens makes the case for overly ambitious box office flops; Emily St. John Mandel reflects on Station Eleven, ten years after it's publication; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

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    54 mins