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#885 - 10 April 2026
At a time when the U.S. government is trying to make American history tidier, we try to learn from the mess. Including the untold, messy story of Paul and Essie Robeson.
#884 - 27 March 2026
M. Gessen returns to our show with a true-crime story that takes place entirely within their own family. This story comes to us from the producers at Serial Productions—who invented the true-crime podcast more than a decade ago—and from The New York Times.
#883 - 20 March 2026
In the early days of the radio show, Ira did a series of interviews with his parents that completely changed his relationship with them. This week, he returns to those interviews.
#882 - 6 March 2026
Two lawyers who work for ICE step forward and lift the curtain on what is really happening inside our immigration system right now.
#881 - 20 February 2026
People deciding to do things that most of us do NOT choose to do.
#880 - 30 January 2026
911 calls unlike any we’ve heard before, and other stories about immigration agents sweeping through America.
#879 - 16 January 2026
When a joke could get you killed, should you say it anyway? A group of Syrian comedians test the limits of their newfound freedom, a year after the fall of the brutal Assad regime.
#878 - 9 January 2026
People discovering information about their own lives that they did not know, and suddenly everything looks very different.
#877 - 19 December 2025
How one block in Portland, Oregon became a movie-set war zone that lots of people think is a real war zone.
#876 - 5 December 2025
When history comes knocking, you have to figure out what to do.
