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What you hear about the Paris climate agreement depends on whom you ask. We sort through the competing messages about what was achieved. Plus, how to spot an accurate election poll as the primaries …
What you hear about the Paris climate agreement depends on whom you ask. We sort through the competing messages about what was achieved. Plus, how to spot an accurate election poll as the primaries …
This is Bob Mankoff’s time. The cartoon editor of the New Yorker has just published a memoir: “How About Never. Is Never Good for You?” He’s a regular on WNYC’s The New Yorker Radio Hour. And he …
Some of Donald Trump’s opponents have labeled him a demagogue - but are they right? And, if so, what is there to be done? Plus: Bob reflects on the media feeding frenzy in the house of the San …
We often hear that individuals who come to symbolize major Supreme Court decisions “took their case all the way to the Supreme Court.” But sometimes, such plaintiffs are taken by hand. Bob explores …
Donald Trump’s statements about Muslims cheering after 9/11 are just the latest in a long record of false claims. But if Trump is the most recent, maybe most flamboyant, falsifier to enter US …
Hours before Wednesday’s mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, a group of physicians petitioned Congress to end the so-called Dickey Amendment, a nearly twenty-year-old ban that effectively …
In the wake of the attacks in Paris, global terror threats, and renewed debate about mass surveillance and national security, we revisit our special hour on the origins of the infamous Patriot Act, …
Amid the emotion, fear, and confusion following an attack, a Breaking News Consumer’s Handbook for the coverage of terrorism. Plus, the semantics surrounding acts of war and terror, and a look back …
OTM examines how the media try to reach us on an emotional level. We look at the New York Times’ dive into virtual reality-inspired empathy, and Europe’s “compassion fatigue” with migration. Plus: …
ExxonMobil is under investigation by the New York State Attorney General for potentially misleading shareholders about the threat of climate change. The subpoena comes after reports, including from …