Male Contraception
They said it couldn't be done: The "male pill." Actuality asks why men haven't seen a new reversible contraceptive in centuries—and if we ne...
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Listen to Actuality, a News & Politics podcast by American Public Media. Stream 27 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.
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20 of 27 episodesUnAmerican Football
They said it couldn't be done: Soccer makes it in America. Actuality can't turn on the TV without seeing a soccer game — what gives? We talk...
Cannabiz
They said it couldn't be done: Ending the American war on marijuana. This week, Actuality tells the ugly truth about cannabis prohibition an...
Museums: Wherefore contemporary art thou?
They said it couldn't be done: New art in old museums. Actuality visits an auction house to see a billion dollars of art sold in just a week...
A machine to save the world
They said it couldn't be done: Nuclear fusion. We visit scientists building a clean power plant that's hotter than the sun — but can they ev...
Batman v Hollywood
They said it couldn't be done: Making superheroes into movie stars. Forty years ago, Hollywood told 27-year-old Michael Uslan a Batman movie...
Space Internet
They said it couldn't be done: Internet in space. The dream of a totally connected world is still out of reach. Companies like OneWeb and Sp...
Robot Tastemakers
They said it couldn't be done: Teaching robots good taste. "Actuality" visits Spotify, where algorithms tell 75 million users what to listen...
Smuggler’s Morgue
This week, Actuality visits a lab at the front line of the fight against a peculiar crime — animal trafficking. The global black market for...
Actuality’s Holiday Extravaganza!
This week, Actuality just happens to stop by your house with a helping of holiday cheer, a glass of eggnog and some special guests armed wit...
What's a deadline?
This week, Actuality is mostly AWOL, but we bring news of next week's very special end-of-year episode.
Fear Fast Fashion
This week, Actuality slips into some fast fashion and learns how it pushes your brain's buttons to make you buy. But the trick means hiding...
Thanksgiving in the Jungle
In a holiday bonus episode, Actuality gets grateful after a visit to a refugee camp in France where migrants from the Middle East and Africa...
Grin and Bear It
This week, Actuality pretends we’re happy! We talk about people paid to put a smile on, and the toll that emotional labor takes. Plus, a rog...
2015: A Trash Odyssey
This week, Actuality goes orbital and finds it's quite a mess. Satellites are dodging space trash, and there's business opportunity in clean...
Gimme Shelter
This week, Actuality examines a New York idealist's battle to win homeless people the right to shelter in the 1970s—and why modern reformers...
Everest Industrial Complex
This week, Actuality meets two survivors of the deadly avalanche that struck Mt. Everest in April, before making our own ascent of the Evere...
Big Broccoli
This week, Actuality bites into Monsanto's plans for a new, super-healthy breed of broccoli and what it means for our food supply—but the un...
Sonification
This week, Actuality plugs into the weird world of sonification — making data into sound. Pythagoras tried to do it with cosmic spheres. Tod...
Undocumented
This week, Actuality considers Donald Trump's plans for immigration reform and finds them wanting. And do U.S. farms need more immigrant lab...
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