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The Cornell case exposes a dark reality about college culture
A lawsuit filed by a former Cornell student that alleges she was sexually assaulted by seven fraternity members in 2024 has sparked an outpo...
Americans want more kids. Here’s what’s stopping them.
Fewer people around the world are having kids — the global birth rate has been falling steadily since the 1970s — but, for many,...
The hidden tax Americans pay constantly — and how we can avoid it
Americans spend billions of hours a year navigating government bureaucracy, whether filling out forms, waiting on hold, or standing in endle...
The AI warnings are getting louder. Here’s what you need to know.
Unsettling headlines about AI are dominating the news. In the past few weeks, an Anthropic researcher quit his job out of fear that the tech...
The dark side of America’s obsession with the Lindsay Clancy trial
Warning: This episode includes descriptions of violence against children, adult language, and mentions of suicide. If you or someone you kno...
Forever chemicals are hiding everywhere. These five habits can help you avoid them. (From the archives)
This is an episode from our archives. It originally aired in May 2025. Forever chemicals, also known as PFAS, are found in virtually every c...
The real reason so many Americans are convinced sunscreen is dangerous
For the past few years, a campaign against sunscreen has been building — with social-media influencers claiming that sunscreen itself,...
Why men are suddenly so worried about their testosterone levels
Testosterone prescriptions are at an all-time high in the U.S., and according to a survey by Men's Health , 70% of men say their levels of t...
The uncomfortable reasons human waste keeps turning up in your lettuce
This summer, the U.S. saw its largest cyclospora outbreak on record — with more than 22,000 suspected cases linked to contaminated ice...
This tick can give you a life-threatening allergy. It’s spreading across the U.S.
Peak tick season is here — and the fastest-growing tick-borne illness in the country is alpha-gal syndrome, a condition that causes an...
How America’s gun obsession really started
This year, the U.S. has seen more than 270 mass shootings — and firearms remain the leading cause of death for American children and t...
Inside the revelations from Trump’s $2 billion financial disclosure
President Trump earned more than $2 billion in his first year back in office. According to a mandatory financial disclosure released in June...
People are running their own experiments with GLP-1s — with stunning results
GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are being taken by millions of Americans. These medications have been approved for treating diabetes, ob...
The surprising ways the Supreme Court curbed Trump’s power
The Supreme Court just wrapped one of its most consequential terms in recent memory — issuing major rulings on presidential power, bir...
Why the Constitution is making our politics worse (From the archives)
This episode originally aired on Sept 18, 2025. The Constitution has been amended 27 times, but the last meaningful change was over half a c...
The little-known forces quietly killing the college degree
When New Yorker staff writer Jay Caspian Kang sat down to do his taxes, one question surfaced: Should he still be saving for his 9-year-old...
The U.S. is turning 250. These songs unexpectedly changed American history.
The United States turns 250 years old this summer — and there's no shortage of ways to mark the moment. One of the most revealing lens...
TV’s most beloved assistant coach says the World Cup is about to change America. Here’s how.
This year's World Cup will be the largest in history, with 48 teams and 104 matches — and, for the first time in more than 30 years, t...
How the Texas floods forever changed one family
On July 4, 2025, catastrophic flooding tore through Central Texas, killing more than 130 people and destroying communities along the Guadalu...