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In 'We Have Never Been Woke,' sociologist Musa al-Gharbi argues the so-called “woke elite” pursue two conflicting desires – to be elite and egalitarian. But the desire to be elite always wins, hurting the communities they vow to help.

South Korea recently declared and then lifted martial law for the first time in more than 40 years. What led to it -- and what it tells us about the state of democracy in a key U.S. ally.

For the first time in decades, drug overdose deaths are decreasing in the U.S. Federal data show a roughly 15% drop from 2023 to 2024. What's driving the decline?

Meghna has a family tale to tell about why the Jackpod is extending its Thanksgiving break.

Robbie Parker lost his daughter Emilie in the Sandy Hook School shooting more than a decade ago. Parker is still battling Alex Jones, the conspiracy theorist who claimed the shooting was staged.

Rebroadcast: About 40 million Americans have stopped attending a place of worship in the past 25 years. What’s driving it, and what does it tell us about the importance of faith in America?

The Republican commissioner says his top priority is to bring down the “censorship cartel." What will his plan mean for the future of the internet?

Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat was one of many who warned about Trump and his authoritarian leanings. But this didn’t seem to matter for the nearly 77 million Americans who voted for him. What conversations about authoritarianism should we be having in the U.S.?

Developers of Artificial Intelligence have made big promises about how transformational AI will be. But what it can really deliver may be something else — and that difference could impact your life.

Rebroadcast: 'Buy now, pay later' loans for just about everything are growing. But there’s barely any data or regulation on this emerging market. Are consumers being helped or hurt by this new lending option?

Rebroadcast: As humans, we have conversations all the time. But research shows we actually aren’t very good at communicating. Journalist Charles Duhigg shows us not only how to become a communicator -- but a 'supercommunicator.'

President-elect Donald Trump has promised tax-free Social Security benefits. No taxes mean more money for individuals – but fewer funds going into the Social Security pool. A look inside how Social Security really works to figure out how best to save it.

Who are America's new oligarchs? They're pouring billions of dollars into politics, have the ear of the president-elect and control an endless stream of your data. Now that confluence of tech, money, and politics is making Silicon Valley tech titans the most powerful people in America.

On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the most effective and insidious attack ad ever.

The political rehabilitation of William McKinley. A cabinet of TV stars. Heather Cox Richardson says she didn't have those things on her 2024 bingo card. The famed historian joins us to draw from the past to make sense of the future.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been picked by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Kennedy has been critical of processed food, vaccines, and fluoride in water. What impact could he have on the nation’s health?

Humanitarian aid for Palestinians in northern Gaza is the lowest it's been in more than a year. People on the ground in Gaza share what, and who, could change the scale of civilian suffering.

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Fox News host and military veteran Pete Hegseth as his nominee for Secretary of Defense. Who he is -- and what this pick could mean for the direction of America’s national security.

Donald Trump won North Carolina. But Democrats in the state swept every major executive branch race, including governor, and broke the Republican supermajority in the statehouse. What explains this split?

Millions of voters who turned out in 2020 didn't show up this year. Why they stayed home or left the top of the ticket blank -- and how we might reinvigorate Americans' belief in voting.