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Election Transparency Can Be Achieved: Scrutineers, Part VIII
October 26, 2020 19:49 - 42 minutes - 68.2 MBIn this week’s Scrutineers, Emily Levy talks to one county recorder who has transformed his community from opaque to transparent in terms of voting knowledge. Read More:
Taming the Digital Juggernaut
October 22, 2020 23:25 - 27 minutes - 62 MBWhile politics seems to be the only topic we’re paying attention to, technology may be the one that’s more important. A talk with author, Cory Doctorow. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/10/23/taming-the-digital-juggernaut/
Proof Positive of the Winner Take All Economy
October 15, 2020 23:51 - 27 minutes - 49.9 MBAn examination of the cumulative effect of four decades of stalled income growth and how as a result, 90 percent of workers gave $2.5 trillion of cumulative income to the top 10 percent since the mid-1970s. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/10/16/proof-positive-of-the-winner-take-all-economy/
Publicly Mapping Election Problems: Scrutineers, Part VII
October 14, 2020 08:01 - 26 minutes - 49 MBHave a problem voting? Report it to SeeSay2020. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/10/14/publicly-mapping-election-problems-scrutineers-part-vii/
An Expert Calls Out Trump on COVID-19
October 13, 2020 20:21 - 28 minutes - 52.8 MBAs the bodies pile up, so does the misinformation — which in turn leads to more bodies. Yet, there’s hope, if people would only listen to science. But will they? Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/10/13/an-expert-calls-out-trump-on-covid-19/
Up Close and Personal with Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown
October 09, 2020 10:23 - 18 minutes - 34.1 MBOhio Senator Sherrod Brown (D) shares his passion and hope that progressive causes and the institution of the US Senate can still flourish. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/10/09/up-close-and-personal-with-ohio-senator-sherrod-brown/
Is This Any Way to Vote?
October 02, 2020 03:59 - 38 minutes - 70.7 MBThe simple and quaint past way of voting is over. It’s a brave new world and the authors of the new WhoWhatWhy e-book help us understand it. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/10/02/is-this-any-way-to-vote-2/
Trying to Stop the Election Attacks, Scrutineers Series Part VI
September 28, 2020 04:49 - 34 minutes - 62.4 MBCyber criminals may be looking to spread false election results. Here’s how you can help. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/09/28/trying-to-stop-the-election-attacks-scrutineers-series-part-vi/
Could Tripling Our Population Make Us Great Again?
September 25, 2020 06:06 - 20 minutes - 37.9 MBMatt Yglesias makes the jaw-dropping argument that 1 billion Americans would make us a better, stronger, and more competitive country. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/09/25/could-tripling-our-population-make-us-great-again/
Vote Counting, the ‘Blue Shift,’ and Electoral ‘Delay’
September 18, 2020 04:46 - 36 minutes - 66.9 MBLaw Professor and election expert Edward Foley on how to understand the election results of 2020, and how long it may take them to come into focus. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/09/18/vote-counting-the-blue-shift-and-electoral-delay/
Candidates Must Protect Election Security: Scrutineers, Part V
September 14, 2020 06:08 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBOnly electoral candidates have the right to challenge election results, so April Smith is teaching them how to mitigate electronic voting risks. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/09/14/candidates-must-protect-election-security-scrutineers-part-v/
What's the Matter With Populism?
September 11, 2020 09:45 - 30 minutes - 41.4 MBThe author of What’s the Matter with Kansas? tries to re-energize and redefine “populism” — which he sees as the most misunderstood movement of our time. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/09/11/whats-the-matter-with-populism/
Fox News — A Fair and Balanced Look
September 04, 2020 09:20 - 26 minutes - 48.7 MBA look at Fox News, its power and its stars, stripped of the usual anger and hyperbole. A conversation with Brian Stelter. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/09/04/fox-news-a-fair-and-balanced-look/
Will He Go?
August 28, 2020 04:43 - 29 minutes - 54.4 MBThe 78 days between Election Day and inauguration may be the most trying in our nation's history. Will Trump accept the results, and even if he finally does, at what cost to the country? Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/08/28/will-he-go/
Problems with Electronic Poll Books: Scrutineers, Part IV
August 24, 2020 03:42 - 35 minutes - 81.4 MBE-poll books are used around the US to check in voters. Because they use Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, they’re vulnerable to manipulation and malfunction. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/08/24/problems-with-electronic-poll-books-scrutineers-part-iv/
The Pathology of Government Secrecy
August 21, 2020 03:55 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBA case study of author Nicholson Baker’s obsession with trying to understand the dark side of Cold War history, while it’s shrouded in denials of FOIA requests.
We Had the Tool to Prevent Lockdowns and Death
August 14, 2020 03:12 - 46 minutes - 106 MBWhy the current COVID-19 testing method is wrong, and what we need in its place. And why, if used correctly, the right test could control or even end the pandemic. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/08/14/we-had-the-tool-to-prevent-lockdowns-and-death/
How One Simple Administrative Problem Could Impact Election Outcomes: Scrutineers Series, Part III
August 10, 2020 10:15 - 27 minutes - 43.7 MBIn a year when 50 percent of voters or more are expected to vote by mail in the general election, “the surrender rule” could require millions to vote by provisional ballots. Emily Levy interviews election protection activist Mimi Kennedy about what happens when voters who are listed as having been sent a mail ballot show up to the polls to vote in person. The answer could be suppression. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/08/10/how-one-simple-administrative-problem-could-impact-electi...
How One Simple Administrative Problem Could Impact Election Outcomes Scrutineers Part III
August 10, 2020 10:15 - 27 minutes - 43.7 MBHow One Simple Administrative Problem Could Impact Election Outcomes Scrutineers Part III Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/08/10/how-one-simple-administrative-problem-could-impact-election-outcomes-scrutineers-part-iii/
Pete Hamill in His Own Words -- and Voice
August 07, 2020 18:15 - 52 minutes - 119 MBPosthumous podcast: Talking tabloids, immigrant dreams, and Frank Sinatra. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/08/07/pete-hamill-in-his-own-words-and-voice/
Hollywood, Washington and The Bomb
August 07, 2020 05:51 - 28 minutes - 64.9 MBThe crazy but important story of what happens when the White House, the Pentagon, and the world’s greatest scientists are forced to work with Hollywood. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/08/07/hollywood-washington-and-the-bomb/
Why Are White Evangelicals Primed for Trump’s Fear-Mongering?
August 04, 2020 06:39 - 26 minutes - 59.7 MBAn in-depth look at why evangelicals are Trump's most unwavering supporters, and their plans for making Christianity great again. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/08/04/why-are-white-evangelicals-primed-for-trumps-fear-mongering/
A Democracy’s Ultimate Threat
July 31, 2020 10:33 - 28 minutes - 65.1 MBHow the history of CIA and KGB Cold War covert election interference led us to what we face today. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/07/31/a-democracys-ultimate-threat/
Scrutineers Part II - Bennie Smith
July 27, 2020 09:46 - 47 minutes - 54.1 MBBennie Smith discovered a high-risk tampering mechanism built into US election systems. Smith explains what he found, its implications, and how election officials and members of the public can detect this “feature” of our voting systems that belies the principle of “one person, one vote.”
The High Cost of Free Speech
July 24, 2020 10:53 - 26 minutes - 61.3 MBA look at free speech, hate speech, campus speech, and post-truth speech.
McCarthy to Cohn to Trump
July 17, 2020 11:02 - 28 minutes - 65.4 MBJoe McCarthy may have been America’s most vicious demagogue. But he passed all his “skills” onto Donald Trump. To understand McCarthy is to understand what we are living through.
Even If You Vote… Will It Count?
July 12, 2020 23:49 - 35 minutes - 81.8 MBThe founder of the Transformative Justice Coalition talks about efforts to stop your vote from being counted — and what you can do about it.
Trump Loses, Remains President?
July 10, 2020 09:46 - 30 minutes - 70.5 MBA former US senator looks at how Trump might lose the election — and still remain in power. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/07/10/trump-loses-remains-president/
Putin, Putin, Putin
July 03, 2020 03:40 - 37 minutes - 84.9 MBInvestigative journalist and former Moscow correspondent Catherine Belton looks at the untold, human, and complex story of Vladimir Putin. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/07/03/putin-putin-putin/
Can Geoengineering Save the Planet?
July 01, 2020 09:59 - 20 minutes - 36.9 MBA look at the cutting-edge technology that may enable us to actually confront climate change. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/07/01/can-geoengineering-save-the-planet/
Hollywood Has Sold Us “Copaganda”
June 26, 2020 07:02 - 28 minutes - 66.3 MBCo-creator of S.W.A.T. talks about how 50 years of police shows on television have shaped and undermined our views of policing and race. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/06/26/hollywood-has-sold-us-copaganda/
What It Means to Be Black While Blue
June 19, 2020 09:21 - 33 minutes - 77.1 MBA police lieutenant with more than 30 years on the force, who is the president of his Black Police Officers Association, gives a personal and inside look at policing. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/06/19/what-it-means-to-be-black-while-blue/
Police, Wall Street, Pentagon, and White House Crime: What’s the Connection?
June 12, 2020 08:03 - 32 minutes - 73.5 MBIs there a common link between all the dark things that are happening? Is it hiding in plain sight? Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/06/12/police-wall-street-pentagon-and-white-house-crime-whats-the-connection/
Is It 1968 All Over Again?
June 05, 2020 04:36 - 22 minutes - 35.8 MBThe riots of 1967 and 1968 over racial injustice resulted in over 70 dead and many injured. How do they compare with what we are witnessing today? Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/06/05/is-it-1968-all-over-again/
The Terrorist Threat Concealed by Saudi ‘Soft Power’
May 29, 2020 04:48 - 24 minutes - 39.4 MBSaudi Arabia has poured billions of dollars into promoting Wahhabism around the world, engendering violence from behind the cover of NGOs and government agencies. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/05/29/the-terrorist-threat-concealed-by-saudi-soft-power/
Election Day Is 165 Days Away… Be Afraid!
May 22, 2020 08:28 - 31 minutes - 51.1 MBElection watchdog Emily Levy provides an overview of what to fear in the next election and what you can do about it. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/05/22/election-day-is-165-days-away-be-afraid/
From the Front Lines of the Fight for Fair Elections
May 19, 2020 08:16 - 35 minutes - 14.4 MBGabriella Novello, WhoWhatWhy’s election integrity reporter, discusses what it’s like to cover efforts to protect the right to vote during a pandemic. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/05/19/from-the-front-lines-of-the-fight-for-fair-elections/
Not All It Can Be: The US Military Is Failing
May 15, 2020 09:03 - 28 minutes - 46.2 MBA look at the corrosive culture caused by rigid hierarchies and unquestioning loyalty in the US military. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/05/15/not-all-it-can-be-the-us-military-is-failing/
Religious Nationalism and the Reopening of America
May 08, 2020 03:41 - 28 minutes - 51.5 MBSome Christian nationalists are contesting the coronavirus lockdown to further their own Bible-based, authoritarian agenda. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/05/08/religious-nationalism-and-the-reopening-of-america/
The Pandemic and the Press
May 01, 2020 05:39 - 23 minutes - 43.1 MBTo mark World Press Freedom Day, we look at how COVID-19 has impacted the free press around the world. It’s not a pretty picture.
How Many Barrels of Oil Are You Willing to Take?
April 24, 2020 07:42 - 26 minutes - 48.4 MBA look inside the current oil market meltdown and how it will impact climate change and global energy markets for years to come. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/04/24/how-many-barrels-of-oil-are-you-willing-to-take/
Earth Day Turns 50: How the Movement Was Born
April 22, 2020 09:04 - 18 minutes - 7.4 MBOn its 50th anniversary, one of Earth Day’s co-founders tells the fascinating story of how the movement began, the changes it triggered, and why it is still relevant half a century later.
Badger State Shame: What Actually Happened in Wisconsin
April 17, 2020 04:57 - 29 minutes - 53.4 MBA detailed on-the-ground analysis of the travesty that was the Wisconsin primary.
COVID-19 Creates Heightened Stress for People With OCD
April 13, 2020 10:05 - 48 minutes - 19.5 MBPeople with underlying physical conditions are particularly at risk of getting seriously ill from COVID-19. But what about people with underlying psychological conditions? Here is an important look at how the crisis is affecting those with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
COVID-19 and the Billionaires
April 10, 2020 09:39 - 21 minutes - 39.3 MBA look at the role of billionaires in the COVID-19 crisis. Is their philanthropy a symptom of a bigger problem that ails the US?
COVID-19, Opioids, and Unseen America: It’s Not Just About Big Cities
April 03, 2020 07:42 - 22 minutes - 40.8 MBA look at how rural America, already devastated by opioids, is about to get hammered by COVID-19. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/04/03/covid-19-opioids-and-unseen-america-its-not-just-about-big-cities/
Bats — Breeding Ground for Killer Viruses
March 27, 2020 06:18 - 24 minutes - 44.6 MBWhy do so many deadly viruses originate in bats? Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/03/27/bats-breeding-ground-for-killer-viruses/
The Hidden Mental Health Toll of Coronavirus
March 23, 2020 03:19 - 41 minutes - 56.6 MBThe coronavirus epidemic does not just impact the physical health of victims as well as economies throughout the world, it also strains the psyche of millions of people — even those not infected. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/03/23/the-hidden-mental-health-toll-of-coronavirus/
The Anti-Virus Program You Don’t Have to Buy
March 20, 2020 06:42 - 24 minutes - 45.6 MBA look at the role that the immune system is playing in the fight against COVID-19. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/03/20/the-anti-virus-program-you-dont-have-to-buy/
The Eerie Parallels Between Covid-19 and the Plague
March 16, 2020 08:55 - 26 minutes - 48.8 MBA look at how the novel coronavirus will forever impact China’s Belt and Road project and the geopolitics of Asia. Read More: https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/03/16/the-eerie-parallels-between-covid-19-and-the-plague/