The History of Policing in Cars
Sarah Seo, the author of How Cars Transformed Policing, talks to us about what rights we have in our cars, and what rights we don’t.
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The Deadly Airship Race
Competition is supposed to bring the best out of people, but run in the wrong way it can cause people to fall apart in the most horrifying ways.
Youth Unemployment is Solvable
Anne Applebaum talks with Nicola Galombik about increasing access to future work for young people in South Africa.
Norah Jones Begins Again
Norah Jones sits with Malcolm Gladwell and Bruce Headlam at The Bridge Studio in New York to talk about — and play through — her latest album, “Begin Again.” The…
Truth in the Time of Deepfakes
Boston University School of Law Professor Danielle Citron says that deepfakes are just going to get more and more convincing, but there are sill certain things we can do to…
La La Land: Galileo’s Warning
Galileo tried to teach us that adding more and more layers to a system intended to avert disaster often makes catastrophe all the more likely to happen. His basic lesson…
Restriction of Speech Online is Solvable
Jacob Weisberg talks with David Kaye about fostering public understanding of free speech on the internet and who should make the rules about regulation.
Leonard Cohen’s Legacy with Adam Cohen: Thanks for the Dance
Photo: Sony Music EntertainmentLeonard Cohen died three weeks after releasing his last record, You Want It Darker, in 2016. It was the first album he worked on this son, Adam.…
Making the Grade
From school grades to fitness trackers, we’re all being ranked and rated on a daily basis. This is having a huge impact on our happiness and preventing us from living…
The Gig is Up
A new California law, known as AB 5, will make it harder for app-based companies like Uber and Lyft to classify their workers as independent contractors rather than employees. We…
DANGER: Rocks Ahead!
Torrey Canyon was one of the biggest and best ships in the world — but its captain and crew still needlessly steered it towards a deadly reef known as The…
The Rogue Dressed as a Captain
One crisp morning in Berlin, in 1906, a small group of soldiers were led on an extraordinary heist by a man they believed to be a Captain. So how did…