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Skip to main content Close close Donate WBUR wbur About Ways To Listen Meet The Staff Past Shows Play Listen Live Schedule Programs + Podcasts Search About CitySpace Donate Your Car Membership Inside WBUR Campaign For WBUR Coronavirus Coverage MAP: Coronavirus Cases Town-By-Town Data Here & Now Radio Boston CommonHealth Cognoscenti The ARTery More Listen Live: Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Play 15s Repeat Play 15s Forward / 00:00 Playing Live Close Close Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Value this story? Donate WBUR wbur Donate Search Let's make sense of the world — together About Ways To Listen Meet The Staff Past Shows Today's Show Play 47:15 Dec 18, 2020 President-Elect Biden Says America Is Back. Is That True? Can Biden's national security and foreign policy team convince the world that the U.S. deserves to sit at the head of the table? Biden Nominates Pete Buttigieg As Transportation Secretary Biden Says His National Security Team 'Reflects That America Is Back' Biden Makes Historic Picks In Naming Foreign Policy, National Security Teams Election 2020 What The 'Strongmen' Of History Reveal About Modern Politics Play 47:13 Nov 12, 2020 How Right-Wing Media Fuels The Political Divide Play 47:35 Nov 23, 2020 A Snapshot Of The American Electorate Oct 30, 2020 Why Scholar Loretta Ross Is 'Calling In' Callout Culture Play 46:55 Dec 3, 2020 's Coronavirus Coverage More The Coronavirus Task Force Play 47:35 Nov 11, 2020 Race, Health And The Pandemic With Dr. David Satcher Play 46:50 Dec 2, 2020 How Australia Beat COVID-19 Play 47:21 Dec 9, 2020 'Protect Each Other': A Doctor's Message From The Coronavirus Surge Play 47:30 Nov 16, 2020 Dear More 'Did I Do The Right Thing?': An ER Doctor On Ethics Of The Pandemic In this radio diary, we discuss the ethical complications of the COVID-19 pandemic. Play Tuesday, December 15th at 12 PM Radio Diary: The Kindness Of A Phone Call In this radio diary, hear the story of the kindness of a phone call. Play Thursday, December 17th at 1 PM Radio Diary: Navajo Nation's Coronavirus Surge Play 05:30 Dec 11, 2020 Radio Diary: A Family's Lessons From Australia's Coronavirus Lockdown Play 09:19 Dec 9, 2020 Radio Diary: A Doctor's Mission To End COVID-19 Racial Health Inequities Play 05:11 Dec 2, 2020 Web Extra: Sadiqa Reynolds On Policing, Breonna Taylor And More Play 14:15 Dec 10, 2020 We Want To Hear From You Call our voicemail. Leave us a comment on social media. Or, pitch us a story to cover on the show. Nov 12, 2019 Let's make sense of the world – together. From the economy and health care to politics and the environment – and so much more – host Meghna Chakrabarti speaks with newsmakers and real people about the issues that matter most. 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Play 47:24 Dec 11, 2020 In Kentucky, Student Journalists Uncover Nazi Imagery In Police Training Play 47:23 Dec 10, 2020 Web Extra: What 2 Weeks In Government-Mandated Quarantine Looks Like Play 18:15 Dec 9, 2020 Section 230: Big Tech's Legal Shield, And The Future Of The Internet Play 47:30 Dec 8, 2020 Support the news Special Series Special Series: 'In Search Of Truth' 's four-part series, in collaboration with The Conversation, that explores what we mean when we talk about "truth." Feb 20, 2020 Past Show Highlights More Survival Of The Kindest: Can Our Better Nature Help Us Build A Better World? Play 47:30 Sep 10, 2020 '14 Miles': A Look At The U.S.-Mexico Border, And The Lives Defined By It Play 47:30 Sep 11, 2020 George The Poet's Genre-Bending Call For Change Play 47:33 Jun 17, 2020 Support the news Support the news Shows We Love In 'How Ike Led,' Reflections On Eisenhower's Political Legacy What we learn from Dwight Eisenhower's life and leadership. Play 46:49 Sep 17, 2020 Rethinking Gender With Mathematician Eugenia Cheng A mathematician turns gender into a math problem. Play 48:44 Sep 16, 2020 Walter Shaub Wants You To Fight For An Ethical Democracy We talk to Walter Shaub about how he ran the Office of Government Ethics and the future of ethics in... Play 46:25 Feb 18, 2020 The Trap Of Meritocracy What has become of the common good? Political theorist Michael Sandel traces the history of meritocracy. 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