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The state Senate has alternated between business as usual and partisan gridlock in recent weeks. To comment on the chaos for the podcast, host David Lombardo turned to David Klepper of the Associated Press. He tried to explain what the political fights have been about, highlighted the AP’s approach to covering the melodrama and compared…

Life is hard. The news is stressful. And sometimes you just need a break from *gestures broadly at everything happening in the world right now.* . Fortunately for anyone looking for a bit of escapism of the madness of everyday life, we have two words for you: comedy podcasts. While there are heavy-hitter comedy shows…

SUBSCRIBE to Think Again – a Big Think Podcast JOIN our Facebook group On an  earlier episode of this show the Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk said something that I’ve never forgotten. He said that writing programs shouldn’t teach about plots or characters or how to structure a story. Instead, they should  teach writers to manage…

D.C. United didn’t have a game this past weekend, but they have two coming up this week, and Filibuster is here to preview them all early on a Monday morning. Jason, Adam, and a muffled Ben (8:55) talk to Neil Morris of WRAL Sports Fan to get the lowdown on all things North Carolina FC….

Governance Studies Fellow Vanessa Williamson discusses her research on the Black Lives Matter movement, the connection between police-involved killings and protest activity, and the scope of racial inequity in America’s criminal justice system. Also in this episode, William Frey analyzes recent census data that show waning growth rates for some big cities, and faster growth…

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