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Those fringe conspiracy theories that your conservative uncle spouts at
holiday meals? Turns out they're not so fringe-y. Traci and Abe dig into new
data on the prevalence of conservative ideas.
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Is "agnotology" -- the deliberate, cultural creation of ignorance -- at play
in the issue of gun violence in the United States? Traci and Abe take your
calls.
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Thus far, progressive candidates are coming up big in the midterm primaries
all over the country. What does it bode for November, and for the larger
project of progressivism? Also -- it seems that new-fangled digital
blockchain currencies are subject to wildly volatile pric...
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This weekend, a white nationalist opened fire in a Buffalo, N.Y. grocery
store, killing 10 people and injuring three others -- almost all of them
black. His motive, as outlined in the now-ubiquitous online manifesto? The
great replacement theory, which you can hear about ea...
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Portland's Charter Review Commission has completed its every-ten-years
analysis of our city's form of government, and has referred a set of
recommendations to voters. Just what will be on the ballot? A massive
overhaul of how things are done in the Rose City. Commission mem...
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A New York Times series digs deep into how Fox News' Tucker Carlson has
played on white grievance and nationalism to turn his Fox News show into the
most successful on cable TV -- and into a threat to democracy that we're only
beginning to understand. Traci and Abe take you...
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Elon Musk has put together a $47 billion bid -- yes, you read that correctly
-- to purchase Twitter and take the social media corporation private. While
the sample size for billionaires owning social media companies is admittedly
small, the outcomes have been universally ba...
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You've probably heard a great deal about inflation -- and you've probably
noticed it, too. But here's what you need to know: Why are corporations
raising their prices? Because they can. Traci and Abe take your calls.
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The war in Ukraine grinds on, with news of Russian atrocities toward
civilians drawing worldwide condemnation. But what does it mean for us, the
citizens of a nation with a long and bloody imperialist history, when another
country gets up to the same thing? Traci and Abe ta...
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