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Trump's Glitzy Library Grift

A shrine to a president, hold the records.
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American Emergency: The Movement to Kill FEMA

How did the agency tasked with saving Americans become despised, distrusted, and defunded?
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How a Prison Fire Helped Create CBS News

The forgotten history of CBS's first breaking news radio report, delivered by a charismatic inmate
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Grab Your Tin Foil Hat for The Onion's Takeover of Infowars

Trump faces a new accusation; The Onion is taking over InfoWars; and the 30th anniversary of Democracy Now!
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Predicting the News

Prediction markets are in the headlines again
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American Emergency

American Emergency: The Movement to Kill FEMA

How did the agency tasked with saving Americans become despised, distrusted, and defunded?
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The Harvard Plan

S2 - Episode 3: The Harvard Plan

Inside the fight over the future of academic freedom.
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S2 - Episode 2: The Harvard Plan

This week, it gets personal…
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S2 - Episode 1: The Harvard Plan

And so it begins...
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The Harvard Plan: The Universities Are The Enemy

Trump’s big plan to remake American universities puts academia on high alert.
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The Harvard Plan: Part Two

Claudine Gay is accused of academic plagiarism.
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The Harvard Plan: Part One

Claudine Gay’s groundbreaking tenure as president.
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The Divided Dial

S2 THE DIVIDED DIAL EPISODE 1: Fishing In The Night

Welcome to the shortwaves
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S2 THE DIVIDED DIAL EPISODE 2: You Must Form Your Militia Units

An army was gathering on shortwave and two guys in Costa Rica were among the only people in the world keeping track
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S2 THE DIVIDED DIAL EPISODE 3: World's Last Chance Radio

Cults and preachers take over the shortwaves
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S2 THE DIVIDED DIAL EPISODE 4: Wall St. Wants Your Airwaves

The shortwaves today
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The Divided Dial: Episode 1 - The True Believers

On how one side of the political spectrum came to dominate talk radio —and how one company is using the airwaves to launch a right wing media empire.
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The Divided Dial: Episode 2 - From Pulpit to Politics

On the backstory of Salem Media from its scrappy beginnings to its place of influence in Republican party politics.
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The Divided Dial: Episode 3 - The Liberal Bias Boogeyman

How did the right get their vice grip of the airwaves, all the while arguing that they were being silenced and censored by a liberal media?
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Episode 4 - The Divided Dial

How conservative talk radio came to dominate a medium that once thrived on varied viewpoints.
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Episode 5 - The Divided Dial

Katie speaks to Salem VP Phil Boyce and we ask; is it legal to broadcast election denial lies? 
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The Divided Dial - BONUS EPISODE!

We hear some of the voices that didn't make it into the series.
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