Ranked #1
WhatsApp With India?
WhatsApp With India?
Roughly four hundred million people in India use the encrypted messaging platform WhatsApp. Now, the country’s ruling pa... Read more
6 May 2020
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27mins
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Wearing the World Out
Wearing the World Out
What’s the true cost of cheap clothes? Fast fashion has become a multibillion-dollar industry in recent decades, reshapi... Read more
19 Apr 2020
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26mins
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Bonus Episode: "A Medically Induced Economic Coma"
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Is the coronavirus a zero-sum game in which we must choose between saving lives and saving the economy? In this episode,... Read more
8 Apr 2020
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25mins
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Coronavirus
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The worldwide spread of the new coronavirus has pulled back the curtain on the vulnerabilities of our interconnected wor... Read more
11 Mar 2020
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34mins
Ranked #5
The One Where We Talk About NATO at a Party
The One Where We Talk About NATO at a Party
You’re making the rounds at a party when someone asks you about NATO. Is it still important? The alliance is credited wi... Read more
26 Feb 2020
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Dimming The Sky
Dimming The Sky
As climate change accelerates, some scientists are researching ways to alter our climate to slow down warming. But the m... Read more
12 Feb 2020
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Voter, You've Been Hacked
Voter, You've Been Hacked
The aftershocks of Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. election are still being felt today. Is the United States read... Read more
29 Jan 2020
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22mins
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Robots That Kill
Robots That Kill
Militaries around the world are designing artificial intelligence–powered weapons that could one day make their own deci... Read more
15 Jan 2020
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New Year's Special: 2020 Hindsight
New Year's Special: 2020 Hindsight
At the start of the new year, the Why It Matters team takes a look at some of the best interview segments that didn’t ma... Read more
1 Jan 2020
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22mins
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Prescription for Disaster
Prescription for Disaster
Antibiotics have saved untold millions of lives, but bacteria are learning to outsmart them at alarming rates. Projectio... Read more
18 Dec 2019
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23mins
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Space Jam
Space Jam
Space is getting crowded. The biggest challenge is space junk—the debris that results when satellites break up or get sh... Read more
4 Dec 2019
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23mins
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STEMinism
STEMinism
Women and girls are excluded from career paths in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). This gender ... Read more
20 Nov 2019
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24mins
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China Doesn't Want Your Trash
China Doesn't Want Your Trash
For years, China processed more than half of the world’s recycling. Then, in 2018, it stopped. Things have gotten messy ... Read more
6 Nov 2019
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20mins
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The Big Red Button
The Big Red Button
The U.S. president can launch a first-strike nuclear attack at any time, and there’s no law mandating they seek advice f... Read more
23 Oct 2019
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26mins
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Trailer: Why It Matters
Trailer: Why It Matters
We all worry about not understanding the problems that are shaping our world. Why It Matters is a story-driven podcast t... Read more
2 Oct 2019
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1min