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  • Best Of: The Map Men On Missing Islands And The Meaning Of Mistakes

    Best Of: The Map Men On Missing Islands And The Meaning Of Mistakes
    Dec 26 2025
    Last year, Americans spent more than 300 billion minutes on navigation apps, like Waze or Google Maps.

    The GPS systems in our pockets have come a long way from the first known map, carved into a mammoth tusk 30,000 years ago.

    But even with satellites tracking us and the ever-changing Earth from the skies – digital maps aren’t fact. Errors can show up and are sometimes as old as maps themselves. The phantom island of Sandy Island appeared on Google Maps until 2012, when Australian scientists sailed to its supposed location and found only open ocean.

    Mistakes on maps were sometimes intentional, sometimes not – but every single one tells a bigger story.

    How and why did it get there? What does it reveal about the creator of the map and the world around them?

    We sit down with Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones, better known as the Map Men on YouTube, to talk through these questions and more.

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  • Best Of: The Financial Burden Of Caregiving

    Best Of: The Financial Burden Of Caregiving
    Dec 24 2025
    In-home elder care costs are rising more than three times faster than inflation.

    AARP estimates that caregivers in the U.S. spend an average of $7,242 out of pocket each year.

    Cuts to federal spending have gutted programs that support them. And amidst the longest government shutdown in history, what little help was left is quickly drying up.

    Why is the cost of care going up? What can be done to combat those costs?

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    36 m
  • Best Of: What Beards Tell Us About Power, Politics And How We See Each Other

    Best Of: What Beards Tell Us About Power, Politics And How We See Each Other
    Dec 22 2025
    Abraham Lincoln was the first U.S. president to sport a beard. For the next 50 years, whiskers were commonplace in the White House. But then, they went out of style.

    Now, Vice President JD Vance is the first executive branch leader in more than a century with a furry face.

    And others are following suit. From the Senate to the campaign trail, more and more men in politics are letting their facial hair grow free. But what does that tell us about masculinity, power, and how we see each other?

    Why did our politicians remain bare faced for so long? And what does the reemergence of whiskers in the White House represent?

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    31 m
  • The News Roundup For December 19, 2025

    The News Roundup For December 19, 2025
    Dec 19 2025
    President Donald Trump delivered a national address on Wednesday in an attempt to set the record straight on his economic record.

    Gun violence dominated the news this week. Two people were killed in a shooting at Brown University. Six teenagers were injured in a shooting outside of a birthday party in Brooklyn. And an MIT professor was shot and killed inside of his home Tuesday.

    And an appeals court signals it will allow the National Guard to continue in Washington D.C. while litigation continues.

    And, in global news, two shooters opened fire on a Hanukkah gathering at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia on Sunday. It was the country’s deadliest shooting in 30 years.

    President Donald Trump continues to escalate tensions between Washington and Caracas. This week Trump ordered the blockade of sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers.

    And Russian President Vladimir Putin is warning that his country will extend its gains of Ukrainian territory if peace talks aren’t successful.

    We cover the most important stories from around the globe in the News Roundup.

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  • Navigating Modern Adolescence

    Navigating Modern Adolescence
    Dec 19 2025
    The modern world is a noisy, chaotic place. News about what’s happening in the world is constantly available on a device in your pocket. The internet offers more content than any person could consume in their lifetime, or in 10 lifetimes.

    Politics can feel unstable, with elected officials changing the norms and rules of our political system. AI is upending our ideas about what work will look like in the next few decades. And social media, designed by technology companies to monetize attention, offers up millions of rabbit holes in which to lose yourself — self improvement hacks, niche interests, impossible beauty standards.

    Taking all of that in can feel like an insurmountable task most days. So try doing it with a brain and a body that are changing dramatically at the same time.

    How do young people — adolescents going through puberty — experience the world today? How is the adolescent experience changing? And how can adults make their journey easier?

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    38 m
  • Evolutionary Biologist Scott Taylor And Birds

    Evolutionary Biologist Scott Taylor And Birds
    Dec 18 2025
    It’s a stressful day at the office. You want to get away from work. The sounds of notifications, meeting alerts, and Zoom calls ring through your ears. You step outside for your lunch break. No matter where you are in the world, you’re likely to hear the same thing: the sounds of birds.

    They’re everywhere, after all.Despite their constant presence in our lives and our world, there’s still a lot left to understand about our clawed compatriots. What if we could learn more about them with a bit of intentional observation? And in watching birds, maybe learn something about ourselves?

    We sit down with University of Colorado Boulder professor Scott Taylor to talk about his new podcast, “Okay, But… Birds.”

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    32 m
  • 'If You Can Keep It': The Pentagon And The Press

    'If You Can Keep It': The Pentagon And The Press
    Dec 15 2025
    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wants to tightly control the news that comes out of the Pentagon — even as he deals with the fallout over strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean.

    In October, nearly all mainstream media outlets left the Pentagon press pool after refusing to comply with restrictive rules from the Trump administration. The exodus included the Associated Press, NPR, and The New York Times along with conservative outlets like Newsmax and Fox News.

    Two weeks ago, the Pentagon held its first press conference with a new hand-picked press corps, now mostly made up of right-wing outlets and Trump allies including former Rep. Matt Gaetz and right-wing media influencer Laura Loomer.

    Now, The New York Times is suing the Pentagon over violating the first amendment rights of journalists.

    As more questions arise over the Venezuela boat strikes and the contentious relationship between the Trump administration and the press heats up, what does the absence of traditional press at the Pentagon mean for accountability for the U.S. military, press freedom, and our democracy?

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    43 m
  • The News Roundup For December 12, 2025

    The News Roundup For December 12, 2025
    Dec 12 2025
    Democrats were on the receiving end of some midterm election momentum this week. In Indiana, Republicans lawmakers defied intense pressure from President Donald Trump rejecting his demands for a newly gerrymandered Congressional map.

    In Miami, residents elected Eileen Higgins as mayor, the first woman to hold the job in the city’s history. She’s also the first Democrat to hold the office in 28 years. And a Georgia state House seat flipped in a district Trump won by double digits.

    And Congress is considering limiting the Pentagon’s travel budget after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth refused to release footage of a “double-tap” strike he ordered on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean.

    Meanwhile, can the United States legally seize a Venezuelan oil tanker or is it an act of “international piracy.”? What does this latest move by the Trump Administration towards Nicolas Maduro mean for escalating the ongoing pressure campaign? President Donald Trump says the vessel was taken “for a very good reason.”

    Under the terms of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, 600 trucks per day carrying aid must be allowed into Gaza. This week, an analysis by the Associated Press showed an average of only 459 are crossing into the territory daily. This comes as torrential rain from Storm Byron swept across the Strip flooding overcrowded tents sheltering tens of thousands of families displaced by the war.

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is sounding the alarm about the role China is playing in helping Russia beef up its military industry.

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