05
Sep
Note: ‘Before the Lightning Strike’
111 MHz: ‘Before the Lightning Strike.’ This track—by Liew Niyomkarn, from her new album In All Possible Places at
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04
Sep
The non-ceasefire between Israel and Hamas
The non-ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. On September 1, the Israeli military found the bodies of six hostages in tunnels
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03
Sep
Note: Manufacturing the weapons of the new Cold War
Manufacturing the weapons of the new Cold War. The device you’re reading these words on contains maybe the most
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03
Sep
Components of a conflict
Why are the biggest chipmakers in the world moving to the United States? Chris Miller on the U.S.-China struggle to control the most critical technology on the planet.
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02
Sep
Note: ‘Putin’s War on Ukraine’
5 W Main: Putin’s War on Ukraine. On August 6, when Ukraine launched its incursion into the Kursk region,
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30
Aug
Note: Weather report: Harga
Weather report: Klåvudden Naturreservat, Hårga, Sweden. A breezy day among the Scots pines at the Klåvudden Naturreservat outside Hårga on
29
Aug
Note: The rise and fall of violent crime in America
The rise and fall of violent crime in America. What goes up doesn’t always come down. In the 1960s,
29
Aug
Note: ‘Along the Banks of Rivers’
111 MHz: ‘Along the Banks of Rivers.’ From the mid-1990s, here’s Chicago’s Tortoise, off their album Millions Now
29
Aug
Shadows and fog
Why is violent crime down in the U.S.? Tracey Meares on what’s happening, what Americans think is happening, and how much anyone actually knows about it at all.
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28
Aug
Note: It’s the data, stupid
It’s the data, stupid. In a Washington, D.C., courtroom on August 5, District Judge Amit Mehta ruled that
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