Fearless, Adversarial Journalism – Spoken Edition Podcast
1) Sloppy U.S. Spies Misused a Covert Network for Personal Shopping — and Other Stories from Internal NSA Documents
NSA agents successfully targeted “the entire business chain” connecting foreign cafes to the internet, bragged about an “all-out effort” to spy on liberated Iraq, and began systematically trying to br...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) Florida Risks More Irma Devastation Because Gov. Rick Scott Lifted Wetland Protections
As Hurricane Irma,one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the Atlantic, bears down on South Florida, the state is bracing for the worst. “We can rebuild your home, but we cannot rebuild your life...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.3) Make Mark Zuckerberg Testify
Lastweek, after what must have been a series of extremely grim meetings in Menlo Park, Facebook admittedpublicly that part of its revenue includes what appears to be politically-motivated fraud undert...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.4) In Wake of Hurricane Irma, Vultures Eye Puerto Rico’s Electric Grid for Privatization
Vultures circling the wreckage of Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Irma are closing in on a long-sought prize: the privatizing of the island’s electric utility. Puerto Rico avoided the very worst ...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.5) How Donald Trump Is Trying To Blow Up The Iran Nuclear Deal
In a speech last week at the American Enterprise Institute, a neoconservative think tank in Washington, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley said President Donald Trump “has grounds” to decertify t...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.6) In a Summer of Wildfires and Hurricanes, My Son Asks “Why Is Everything Going Wrong?”
The news from the natural world these days is mostly about water, and understandably so. We hear about the record-setting amounts of water that Hurricane Harvey dumped on Houston and other Gulf cities...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.7) Three Years After 43 Students Disappeared in Mexico, a New Visualization Reveals the Cracks in the Government’s Story
The Mexican government’s story goes like this: On the night of September 26, 2014, roughly 100 students from Ayotzinapa, a rural teaching college, clashed with municipal police in the city of Iguala, ...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.8) Texas Abortion Ban That Would “Require Doctors to Experiment on Women” Is Temporarily Blocked
A federal judge in Austin issued a temporary restraining order last week blocking Texas from enforcing a new law that would in effect ban second-trimester abortions in the state. “The state cannot pur...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.9) How Right-Wing Extremists Stalk, Dox, and Harass Their Enemies
Chat logs obtained from message boards used by neo-Nazis and other far-right groups show a concerted effort to compile private information on leftist enemies and circulate the data to encourage harass...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.10) Here Are The 10 State Attorneys General Who Went After 800,000 Dreamers
People have different reasons for getting involved in public service. For some, it’s an ephemeral pull that manifested as early as a race for 4th grade class president. For others, it’s to serve the p...Show More
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