May 2, 2015
Reveal
We look at law and disorder: Reveal and Center for Public Integrity investigate why more minorities and kids with special needs are ending up with felony charges for acting out in school. With The Seattle Times, we uncover a toxic aspect of being a police officer. We trace how people are piecing together semi-automatic weapons from gun parts they buy on eBay.
May 9, 2015
The Moth – Mother's Day Special 2015: Mother, Mommy, Mama, Mom
Molly Ringwald finds herself in the principal's office with her daughter, a young man navigates life with his single mom, a boy who loves Barbies is terrified at the thought of playing tackle football, and a daughter contemplates how to face her mother’s death with grace.
May 16, 2015
America Abroad - Burma at the Crossroads
This fall, Burma is scheduled to hold a historic presidential election. But with ongoing persecution of ethnic minorities and many other human rights issues, many wonder if it is ready for true reform. On this episode of America Abroad, we examine the history, politics, and promise of this nation in transition.
May 23, 2015
We've Never Been The Same: A War Story
All wars are the same, it is said; only the scenery changes. And the repercussions are pretty much the same too. At Fort Campbell before deployment, Delta was a ragtag bunch, the “leftovers” as one of their fellow soldiers put it, but on the night of March 18th, 1968, they became heroes. Their leader won the Congressional Medal of Honor and two others won the nation’s second highest honor, the Distinguished Service Cross, for their valor that night when the company endured a long and devastating battle—not as long or as devastating, however, as the years that followed, after the men of Delta Company came home separately to live alone with the memories. Produced by Adam Piore and Jay Allison.
May 30, 2015
Intelligence Squared U.S. - Should The U.S. Adopt the Right to be Forgotten Online?
In 2014, the European Union’s Court of Justice determined that individuals have a right to be forgotten, “the right—under certain conditions—to ask search engines to remove links with personal information about them.” Largely seen as a victory in Europe, in the U.S., the reaction has been overwhelmingly negative. Was this ruling a blow to free speech and public information, or a win for privacy and human dignity? The debaters are Paul Nemitz, Andrew McLaughlin, Eric Posner, and Jonathan Zittrain.