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The trans athlete debate is about a lot more than sports

Date
Saturday, May 30, 2026 - 3:00 AM
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The Supreme Court is about to rule on whether states can ban transfeminine student athletes from playing on girls' and women's teams. But we're talking to journalist Imara Jones about why these cases aren't just about school sports. They come out of

It's giving incel: The evolution of internet slang

Date
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 - 3:00 AM
Description
How have recommendation algorithms affected language? Linguist Adam Aleksic — aka the Etymology Nerd — says most “Gen-Z slang” is either appropriated from Black people or incels. This week, we trace how -maxxing went from the eugenicist looksmaxxing

Why so many Americans never learned to swim

Date
Saturday, May 23, 2026 - 3:00 AM
Description
In the U.S., roughly 8 in 10 kids from lower-income households grow up with few or no swimming skills — and Black and Latino children lag behind their white peers. Those gaps aren't an accident. They trace back to a long history of segregated public

Why do Latinos join ICE?

Date
Wednesday, May 20, 2026 - 3:00 AM
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Latinos make up at least 50% of all Customs and Border Patrol agents and 20% of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents — which has a lot of critics asking, why? We talk to Geraldo Cadava, professor of Latino Studies at Northwestern and

Is astrology real? Depends who you ask

Date
Saturday, May 16, 2026 - 3:00 AM
Description
Happy tenth birthday to us! In true Gemini fashion - we're that sign - we're celebrating by exploring our duality through astrology. Our intrepid Aquarius, B.A. Parker, talks to an astrologer and a science writer - a true believer and a real skeptic

What the Savannah Bananas have to do with race and baseball

Date
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 - 3:05 AM
Description
Ever heard of the Savannah Bananas? They're a baseball team with millions of followers on TikTok and Instagram — known as much for their dance routines and shenanigans as their actual baseball. Now their league, Banana Ball, has resurrected the

How the Supreme Court gutted Black voting power

Date
Saturday, May 09, 2026 - 3:00 AM
Description
The passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act marked what many historians mark as the actual beginning of democracy in the US. But last week the Supreme Court gutted what was left of the landmark civil rights law. NPR's Hansi Lo Wang joins us to talk

The minefields of parenting and race

Date
Wednesday, May 06, 2026 - 8:33 AM
Description
Parenting is one of the toughest jobs in the world. Between choosing a neighborhood to live in or whether to send your kid to public school, there are a lot of decisions that feel high stakes — and sticky, especially when it comes to race. We're here