The Rip Current by Jacob Ward

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The Life and Death of Booze (with Adam Rogers)

The author of Proof: The Science of Booze on the magic and alchemy of alcohol, and our violent, pleasurable, centuries-long relationship with it.
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The Trump Moment is Global (with Bart Bonikowski)
It's not just a few tidepools of nonsensical politics. It's a pattern, and it's global.
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What It's Like on the Ground at a Protest
Here's what it's like on the ground when you're covering a protest, why it can be misleading, and why it can be so easily misrepresented by people…
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Jacob Ward
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Reading: The All-American Surveillance System is Coming.
Military contractor Palantir is providing the Trump administration with what it needs to peer into your health, your personal life, and your political…
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An Expert in Violence Explains the Path to Peace (with Lord John Alderdice)
One of the architects of peace in Northern Ireland explains that truly ending conflict takes years, an understanding of the human mind, and, perhaps…
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An All-American Surveillance System Is Coming
Military contractor Palantir is providing the Trump administration with what it needs to peer into your health, your personal life, and your political…
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The Battle for Your Brain (with Nita Farahany)
Her 2023 book revealed that companies (and authoritarian regimes) are trying to get inside your mind, in some cases literally. Now she's turning to what…
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Nita Farahany
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This is Not What Crypto Is For. And Yet It Is.
An ingenious way of escaping corruption in a developing economy turns out to be a foolproof way to engage in it as the President of the United States…
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The Rip Current by Jacob Ward
The Rip Current by Jacob Ward
We're in the invisible grip of technology, politics, and our own weirdness. Written by veteran journalist Jacob Ward (correspondent for Al Jazeera, PBS, NBC News), The Rip Current is your guide to spotting it early and getting across safely.
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