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Legal scholar sees immigrant arrests as a 'struggle for the soul of the country'
As ICE agents arrest international students at campuses across the U.S., professor Daniel Kanstroom discusses the law — and the human cost. He says the round-ups are designed to "send a message."
A legal scholar talks about 10 laws he says are 'ruining America'
by Tonya Mosley
In Bad Law, Elie Mystal argues that our country's laws on immigration, abortion and voting rights don't reflect the will of most Americans, and we'd be better off abolishing them and starting over.
Tim Curry remembers his first film role in 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show'
by Terry Gross
The 1975 cult classic Rocky Horror turns 50 this year. To mark the occasion, we listen back to a 2005 interview with Curry, who played the cross-dressing scientist Dr. Frank-N-Furter.
Remembering award-winning sports journalist John Feinstein
Feinstein, who died March 13, was known for his insights, and inside portraits, of some of the most talented and temperamental characters in sports. Originally broadcast in 2011.
As young male voters shift Right, can the Left compete in the 'battle for the bros'?
by Tonya Mosley
Popular podcasts in the "manosphere" helped sway young men to go MAGA in the 2024 election. New Yorker writer Andrew Marantz explains how Democrats can win them back.
New songs by Teddy Swims, Benjamin Booker and Neil Young let loose with big emotions
by Ken Tucker
Rock critic Ken Tucker recommends three songs that are recent additions to his playlist: "Are You Even Real," by Swims; "Same Kind of Lonely," by Booker; and "big change," by Young.
'Red Scare' revisits the fear of Communism that gripped post-WWII America
by Dave Davies
Writer Clay Risen describes the anti-Communist frenzy that destroyed the careers of thousands of teachers, union activists and civil servants — and connects that era to our current political moment.