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On today's show: How supporters of the president view his first 100 days in office; America's strategy in the Middle East; to views on race, violence, history and the U.S. (episode)
While President Trump's overall approval rating is at historic lows, a recent survey shows that 93 percent of Trump voters approve of the job he is doing.
Kraig Moss packed up and joined the Trump campaign last fall as a supporter and traveling musician. Now, he feels disillusioned by the president he helped to elect.
The U.S. military presence in Afghanistan is in its 16th consecutive year, and 2017 is proving to be a particularly deadly one.
Earlier this week, ESPN laid off around 100 journalists and on-air personalities in response to declining subscriptions and larger changes in sports journalism.
Reviews of the new sci-fi thriller "The Circle," which stars Tom Hanks and Emma Watson, and the action-drama "Sleight," starring Jacob Latimore and Dulé Hill.
John Ridley, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter behind "12 Years a Slave," discusses his new film "Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992."
This weekend marks the 25th anniversary of the 1992 L.A. riots. But the uprising did not occur in a vacuum.
On today's show: A look at the president's tax plan; a prisoner protest in Israel; the team behind the Indie pop band Sylvan Esso. (episode)
Independent analysts say that without significant offsetting measures, the corporate tax cut will almost certainly lead to an increase in the federal deficit.
The stalled GOP healthcare bill gained a second wind on Wednesday.
"I stick with policy, but in policy, no one can rationally argue that this was a successful 100 days," former Sen. George Mitchell says.
Donald Trump promised to bring jobs back to Appalachia, which won him 399 of the 420 counties that make up the 13 states across the region.
About 1,500 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails have gone on a hunger strike over conditions of their captivity. It's one of the biggest protests in the territory recent years.
Thousands of Venezuelans are in the streets demanding new elections and protesting food and medical shortages.
Indie pop band Sylvan Esso’s sophomore album, "What Now," is out Friday. The album was made in 2016 and grapples with the chaos of a country looking inward.
On today's show: The escalating economic tension between the U.S. and Canada; international students in Buffalo, New York; why physicians should participate in executions. (episode)
After the White House announced that it would impose a 20 percent tariff on lumber imported from Canada, the president took to Twitter to criticize America's neighbor to the north.
Minneapolis is looking to calm immigrants who fear the aggressive polices of the Trump Administration that target so-called "sanctuary cities."
On Wednesday, the Trump Administration released its tax reform plan, which is being billed as the biggest tax cut in U.S. history.
Buffalo, New York is home to more language diversity than New York City, and teachers in this Rust Belt city are working to make sure international students succeed.
Buffalo, a once booming trade town, thought there'd be no return from deindustrialization. But an influx of refugees and immigrants has helped the city's economy make a comeback.
Despite the American Medical Association's objections, a physician argues that doctors should be present to assist and minimize the suffering of the prisoner during executions.
On today's show: A look at the president's first 100 days in office; fighting for America's natural resources; human rights under threat in Russia and around the world. (episode)
This weekend, Donald Trump will cross the 100-day mark of his presidency. Does it make sense to judge a president in the first 100 days?
The Great Lakes contain about 20 percent of the world's fresh surface water supply, and the region also supports 46 million jobs.
On Friday night, the government could shut down if lawmakers can't agree on funding for a border wall. 4 in 10 Americans, and a majority of Republicans, support a shutdown in that case.
On Monday night, two inmates on death row in Arkansas were put to death by lethal injection. It's the first time a double execution has been carried out in the U.S. since the year 2000.
This week, The Takeaway is exploring dissent in different corners of the world. Today, we go to Russia and Chechnya.
In 1999, Jessie McKim was convicted of murder. In 2013, a medical examiner determined the woman he supposedly killed actually died of a drug overdose — but McKim is still in prison.
On today's show: A look at the first round of voting in France's presidential election; the Peace Angels Project; a growing human rights crisis. (episode)
After French voters weighed in on Sunday, the far-right's Marine LePen will now face off against political novice Emmanuel Macron on May 7th. Here's what to expect going forward.
The global arms trade is at it’s highest level since the Cold War. Historian and writer Paul Holden argues that the present system undermines democracy and makes us less safe.
Bernard-Henri Levy argues the elections in the U.S. and France are a wake up call for those who have been blind to rising tides of anti-Semitism as the West searches for a new identity.
The Peace Angels Project is on a mission to destroy weapons and use the materials to create sculptures and other works of art.
Congress is facing a deadline to pass a new federal budget, but the fight over the president's border wall could result in a government shutdown.
In the Trump era, will there be a return to the old U.S. policy of supporting dictators in the Arab world?
In Egypt, there's been a recent crackdown on human rights. Few human rights organizations remain in the country to protect and defend those who endure crimes like torture and rape.
On today's show: A look at this weekend's March for Science with Ira Flatow, the attack in Paris before the French presidential elections, and the Havana Lyceum Orchestra. (episode)
Some within the scientific community says that this weekend's March for Science politicizes a field that should not be political at all.
When it comes to protecting the planet, some Republicans are siding with environmentalists. The Green Tea Party is fighting for a more environmentally friendly GOP.
On Thursday, a gunman in Paris killed a police officer and seriously wounded two others. French voters will head to the polls on Sunday in their first round of presidential voting.
Late Thursday night, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a stay of execution for Arkansas death row inmate Ledell Lee, who was put to death by The Natural State shortly before midnight.
The long-running, time-traveling British sci-fi series has been on for over 50 years. The tenth season of the rebooted series started last week.
Reviews of the historical dramas "The Promise" and "The Lost City of Z," and the Disneynature documentary "Born in China."
In an old church in Havana, Cuba, acclaimed pianist Simone Dinnerstein performed two Mozart concertos with the Havana Lyceum Orchestra.
On today's show: A look at the conflicts of interest facing the First Daughter; where America's biggest cable news network goes without Bill O'Reilly; marijuana laws in the Trump era. (episode)
The First Daughter's brand has flourished since her father took office.
In Venezuela, anti-government protests have become increasingly large, and increasingly confrontational, with at least three deaths yesterday alone.
South Florida's booming recovery industry is dealing with the challenges of handling thousands of opioid addicts in danger of overdosing, and the corruption within sober homes.
Bob Garfield, co-host of WNYC’s On the Media, examines the future of Fox News without its biggest star.
While the debate over marijuana use has gone on for years in the U.S., it seems that legalization has taken away some of the stigma. But a new administration may change that trajectory.
On today's show: Nestle's pumping operation in West Michigan; the Supreme Court is back with nine justices and will hear a religious freedom case; Marvel's comic Black Panther. (episode)
U.S. involvement on the Korean Peninsula is nothing new. But the history of China, North Korea, and South Korea informs the current moment of elevated political tension.
While residents in Flint wait to gain access to clean water, Nestle extracts billions of dollars worth of groundwater from West Michigan, but pays just a measly $200 a year to do so.
Once a rising star in the NFL, the former Patriots tight end was serving a life sentence without parole for a 2013 murder.
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments today in a Missouri case that could have broad implications on the separation of church and state.
Though Richard Glossip was sentenced to death in Oklahoma for the murder in 1997, he has maintained his innocence.
The sixth edition in Marvel’s Black Panther series, co-authored by Ta-Nehisi Coates and Rembert Browne, will be released today. Here, Browne discusses the comic and his creative process.
On today's show: What voters in The Badger State think as the president reaches the 100 days milestone; the threats facing the Great Barrier Reef; how geography shapes politics. (episode)
Before going red in 2016, Wisconsin was a Democratic stronghold for the past 30 years. As President Trump visits The Badger State, explore the changing political landscape of Wisconsin.
In recent years, the news has been overwhelmingly bad for the Great Barrier Reef. Now, a number of scientists say that one of our world's great natural treasures is now truly "terminal."
We live in a world driven by technology, but what if the answers to some of our most complex questions came not from algorithms and big data, but from termites, mold, and mushrooms?
Voters in Georgia head to the polls today for a special election where a young Democrat is threatening to take a district that's been a Republican stronghold since 1979.
With narrow results in elections and referendums in Turkey, Britain, and the U.S., here's what's shaping the political divide between urban and rural areas.
Clement Attlee has often fallen into the shadow of Winston Churchill, but Attlee, who served as Britain’s prime minister from 1945 to 1951, was hugely influential in shaping the U.K.
On today's show: What's next after Turkey's controversial referendum; the Trump Administration's warning to North Korea; how the U.S. could streamline the tax filing process. (episode)
By a slim 51 to 49 percent majority, voters in Turkey moved to abolish the office of the prime minister and replaced the existing parliamentary system with a presidential system.
The apprehension of teachers, police officers, and public officials have spiked while a crackdown on media criticism and scrutiny of the government has intensified.
North Korea carried out a failed missile launch on Sunday just as Vice President Mike Pence traveled to South Korea to kick off a 10 day trip through East Asia.
The lobotomy was promised a miracle cure for mental illness, but instead left patients and families devastated.
The executions were supposed to be carried out over the next 11 days because the state's supply of the controversial drug midazolam is set to expire at the end of the month.
Americans will spend more than six billion hours preparing to pay their taxes this year. Why is the U.S. tax filing process so costly and so time consuming?
A black and white woman explain how their friendship developed by confronting preconceived ideas about race.