This day 50 years ago, they wheeled a television set into the lodge at our summer camp outside of Readfield, Maine and we watched, mesmerized, as men first walked on the moon. I remember getting peppered with questions about it…

According to Jonathan Greenblatt, National Director and CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, this is a particular fraught moment in the long history of the politics of race and history in America and around the world.  We talk to Greenblatt in…

As the great foreign policy scholar Dean Wormer of Faber College once said, “Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son.”  It’s also no way to run a foreign policy.  In fact, you don’t even have…

Before we dive into this week’s headlines, we want to, once again, scream. And, yet, our voices are hoarse, depleted from the constant raging. Still, we persist — Persist to stand against racism. Persist to stand against hate. Persist to…

Why is it always Russia, Russia, Russia??  Well when you talk to Naveed Jamali who was a FBI double agent working against the Russians for over three years, you talk Russia. Turns out working with the FBI was something of…

For the record, and for all the drama offered up by cable news surrounding the resolution to condemn Trump’s racism, this is all kabuki theater. It’s a distraction, the illusion of action. It neither reins in the president nor will…

Remember the scene in “Mean Girls” where Cady breaks the prom queen tiara into piece for everyone?  Well, that’s what we do here as we celebrate 200 podcasts with a look at the world during the two year’s since the…

It’s not our fault.  The month before DSR started Comey got fired, Mueller got hired, and we were off to the races with the Greatest Witch Hunt in History.  Many witches later…and 200 podcasts later…we look back to ask: What…

For those waiting for GOP outrage at Trump’s racism-it’s been central to his brand & therefore theirs since day 1. So too has been proving aid & comfort to an enemy, obstruction of justice,contempt for the rule of law at…

It’s the racism. But it’s not just the racism. It’s sex crimes. But it’s not just the sex crimes. It’s the concentration camps. But it’s not just the concentration camps. It’s the corruption. But it’s not just the corruption. It’s…

UNREDACTED talked to Mark Zaid & Bradley Moss, two of the premiere lawyers specializing in The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). They discuss the historical importance of government transparency and describe their daily tug of war with the trump administration…

Sum-sum-summah time edition! We’re scaling back over the next few weeks, giving you a smash up of the Quick Take and the news. We’ll be on leave starting August 16 through Labor Day. We plan to be back on September 13,…