THIS WEEK - NEW EPISODE

643: Damned If You Do…

April 13, 2018

It’s one thing to weigh pros and cons. But sometimes all you have is con and con. This week, stories of people having to make a choice, when no good options exist. The group Ira mentions at the end of Act One is the UN World Food Programme; their donation page is here.

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LAST WEEK - NEW EPISODE

642: The Impossible Dream

April 6, 2018

Before he leaves the Senate for good, Republican Jeff Flake is trying to get a bill passed. He has his work cut out for him, with a Senate that barely brings anything to the floor, a party he feels estranged from, and a president who seems to hate his guts. Producer Zoe Chace hung out with him for four months.

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NEXT WEEK - RERUN

304: Heretics

April 20, 2018

Originally Aired December 16, 2005

The story of Reverend Carlton Pearson, a renowned evangelical pastor in Tulsa, Oklahoma, who cast aside the idea of Hell, and with it everything he'd worked for over his entire life.

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