Travel
Scars from Violence in Baltimore, Vietnam, and Brownsville
May 24, 2016:
1. Why Insanely Long Airport Wait Times Are Likely the New Normal (12 min)
2. Reckoning with the Vietnam War (7 min)
3. Baltimore Community Struggles with Freddie Gray Verdict (4 min)
4. Building a Bright Future After Community College (7 min)
5. A Community Scared by Violence Struggles to Forget (8 min)
Freedom From Want, Arctic Travel, Culture of Destruction
April 13, 2016: 1. Freedom From Want: FDR’s Dream Unrealized as 47 Million Live in Poverty | 2. Worker Strikes On the Rise in China | 3. The Bulldozer: America’s Tool For Destruction, Progress & Disenfranchisement | 4. Paul Ryan Denies He’s Running for President — Again | 5. Preparing for a Maiden Voyage Through the Northwest Passage
Today’s Takeaways: Political Parties, American Cities, Gitmo
February 24, 2016: 1. GOP Loses its Grip as Trump Takes a Victory Lap | 2. How Delaware Became an International Tax Shelter | 3. Great American Cities Have These 11 Traits | 4. Patents: An Inventor’s Insurance Policy | 5. How Guantánamo Influences Obama’s Legacy
Your Guide to The Weirdest Places in the U.K.
The Takeaway talks with author Bill Bryson about his latest work, “The Road to Little Dribbling,” which is a guidebook to all the odd places that appear on maps of the U.K. and constitute what he describes as a grand geography of weirdness.
Big Brother, Bin Laden’s Lost Recordings, Begging for A Break
August 18, 2015: 1. EPA Proposes Cutting Methane Emissions | 2. As Glaciers Melt, Russia Looks to Snatch Arctic Territory | 3. Heartfelt Songs and English Lessons: Inside bin Laden’s Lost Tapes | 4. The New Big Brother in The Workplace | 5. Vacation-Shaming: Why American’s Aren’t Taking Time Off