611. Fareed Zakaria on What Just Happened, and What Comes NextAfter a dramatic election, Donald Trump has returned from exile. We hear what to expect at home and […]

610. Who Wins and Who Loses Once the U.S. Legalizes Weed?Some people want the new cannabis economy to look like the craft-beer movement. Others are hoping to build […]

610. Who Wins and Who Loses Once the U.S. Legalizes Weed?Some people want the new cannabis economy to look like the craft-beer movement. Others are hoping to build […]

609. What Does It Take to Run a Cannabis Farm?Chris Weld worked for years in emergency rooms, then ditched that career and bought an old farm in Massachusetts. He […]

609. What Does It Take to Run a Cannabis Farm?Chris Weld worked for years in emergency rooms, then ditched that career and bought an old farm in Massachusetts. He […]

Abortion and Crime, Revisited (Update)With abortion on the Nov. 5 ballot, we look back at Steve Levitt’s controversial research about an unintended consequence of R […]

608. Cannabis Is Booming, So Why Isn’t Anyone Getting Rich?There are a lot of reasons, including heavy regulations, high taxes, and competition from illegal weed […]

608. Cannabis Is Booming, So Why Isn’t Anyone Getting Rich?There are a lot of reasons, including heavy regulations, high taxes, and competition from illegal weed […]

607. Is America Switching From Booze to Weed?We have always been a nation of drinkers — but now there are more daily users of cannabis than alcohol. Co […]

607. Is America Switching From Booze to Weed?We have always been a nation of drinkers — but now there are more daily users of cannabis than alcohol. Co […]

606. How to Predict the PresidencyAre betting markets more accurate than polls? What kind of chaos would a second Trump term bring? And is U.S. democracy really in […]

Has the U.S. Presidency Become a Dictatorship? (Update)Sure, we all pay lip service to the Madisonian system of checks and balances. But presidents have been […]

Has the U.S. Presidency Become a Dictatorship? (Update)Sure, we all pay lip service to the Madisonian system of checks and balances. But presidents have been […]

605. What Do People Do All Day?Sixty percent of the jobs that Americans do today didn’t exist in 1940. What happens as our labor becomes more technical and less p […]

605. What Do People Do All Day?Sixty percent of the jobs that Americans do today didn’t exist in 1940. What happens as our labor becomes more technical and less p […]

EXTRA: Roland Fryer Refuses to Lie to Black America (Update)His research on police brutality and school incentives won him acclaim, but also enemies. He was […]

EXTRA: Roland Fryer Refuses to Lie to Black America (Update)His research on police brutality and school incentives won him acclaim, but also enemies. He was […]

604. Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 2)What happened when the Rooney Rule made its way from pro football to corporate America? Some progress, some […]

604. Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 2)What happened when the Rooney Rule made its way from pro football to corporate America? Some progress, some […]

603. Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 1)The biggest sports league in history had a problem: While most of its players were Black, almost none of its head […]