No Special Duty

When Kelley Benham and her husband Tom French finally got pregnant, after many attempts and a good deal of technological help, everything was perfect. Until it wasn't. Their story raises questions that, until recently, no parent had to face… and that are still nearly impossible t ...  Show more

We’re coming up on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, and it had us thinking about an episode we produced in 2014. It’s the story of one sentence, written in the hours after September 11th, 2001, that has led to the longest war in U.S. history. We examine how just 60 words ...  Show more

Civil unrest in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, by an officer of the Minneapolis Police Department, has forced to the surface a centuries old struggle. How can we protect and make our Black communities whole? How can we move towards a future where the police truly do "Pro ...  Show more

In this episode of Podverse:We re-enact an actual situation with the police that happened just a couple of weeks ago. We ask, what the hell is going on as we look around the world at some of the injustices. We ask our weekly in your head question and lastly, we realize where we s ...  Show more

Serious questions are emerging today about the police response to the shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Desperate parents describe pleading to rush in to save their babies as police told them to move back. If social media companies know your detailed shopping habits, travel plans, and m ...  Show more

Texas police are facing intense scrutiny over their response to the Uvalde school massacre as we learn the gunman entered the school without any resistance and it took police over an hour to shoot and kill him. Plus, we speak with a musician who pulled out of a performance at the ...  Show more