Inventing an Alphabet

The European Union is many things: an economic powerhouse, an improbably successful peace project, or a bureaucratic hellscape, depending on who you ask. Most people would probably agree on one thing that it isn’t: funny. So when Susanna Kierkegaard set out to write Sweden’s firs ...  Show more

The predictions began soon after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine: the collapse of the Russian economy was imminent. Four years later, it still hasn’t happened. And yet, the cracks are appearing: Ukrainian drones that are now capable of striking critical targets in Moscow; ...  Show more

Hi. In today's episode, we look at how Hungary turned swiftly from a representative democracy into Viktor Orbán's autocratic regime, and how it is absolutely not at all in any way similar to what is currently happening in the United States. Except for, like, all the specific deta ...  Show more

This week, Slate’s TV critic and host of the podcast Decoder Ring, Willa Paskin, and poet, essayist, podcast host, and author, Nichole Perkins, fill in for Dana and Julia. The panel begins by taking a spin with Julian Fellowes’ (creator of Downton Abbey) new show The Gilded Age. ...  Show more

Gigi Gorgeous - model, YouTube star, and transgender activist - joins Clea and Joanna to talk about her new book “The T Guide: Our Trans Experiences and Celebration of Gender Expression – Man, Woman, Nonbinary, and Beyond.” They chat about Gigi’s experience transitioning, her top ...  Show more

WAYG has been nominated for a People's Lovie Award - please vote for us here!Catherine zips around the Berlin marathon course finding out the beautiful reasons why people race.For some pictures of Berlin, reviews of the show and more, head to our Instagram pageCatherine Carr stop ...  Show more