When the Culture Wars Came for NASA

When the Culture Wars Came for NASA

Up next

Trump Weighs War With Iran

The United States has been building up a military presence around Iran for weeks, even as negotiators from both countries plan to meet later this week in hopes of finding a diplomatic solution to the escalating tensions. David E. Sanger, a national security correspondent for The ...  Show more

Chaos, Confusion and Defiance: The Global Fallout From the Tariff Ruling

The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that President Trump exceeded his authority when he imposed sweeping tariffs on imports from nearly every U.S. trading partner. Tyler Pager, Ana Swanson and Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times explain what comes next. Guest: Tyler Pager, a W ...  Show more

Recommended Episodes

Why the Wuhan lab leak theory is being taken seriously
The Story

President Biden has launched a 90-day investigation into the origins of the virus, following reports which give fresh life to the Wuhan lab-leak hypothesis. Once regarded as a conspiracy theory, the idea is now being taken seriously by both American and British intelligen ...

  Show more

America Shoots For the Moon Again: Houston, We Have Neil deGrasse Tyson
Americast

Back on earth, Donald Trump’s legal troubles are mounting and the Republican presidential hopeful now faces debts of over half a billion dollars. We assess how the former president will try to pay off these debts and what effect it might have on his run for the White House.And on ...  Show more

Not a Moment too Moon
Newscast

NASA’s mega-rocket lunar mission is go for launch!The BBC's science editor Rebecca Morelle explains everything you need to know about the American space agency’s latest Moon mission. Also, Newsnight’s UK Editor Sima Kotecha and BBC Kent political reporter Michael Keohan discuss w ...  Show more

Trouble At Fox News
Americast

America's conservative cable TV channel is being sued for airing false 2020 election fraud claims. And court documents suggest that Fox News anchors reported allegations that the vote was “stolen” from Donald Trump even though they knew they were false. The Washington Post’s m ...

  Show more