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WATCH: Jeffrey Epstein, mob boss
A conversation with investigative journalist Vicky Ward -- one of the only people whose name turns up in the Epstein emails in a way that makes her look…
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Anand Giridharadas
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Vicky Ward Investigates
42:34
40 questions to make Thanksgiving better
Dreading conversation tomorrow? Priya Parker has some ideas
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BOOK CLUB: A journey through the Indian world
In "We Survived the Night," Julian Brave NoiseCat takes a road trip through Native America -- and finds a place where being related still means…
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Leigh Haber
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE: Talking turkey
White House Thanksgiving preparations reveal a president's limits
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WATCH: The cost of impunity
David Sirota and Terry Moran on the Epstein emails, how elites keep getting away with it, why that hurts everyone, and what we can do the change the…
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Anand Giridharadas
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David Sirota
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Terry Moran
1:11:49
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE: Money heist
As Trump and his allies look to raid Department of Justice coffers, can anybody stop the grift?
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The Ink
WATCH: Zohran, Trump, and a new New York?
Journalist Jonathan Mahler joins us to talk about elites old and new, and the making and remaking of New York -- and America
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Anand Giridharadas
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Jonathan Mahler
27:37
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE: The oligarchs vs. us
A chatbot tells on its makers, and Zohran charms in D.C.
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The Ink
BOOK CLUB: Giving thanks
Gratitude is real -- but Thanksgiving's mythical origin story is not
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Leigh Haber
ESSAY: My deep dive into the Epstein emails
An essay in The New York Times today
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Anand Giridharadas
Whose future is it?
WEEKEND READS for November 22, 2025
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MAKE IT MAKE SENSE: Just following orders
Who gets to speak truth to power?
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