Wed, Apr 17, 2024 at 11:21:19 am
Hi. Today, we're digging into all the research around smartphone and social media use, especially among teens. Do they cause depression and alienation? Or is this all an overblown moral panic? Or... a confounding third thing, where it's a little of both? Executive Producer - Katy Stoll Hosted by Cody Johnston Directed ...

Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 11:06:12 am
Hi. Today we're looking at some of the wildest conspiracy theories peddled by responsible members of the media. Executive Producer - Katy Stoll Hosted by Cody Johnston Directed by Will Gordh Written by Katie Goldin Edited by John Conway Produced by Jonathan Harris Associate Producer - Quincy Tucker Post-Production Supervisor - John Conway Graphics by Clint DeNisco Researcher - ...

Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 11:15:41 am
Elon Musk has dropped all pretense and is now openly espousing white supremacism every day on Twitter. But if you read this New York Times article about him, published yesterday, you won't see a single word about that appalling fact: New PBS Documentary Brings Elon Musk (and His 3-Year-Old) to ...

Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 10:43:37 am
Hi. Today we're looking at the many ways in which corporations can do things that regular citizens definitely can't, and how executives are rarely held accountable even when they break the law. Executive Producer - Katy Stoll Hosted by Cody Johnston Directed by Will Gordh Written by Tom Reimann Edited by Gregg Meller Produced by ...

Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 10:42:57 am
Hi. Last week, we looked at why The Daily Wire is putting out original content that they claim is apolitical. This week, we're doing a deep dive on Jeremy Boreing's magnum opus: Lady Ballers. Note: Some of the clips included in this video are shorter versions of what we wanted ...

Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 10:39:45 am
Hi. Ben Shapiro and The Daily Wire are producing a whole lot of original films and TV shows lately. What's with that? Hosted by Cody Johnston Executive Producer - Katy Stoll Directed by Will Gordh Written by David Christopher Bell Edited by Gregg Meller Produced by Jonathan Harris Associate Producer - Quincy Tucker Post-Production Supervisor - John ...

Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 10:13:20 am
Hi. Today, we're predicting everything we can expect to see in the news for the rest of the year. From Aaron Rodgers becoming a right-wing podcaster, to escalating attacks on educators, to... something political... happening around November. Go to ground.news to stay fully informed. Hosted by Cody Johnston Executive Producer - ...

Wed, Feb 7, 2024 at 11:01:28 am
Hi. There sure are a lot of media layoffs happening! Let's look at how and why that happened and what we can do to make sure quality journalism doesn't get phased out like National Geographic and Sports Illustrated. Hosted by Cody Johnston Executive Producer - Katy Stoll Directed by Will Gordh Written by ...

Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 10:40:54 am
Hi. For Part Two, we're looking at outspoken, celebrity Democrats. Do they put their money (votes) where their mouths (mouths) are? Go to ground.news to stay fully informed. Subscribe through our link for as little as $1 a month or get 40% off unlimited access this month only. Missed Part One? ...

Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 10:52:28 am
Hi. Let's look at some of the loudest, most perpetually online GOP politicians, and see if they're actually doing things that help their constituents. Next week we'll do the Democrats! Hosted by Cody Johnston Executive Producer - Katy Stoll Directed by Will Gordh Written by Michael Swaim Edited by Gregg Meller Produced by Jonathan Harris Associate ...

Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 10:34:58 am
Hi. In today's episode, we look at the offensive amount of money that employers steal from their workers, and how it's a much bigger problem than the "crisis" of retail theft. Hosted by Cody Johnston Executive Producer - Katy Stoll Directed by Will Gordh Written and Produced by Jonathan Harris Edited by John Conway Associate ...

Tue, Jan 2, 2024 at 5:27:45 pm
Roni Kaspi is another one of the young breed of players who seem to have been born with all the talents of their ancestors but are taking music (jazz, pop, whatever) to its next logical step. She is a manic pixie jazz monster. A seulement 23 ans, elle est l’une ...

Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 10:48:34 am
The theme of today's episode is incremental change. To end 2023, we're celebrating some things that are good, and some things that are just slightly less bad in the worlds of science, labor, health, money (fake), and the environment. Executive Producer - Katy Stoll Hosted by Cody Johnston Directed by Will Gordh Written ...

Sun, Dec 17, 2023 at 10:59:17 am
You are in the middle of everything in the Universe. Let us go on a fantastical journey together - to the impossibly small and the incomprehensibly large! This video was sponsored by GiveWell. First-time donors will have their donation matched up to $100 at givewell.org Sources & further reading: sites.google.com OUR CHANNELS ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀■€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â–€â –€â–€â–€â–€ German: ...

Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 10:53:58 am
Hi. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson is not just a weirdo – he's also a scary little freak pushing an anti-democratic, Christian nationalist agenda. Go to ground.news to stay fully informed. Subscribe through our link for as little as $1 a month or get 40% off unlimited access this month ...

Wed, Dec 6, 2023 at 10:21:01 am
Hi. In today's episode, we look at how people make money on the internet, how vulnerable tech platforms affect people's livelihoods, and why "being your own boss" often means your boss is just Jeff Bezos. Executive Producer - Katy Stoll Hosted by Cody Johnston Directed by Will Gordh Written by Erik Barnes Edited by ...

Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 10:30:38 am
Hi. Here's everything you didn't know you needed to know about toll roads – where the money goes, how it's an inefficient way to fund infrastructure, and how private companies take advantage of sweet government contracts to take your money. Go to ground.news to stay fully informed. Subscribe through our ...

Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 11:00:37 am
Hi. In today's episode, we look at products and ideas that originated in America but that other countries adapted in ways that are way, way better. Executive Producer - Katy Stoll Hosted by Cody Johnston Directed by Will Gordh Written by Marco Siler-Gonzales Edited by Gregg Meller Produced by Jonathan Harris Associate Producer - Quincy Tucker Post-Production ...

Wed, Nov 8, 2023 at 10:33:15 am
Hi. In today's episode, we look at the election-industrial complex, why U.S. election season drags on for so long, and what we could do to lessen the influence of corporate money on politics. Executive Producer - Katy Stoll Hosted by Cody Johnston Directed by Will Gordh Written by Ella Yurman Edited by Gregg Meller Produced ...

Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 4:23:33 pm
The journey the thunder beasts took to reach such mega proportions from such humble beginnings forces us to ask an important question, one that paleontologists have been asking for more than a century: from an evolutionary perspective, is bigger always better? The Eons Calendar: store.dftba.com ***** PBS Member Stations rely on viewers ...

Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 10:27:03 am
In today's episode, we look at some tech CEOs who may not make the headlines as much as your Musks and Zuckersberg, but who nonetheless have a huge (negative) impact on our society with their anti-worker, privacy-shattering decisions. Executive Producer - Katy Stoll Hosted by Cody Johnston Directed by Will Gordh Written by ...

Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 11:04:28 am
Hi. In today's episode, we look at modern blockbuster filmmaking, excessive CGI, the power producers have over the artistic process, and why studios need all their movies to make $1 billion. Executive Producer - Katy Stoll Hosted by Cody Johnston Directed by Will Gordh Written by David Christopher Bell and Tom Reimann Edited by ...

Wed, Oct 4, 2023 at 10:40:44 am
Hi. In today's episode, we look at how autonomous vehicles (AVs) work, and also how they don't work, and also also how they're being tested on city streets without your consent to help enrich people like Elon Musk. Executive Producer - Katy Stoll Hosted by Cody Johnston Directed by Will Gordh Written by ...

Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 10:18:29 am
How did ants take over the world? Well, it looks like they didn’t achieve world domination all by themselves. They may have just been riding the wave of a totally different evolutionary explosion. ***** PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to to.pbs.org ***** Produced by ...

Sat, Sep 16, 2023 at 8:29:01 pm
This is the story of how our planet rescued itself from extreme conditions in the Cretaceous Period, at the cost of essentially suffocating the oceans for half-a-million years. Find Bizarre Beasts here! youtube.com ***** PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to to.pbs.org ***** Produced by Complexly ...