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President Biden meets with business leaders on July 28 to discuss the country's economic outlook.

President Biden meets with business leaders on July 28 to discuss the country's economic outlook. White House

Friday, Aug 12 • 4 a.m. (ET)

Understanding Today’s Puzzling U.S. Economy

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Inflation is high. The GDP has shrunk. But the job market has never been better. The Washington Post's Damian Paletta helps make sense of the U.S. economy today.

House builders are beginning to pull back from constructing new homes due to a cooling market and high mortgage rates. This comes at a time when the consequences of the nation's housing shortage have spread to small and midsize cities throughout the country.

House builders are beginning to pull back from constructing new homes due to a cooling market and high mortgage rates. This comes at a time when the consequences of the nation's housing shortage have spread to small and midsize cities throughout the country. Eric.Ray

Friday, Aug 05 • 4 a.m. (ET)

How The Housing Crisis Spread, And What Happens Now

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From high mortgage rates to shortages that have spread coast to coast, New York Times reporter Emily Badger explains the roots -- and consequences of our country's broken housing system.

A doctor injects a man with placebo as part of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study.

A doctor injects a man with placebo as part of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. Tuskegee Syphilis Study Administrative Records, compiled 1929 - 1972

Friday, Jul 29 • 4 a.m. (ET)

The Tuskegee Study, 50 Years Later

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Fifty years after the Tuskegee study, Diane talks to Harvard's Evelynn Hammonds about the intersection of race and medicine in the United States, and the lessons from history that can help us understand health inequities today.

The House committee investigating the insurrection presented evidence that Trump's inner circle communicated with far-right extremist groups, including the Oath Keepers, prior to January 6, 2020.

The House committee investigating the insurrection presented evidence that Trump's inner circle communicated with far-right extremist groups, including the Oath Keepers, prior to January 6, 2020. Anthony Crider

Friday, Jul 15 • 4 a.m. (ET)

Jan. 6 And The Ongoing Threat Of Right-Wing Extremism

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What's happened to groups like the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys post-January 6, and the ongoing threat of far-right extremism in this country. Diane talks to Sam Jackson, author of "Oath Keepers: Patriotism and the Edge of Violence in a Right-Wing Antigovernment Group"

Cooke points to the mating habits of female lions as an example of behavior that goes against our sex-based expectations.

Cooke points to the mating habits of female lions as an example of behavior that goes against our sex-based expectations. ucumari photography

Friday, Jul 08 • 4 a.m. (ET)

Setting The Record Straight On The Female Species

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For centuries science described male animals as aggressive, promiscuous, and dominant, and females as pretty much the opposite. Author Lucy Cooke says we got it wrong and updates our understanding of the queens of the animal kingdom.

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