On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

Get ready for your aha moment: Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti pierces your news bubble to expose the whole story. Getting answers to the questions that need to be asked, examining our history and the human condition. No topic is too complicated or off the table. It’s all On Point.

4665 - What really happened to Amelia Earhart?

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On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

Episodios

What really happened to Amelia Earhart?

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The Jackpod: Two cheers for the filibuster

How to change a memory

Inside PragerU’s conservative push into American classrooms

The Epstein files' lingering questions

How America sees itself through film

Brainwaves: How does a brain stay healthy?

The Jackpod: Don’t exhaust your indignation

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Brainwaves: Are you in there?

Brainwaves: Why is the brain such a mystery?

What if the polio vaccine becomes optional?

The Jackpod: America’s golden age

Lessons for the U.S. in 'China’s quest to engineer the future'

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Inside the AI surveillance state

What happened to shame in politics?

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A pattern of denial at the Department of Homeland Security

The promise and reality of the rural health fund

How Minneapolis is standing up to ICE

'Poorly trained, overwhelmed and inexperienced': Who are the newest ICE agents?

Is American architecture destined to be boring?

The Jackpod: America as a dual state

Lauren Southern was an alt-right influencer. Now she's finding her 'way back to reality'

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Minnesota’s mining fight has global consequences

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How the U.S. could 'lose the 21st century' over Greenland

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A strange turn in the AI chip race with China

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Your fitness resolution is 200 years old

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Does using AI dumb you down?