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Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. Chaos theory and our political reality (First) | How meat exacerbates the climate crisis (Starts at 30:35) | The polycule: what is ethical non-monogamy? (Starts at 58:25) If you don’t subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can do that here. Read the…

Sign up for the On Point newsletter here.  Alabama has carried out the first execution by asphyxiation with nitrogen gas. Kenneth Eugene Smith was executed after a previous attempt involving lethal injection failed. In this episode from January 2023, we heard about that botched execution and how states have been wrestling with how to carry…

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been dogged by a federal investigation into his top campaign fundraiser, and this week, WNYC learned of some questions surrounding his campaign and tax dollars. But WNYC’s Charles Lane reports that many of the rules governing campaign finance law are riddled with loopholes, making them easy to exploit.…

This week, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen joins Dulcé Sloan, Tom Papa, and Shane O’Neill to talk the economy, how she prepared to smoke weed for the first time, and her Candy Crush score. Get access to bonus episodes, sponsor-free listening, and the chance to participate in a quiz with Peter Sagal when you sign up…

Montana has a long history of making money by extracting and exporting its natural resources, namely coal. State politicians and Montana’s largest electricity utility company seem set on keeping it that way.  Reveal’s Jonathan Jones travels to the town of Colstrip in the southeastern part of the state. It is home to one of the largest…

At around 1 a.m. on the morning of November 15, 1994, Captain Prentice “Skip” Strong III woke to a distress call. Skip was the new captain of an oil tanker called the Cherry Valley. He and his crew had been making their way up the coast of Florida that evening when a tropical storm had…

Friday on the NewsHour, a jury decides former Donald Trump must pay writer E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million for defamation. Then, the U.N.’s top court orders Israel to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza, but does not call for a ceasefire. Plus, Alabama carries out the nation’s first known execution with nitrogen gas, reigniting debate…

The U.S. economy has had a sunny start to 2024 — so why is corporate America laying on the layoffs? Plus, the effects of “digital redlining” in the rural South; the Biden administration takes a closer look at liquefied natural gas exports; and apparel brands recruit the help of “mid-size” influencers to more effectively court…

Swedish Flag on a diplomatic vehicle at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. Martin Ollman/Getty Images The path to victory for GOP hopefuls not named Donald Trump is growing slimmer. The 45th president walked away winner of both the Iowa Caucus and the New Hampshire GOP primary. Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is…

The UN’s most powerful court ordered Jerusalem to take a string of emergency measures in Gaza. It stopped short of demanding a ceasefire. But Israel has been told to do everything possible to stop genocide there, immediately enable more urgent aid to enter the territory and to prevent and punish the direct incitement of genocide.…