Season 4, Episode 15 Staff Season 4, Episode 15 Staff

Saving Social Media

Facebook and Twitter have helped topple dictators and foment social movements. They also have unimaginable power over how people communicate and what they understand about the world. Hear what two pols have to say on what lawmakers can do to save the internet — and democracy.

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Season 2, Episode 15 Staff Season 2, Episode 15 Staff

Between Progress and Putin

Alexei Navalny was poisoned by a Russian-made nerve agent in August 2020. When he recovered, he returned to his own country, knowing he would face persecution. New Yorker staff writer Masha Gessen says that sort of audacity is a cornerstone of the opposition movement.

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