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Terrorism in London: Lessons for the US

Jun. 05, 2017

Photo: A man passes flowers left on the south side of London Bridge near Borough Market after an attack left 7 people dead and dozens of injured in London, Britain, June 5, 2017. (Peter Nicholls/Reuters)

From this Episode:

Rethinking local counter-terrorism strategies

This weekend’s terrorist attack in London left seven people dead and almost 50 injured. London police fatally shot the attackers, and ISIS claimed responsibility. We discuss...

12 min

Trump's tweets threaten to undermine travel ban

In his recent tweets, President Donald Trump criticized federal courts for blocking his original executive order that temporarily barred travelers from seven Muslim-majority...

7 min

Why do so many law students fail the California bar exam?

Only 35 percent of people who take the California bar exam pass it. That’s a historic low. Is the problem with the exam itself or the students? Also, there’s a congressional...

7 min

Peter Andreas on his rebel mother: 'She was negligent but I never felt neglected'

By the time Peter Andreas was 11 years old, he had travelled to five countries, and had lived in more than a dozen homes. He was in and out of school. His mother took him on...

15 min

What it's like climbing El Capitan without ropes or safety gear

Alex Honnold was whistling as he scaled the 3000 foot granite monolith of Yosemite’s El Capitan. He did it with just climbing shoes, a bag of chalk, and his bare hands. It...

9 min