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North Korea tests more missiles, Turkey's president gains more power

Hosted by Madeleine Brand Apr. 17, 2017

Photo: Supporters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan celebrate at the AK party headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey, April 16, 2017. (Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

From this Episode:

What's next for US relations with Turkey and North Korea?

Early Tuesday morning, North Korea tested another intercontinental ballistic missile. It blew up shortly after take-off. But North Korea keeps working on a nuclear missile...

20 min, 15 sec

Will 'de-escalation' policy reduce police shootings?

Los Angeles police officers fatally shot 19 people last year, according to the Guardian . That’s more than any other police department in the country. The Los Angeles...

10 min, 27 sec

'The Evanesced:' 100 missing black women in portraits

Tens of thousands of black women and girls go missing every year. Some run away from home, or get sex trafficked, or get murdered. Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle brings attention to...

11 min, 10 sec

As 'Girls' ends, what was its cultural impact?

Lena Dunham, who once said she was the "voice of a generation," has grown up. The last episode of “Girls” aired last night. We get a critical appraisal of what the show...

8 min, 51 sec

Credits

Host:
Madeleine Brand

Producers:
Sarah Sweeney, Anna Scott, Jolie Myers, Christian Bordal, Amy Ta, Michell Eloy

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