The Ticket: Jim Clyburn
The House majority whip from South Carolina gave President-elect Joe Biden the key endorsement of his candidacy. What does the civil-rights veteran want to see from his party—and the new president—in 2021?
Listen: A 90 Percent Effective Vaccine
The lead principal investigator of the Pfizer vaccine trial explains the news that it’s 90 percent effective.
Listen: The Virus Is Peaking, but Help Is Going Away
Americans now face a third wave of the coronavirus. New lockdowns may soon follow—this time, without economic support.
Listen: Is COVID-19 a Preexisting Condition?
What could happen if we lose the Affordable Care Act during the pandemic
Hillary Clinton Says She Was Right All Along
The biggest factors she blames for her loss—disinformation, Vladimir Putin, and America’s deep political divide—will still be problems even if Trump loses, the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee warns.
Listen: The Bizarre, Inconsistent Story of Trump’s Illness
What did the president know and when did he know it?
Listen: College Football Needs to Follow Science, Not Money
As colleges send athletes back on the field, we’re learning more about how COVID-19 could have serious and long-lasting impacts on hearts in even the healthiest among us.
Listen: Barton Gellman on How Trump Could Tamper with the Vote
What if Trump refuses to concede?
Listen: How Bad Will Winter Get?
Your cold-month questions, answered
Howie Hawkins Is No Kanye West
The Green Party’s 2020 nominee tells The Ticket he’s not running as a spoiler candidate. But he insists that Kanye West’s candidacy is a “Republican dirty trick.”
Listen: Fires Outside, Virus Inside
How wildfires make the virus more dangerous
Listen: Is Faster Better?
We want vaccines. We want rapid tests. But when is fast too fast?
‘Completely Exasperated’: Wisconsin’s Lieutenant Governor Confronts Kenosha
“It takes political leadership to fix this sort of moment,” Wisconsin’s lieutenant governor says. But Trump, he suggests, “is only making things worse.”
Herd Immunity Is Not a Strategy
What the term actually means, and what it doesn’t
Listen: Plasma and Immunity
A COVID-19 survivor asks questions about her immunity and donating plasma.
Republicans’ ‘Canary in the Coal Mine’
Once the GOP leader in the largest state in the country, California Assembly Member Chad Mayes left the party—and he has a warning for Republicans around the country.
Listen: The Comedy and Tragedy of Virtual Live Events
When events went online, they lost something indescribable. But did some of them gain something new?
Listen: Millennials Are Buying ‘COVID Cars’
How the pandemic is changing how we move—and could alter cities permanently
This Is Exactly What Susan Rice Feared
The Biden vice-presidential-nominee finalist discusses Trump’s pandemic response, Benghazi, and her family’s politics.
Listen: This Episode Has Not Been Peer-Reviewed
Is the pandemic changing science?