Episodes

  • Several States Rejected This Private School Chain as a Charter. Now It’s Eligible for Texas’ Taxpayer-Funded Vouchers.

    Several States Rejected This Private School Chain as a Charter. Now It’s Eligible for Texas’ Taxpayer-Funded Vouchers.
    30 Oct 2026
    The Texas education board, which typically approves most charter applications it reviews, rejected Alpha School’s request last year. Then Alpha quadrupled its Texas private school campuses, most of which are eligible for the state’s voucher program. By Lexi Churchill. Co-published with The Texas Tribune. Originally published Sept. 2, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.
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    22 min
  • Papa Johns, Propaganda and Putin: How a MAGA Influencer With Ties to Russia Became Trump’s Arctic Adviser

    Papa Johns, Propaganda and Putin: How a MAGA Influencer With Ties to Russia Became Trump’s Arctic Adviser
    23 Oct 2026
    As head of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, Thomas Dans has backed a takeover of Greenland and other items on President Donald Trump’s list. But it’s not always clear where the administration’s agenda ends and his own begins. By Heather Vogell. Originally published Sept. 15, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.
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    23 min
  • Vouchers Promise Students With Disabilities a Path to Private School. Parents Say That’s Not the Reality.

    Vouchers Promise Students With Disabilities a Path to Private School. Parents Say That’s Not the Reality.
    16 Oct 2026
    To give voucher programs a toehold in state legislatures, politicians touted how students with disabilities would gain access to private education. But those students’ families often have the hardest time finding schools that will accept them. By Jennifer Berry Hawes and Jennifer Smith Richards. Originally published Sept. 11, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.
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    22 min
  • The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way

    The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
    9 Oct 2026
    After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump administration dismantled the unit handling the inquiry. By William Turton, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Molly Redden and Kirsten Berg. Originally published Sept. 22, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.
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    43 min
  • Children in a Faith-Healing Sect Keep Dying. The State Lets It Happen.

    Children in a Faith-Healing Sect Keep Dying. The State Lets It Happen.
    2 Oct 2026
    For decades, Idaho laws have allowed parents who belong to the Followers of Christ and other faith-healing sects to pray rather than seek medical care. Since 2015, at least 15 children have died of treatable conditions. By Audrey Dutton. Co-published with The Oregonian/OregonLive. Originally published Aug. 25, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.
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    25 min
  • Fiasco in the Factory: Taxpayers Funded a $533 Million Artillery Plant That Made Nothing

    Fiasco in the Factory: Taxpayers Funded a $533 Million Artillery Plant That Made Nothing
    25 Sep 2026
    General Dynamics opened a Texas factory to churn out artillery shells for Ukraine, but the machines kept breaking. Robot arms smashed into things. Hunks of metal crashed to the floor. There was even a real-life dumpster fire. By Jesse Coburn. Originally published Aug. 12, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.
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    34 min
  • This Coach Is Banned From Working With Kids. Why Is He Still Coaching?

    This Coach Is Banned From Working With Kids. Why Is He Still Coaching?
    18 Sep 2026
    Even though an oversight group found that Texas girls’ volleyball coach Ryan Richardson engaged in sexual misconduct with a minor, sports organizations have failed to stop him from coaching. By Molly Hensley-Clancy. Co-published with The Washington Post. Originally published Aug. 20, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.
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    40 min
  • On This Nearly Deserted Alaska Island, You Pay to Keep Hundreds of Empty Buildings Wired for Internet

    On This Nearly Deserted Alaska Island, You Pay to Keep Hundreds of Empty Buildings Wired for Internet
    11 Sep 2026
    U.S. phone customers pay more than $340,000 a year for an Anchorage company to keep homes and buildings on Alaska’s Adak Island wired for obsolete internet service. All but a few of them sit empty. By Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News. Co-published with Anchorage Daily News. Originally published July 20, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.
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    15 min