President Trump is offering to resettle white South Africans in the US, and his white South African bestie may have something to do with it.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy and Travis Larchuk, edited by Miranda Kennedy and Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Noel King.
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Good news about Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s research has stalled for decades. That’s finally changing. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Hady Mawajdeh and Avishay Artsy, engineered by Bridger Dunnagan and David Tatasciore, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. This epis ... Show More
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Our Great Big AI Freakout
Fears of impending AI doom have burst into the mainstream. They still might not be enough for Washington to regulate AI. This episode was produced by Kelli Wessinger and Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Jolie Myers, fact checked by Danielle Hewitt and Peter Balonon-Rosen, engineered by D ... Show More
25m 39s
Feb 2025
What’s behind Trump and Musk’s fearmongering about South Africa?
Seizing land of its white citizens without compensation – that’s the claim US President Donald Trump has used to justify cutting off aid to South Africa, pointing to the recently passed Expropriation Act. His South African-born advisor, Elon Musk, has added fuel to the fire, accu ... Show More
20m 36s
Feb 2025
'Apartheid on Steroids': South African Ambassador on Gaza, Musk, and Trump Cutting Off Aid
Last week, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order freezing US aid to South Africa, saying that their new land ownership law – meant to address the legacy of apartheid – "blatantly discriminates against ethnic minority Afrikaners." This came just days after Elon Musk ... Show More
23m 39s
May 2025
No More Refugees, Trump Said. Except White South Africans.
<p>For decades, white South Africans ruled with an iron fist, overseeing the country’s apartheid system of racial oppression.</p><p>Why is President Trump now welcoming them to the United States as victims?</p><p>John Eligon, the Johannesburg bureau chief for The New York Times, ... Show More
30m 30s
Jan 2025
Why Elon Musk is trolling world leaders
Elon Musk, the world's richest man, South African-born American resident and owner of X (formerly Twitter), is already within the fold of US politics and president-elect Trump's upcoming government.
Recently, more of his attention has turned to Europe, with Musk sharing supp ... Show More
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