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Due to technical difficulties, the first 30 minutes of the show are not included in today's post. We're trying to get inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame! Plus, what are the ways that we can watch out for scammers?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

A caller tells us about her daughter's experience with ringworm.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Skeery calls a woman in a retirement community pretending to be an angry tennis player who’s fed up with her leaving bags of dog poop by the courts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Media pundits love to say America is 'divided as never before' -- but how true is that? In today's episode, Ben, Noel and Max dive into multiple Congressional debacles, from that time a civil war almost happened (before the actual civil war) to that time one guy literally assault ... Show More

Charlie Kirk’s shooting has left both Republicans and Democrats worried about more political violence. How are prominent leaders in both parties responding to the tragedy? 

Political assassinations. Troops on city streets. National protests. We examine the edgy mood inside America through the lens of past periods of intense, violent partisanship. Our correspondent sees two motives for the visit to Greenland by Emmanuel Macron, France’s president: on ... Show More

Group think. Collective acts of violence. Humans can get each other pretty riled up. Sometimes that can be for a good cause, but not on this podcast. Aeronauts, magic tricks, seasonal beverages. You never know what will set people off. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info ... Show More

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Violence in the country’s capital is the worst in decades. The unrest pits the ruling party’s Hindu-nationalist agenda against citizens proud of India’s secular history. Both technology and society are outpacing the laws on free speech; we examine the battle lines. And we turn a ... Show More

America is not new to political violence, but the near-assassination of Donald Trump is an attack without comparison in 21st-century politics. How do process it? What happens next? And how true are the claims, as President Joe Biden put it in the immediate aftermath of the shooti ... Show More