Jeff Schechtman

6 days ago | whowhatwhy.org | Jeff Schechtman

NPR: Broadcasting tote bags since 1971. But can they survive a knife fight, their own risk aversion, and that they still think they’re college radio? While Fox News and right-wing talk radio built empires of outrage, National Public Radio quietly revolutionized American broadcasting with a different model: nuance, narrative, and long-form journalism in a sea of hot takes. But has NPR’s time passed?

1 week ago | whowhatwhy.org | Jeff Schechtman

Two past conversations that warned of democracy’s structural weaknesses years before they became headlines. Prescient insights needed now more than ever. America’s democratic crisis didn’t start with Donald Trump’s reelection — it was predicted by experts who studied democracy’s fundamental weaknesses years before November 2024. Two conversations from the WhoWhatWhy podcast archive show our commitment to understanding these challenges before they reached critical mass.

2 weeks ago | whowhatwhy.org | Jeff Schechtman

China dominates global manufacturing while facing population collapse. Can Beijing’s rush to automation save an economy where factories operate without humans?

3 weeks ago | whowhatwhy.org | Jeff Schechtman

America once built highways and reached the moon. Now we can’t even fix a bridge. The reason? The reforms meant to improve government have paralyzed it. In this WhoWhatWhy podcast we talk with Marc Dunkelman, whose recent book, Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress — and How to Bring It Back, uncovers the real reasons why America has lost its ability to build and manufacture.

1 month ago | whowhatwhy.org | Jeff Schechtman

New tariffs spark economic drama as investor confidence plummets, alliances shift, and experts warn of a self-inflicted wound on America’s global standing. Trump’s latest tariffs have created what economic analyst Matthew Klein calls a “moron risk premium” on US assets — a tangible cost of policy confusion that’s rippling through global markets.