Rund Abdelfatah

1 week ago | npr.org | Rund Abdelfatah |Ramtin Arablouei |Lawrence Wu |Julie Caine |Casey Miner |Cristina Kim | +2 more

In March 2025, President Trump issued an executive order invoking a centuries-old law: the Alien Enemies Act. The Act allows a president to detain or deport citizens of foreign adversaries to the United States, but only in the case of a "declared war" or "invasion." Now, the Trump administration and the courts are locked in a battle over whether the president's use of the Act, under which people have already been deported, is legal.

2 weeks ago | wrvo.org | Rund Abdelfatah

Climate disaster, political unrest, random violence: Western society can often feel like what the filmmaker Werner Herzog calls "a thin layer of ice on top of an ocean of chaos and darkness." But is that actually true — or the way it has to be? Today on the show, what really happens when things fall apart. This episode originally published in 2023.

2 weeks ago | npr.org | Rund Abdelfatah |Ramtin Arablouei |Julie Caine |Casey Miner |Devin Katayama |Lawrence Wu | +6 more

Climate disaster, political unrest, random violence: Western society can often feel like what the filmmaker Werner Herzog calls "a thin layer of ice on top of an ocean of chaos and darkness." But is that actually true — or the way it has to be? Today on the show, what really happens when things fall apart. This episode originally published in 2023.

3 weeks ago | wrvo.org | Rund Abdelfatah

Want to get rich quick? You're not alone. Right now, Americans spend over $100 billion, yes billion, every year on lottery tickets. Today on the show, in collaboration with Scratch and Win from WGBH, how the mafia, Sputnik, medical equipment, and the electoral college led to American's obsession with playing the numbers. To access bonus episodes and listen to Throughline sponsor-free, subscribe to Throughline+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/throughline. Facebook Flipboard Email

3 weeks ago | npr.org | Rund Abdelfatah |Ramtin Arablouei |Lawrence Wu |Julie Caine |Casey Miner |Devin Katayama | +3 more

Get Rich Quick: The American Lottery Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1242489340/1268826246" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Want to get rich quick? You're not alone. Right now, Americans spend over $100 billion, yes billion, every year on lottery tickets.