Hosted by Unknown Host · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 125 episodes
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The Delve breaks down one issue each week with the people who know the most about it.
Unknown Host hosts The Delve, a news show with 125 episodes published.
While Putin and Xi shake hands for the cameras, a classified FSB document reveals what's really happening behind the "no limits" partnership — espionage, stolen military tech, and a territorial grudge over the Russian Fa
An all-Filipino crew of 23 had been stranded at anchor in the Persian Gulf for more than a month. There was one way out. Through the Strait of Hormuz — through mines, through Iranian gunboats, through a waterway Iran had
Welcome to Season 10 of The Delve. A new sound. A new format. And stories that put you inside the moment rather than just briefing you on it. We're starting where the news won't — with four names almost nobody remembers.
Season 9 took The Delve to 75 countries. Season 10 takes it somewhere else entirely. New sound design. New format. Cinematic, story-driven episodes that will make you feel like you're inside the story — not just hearing
As a junior at Allderdice High School in Pittsburgh, Chalin took an African Liberation Movements class at the University of Pittsburgh. It changed how he saw the world. This week, a conference called the World Decoloniza
When Pope Leo XIV — the first American pope in history — entered a public dispute with the White House over the war in the Middle East, Chalin was surprised. When JD Vance, a Catholic convert, started citing Catholic jus
Two French soldiers killed in Lebanon by Hezbollah sends Chalin down a rabbit hole. France has had troops in Lebanon since 1978. In those 48 years, Hezbollah went from a nascent militia to the most powerful non-state arm
Chalin talks with former Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor and Forward Party Chairwoman Kerry Healey about what it actually looks like to govern from inside a broken system — and why she finally walked away from the Repu
“Freedom Cities” are being sold as a way to unlock innovation: fewer rules, faster building, and a clean-slate approach to growth. But what is a Freedom City—really—and who would it answer to? In this episode, Chalin is
This week, a Los Angeles jury found Meta and YouTube negligent for deliberately designing their platforms to addict children. The verdict didn't come out of nowhere — the science has been building for over a decade. Chal
What does it mean to “own” something in 2026? More and more, we buy devices—and then discover we’re renting access to them: app stores that take a cut of everything, software locks that block repairs, and platforms that
The “trad wife” aesthetic is everywhere: immaculate kitchens, from-scratch meals, and a kind of calm that feels like an antidote to a chaotic world. But what happens when a performance starts to look like a blueprint? In
In Part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Kevin Carnahan, we go from TikTok theology to the deep end of the biblical pool. Chalin and Kevin dig into some of the big, nerdy questions that fuel both faith and conspiracy theor
What happens when a professor of religion wades into TikTok and starts saying, “Jesus is disappointed. Do better”? In Part 1 of this two-episode series, Chalin sits down with Dr. Kevin Carnahan—Professor of Philosophy an
Is science “just another opinion”? In a world of confidence-soaked hot takes, conspiracies, and “do your own research” culture, it can start to feel that way. In this episode of The Delve, Chalin sits down with physicist
Iran has lived through revolutions, crackdowns, and the “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising — but the story isn’t over. In this episode, Chalin talks with human rights activist Zolal Habibi about life inside a system built o
In the wake of the U.S. mission that removed Nicolás Maduro from power and sent him to stand trial abroad, millions of Venezuelans have poured into the streets in celebration while much of the Western left has erupted in
Season 9 of The Delve is here. This season, host Chalin Askew goes after the people and systems that quietly — and not so quietly — run our lives. From science and faith to freedom, work, masculinity, and the rise of the
In this December Revamp, Chalin revisits his conversation with Andrew Yang about why American politics keeps rewarding the loudest extremes—and how we can redesign the system itself. They dig into democracy reforms like
Across the United States, school districts and public libraries are under pressure to quietly remove books about race, gender, and LGBTQ+ lives. Behind every “book challenge” is a real person forced to decide whether to
Jean Twenge
psychologist and author of 10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World · San Diego State University
1 appearance on this show
Cory Doctorow
bestselling novelist, journalist, and EFF Special Advisor · Electronic Frontier Foundation
1 appearance on this show
Bridget Todd
host of There Are No Girls on the Internet · There Are No Girls on the Internet
1 appearance on this show
Zolal Habibi
human rights and women’s rights advocate · National Council of Resistance of Iran
1 appearance on this show
Jesus
Ascended Master · Our Esquina
1 appearance on this show
Andrew Yang
candidate, founder of Forward Party · Forward Party
2 appearances on this show
Scott Shane
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author
1 appearance on this show
Robert Thurman
best-selling author, professor at Columbia University, Buddhist monk · Columbia University
1 appearance on this show
Katie Mack
astrophysicist, science communicator, author
1 appearance on this show
Rachel Janfaza
The Up and Up
1 appearance on this show
Madison
money coach · The Points Guy
1 appearance on this show
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