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Episode 1: Hindsight is 2020: An Unprecedented ElectionJan 15, 2021 · 39m
When a pandemic, a racial reckoning, and rampant misinformation converged, Americans were faced with an election unlike any other. This CBSN documentary follows voters around the country as they grapple with who they're voting for, how they're voting and the issues supercharging the stakes.
Episode 2: The Right's Fight to Make America a Christian NationMar 4, 2021 · 28m
This CBS Reports documentary in the "Speaking Frankly" series explores the fusion of faith and politics in a movement that envisions the U.S. as a Christian nation.
Episode 3: What Does It Mean to Defund the Police?Mar 11, 2021 · 26m
This CBS Reports documentary in the "Speaking Frankly" series explores the push to defund police departments and rethink the way communities protect public safety.
Episode 4: Do We Still Need the Electoral College?Mar 18, 2021 · 25m
This CBS Reports documentary in the "Speaking Frankly" series explores whether the Electoral College helps or hurts American democracy.
Episode 5: The Student Debt DilemmaMar 25, 2021 · 28m
This CBS Reports documentary in the "Speaking Frankly" series delves into the growing demands to cancel student debt.
Episode 6: Does the Supreme Court Need Reform?Apr 8, 2021 · 28m
This CBS Reports documentary in the "Speaking Frankly" series examines growing calls to overhaul the Supreme Court.
Episode 7: The Diversity DilemmaApr 15, 2021 · 27m
This CBS Reports Documentary in the "Speaking Frankly" series examines when diversity measures can be helpful or harmful.
Episode 8: Women in the Workplace: The Unfinished Fight for EqualityJun 17, 2021 · 28m
This CBS Reports documentary explores why are women still fighting to close the leadership gap in corporate America, which has widened amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Episode 9: Fighting for Paradise: Puerto Rico's FutureJun 24, 2021 · 27m
This CBS Reports documentary explores the growing economic inequality in Puerto Rico and the divide over whether statehood is the solution.
Episode 10: Ghost Light: The Year Broadway Went DarkSep 16, 2021 · 44m
After Broadway's unprecedented 18-month pandemic shutdown, CBS Reports' new documentary looks at how people on stage and behind the scenes pivoted to survive.
Episode 11: Conspirituality: How Wellness Became a Gateway for MisinformationSep 23, 2021 · 26m
A new CBS Reports documentary in its Reverb series explores how the yoga and wellness worlds became a gateway for misinformation and conspiracy theories in the wake of the pandemic.
Episode 12: Deepfakes and the Fog of TruthOct 14, 2021 · 29m
A new CBS Reports documentary reveals the growing threat posed by technology that makes lies look true and the truth seem false.
Episode 13: An (Un)Civil War: The Evangelical DivideOct 21, 2021 · 28m
A new episode of CBS Reports Reverb series reveals that as Christian nationalism attracts followers, traditional pastors fear for their faith and the country.
Episode 14: The New Pro-Gun GenerationOct 28, 2021 · 23m
A new episode of CBS Reports’ Reverb series investigates how gun owners are growing more diverse as increasing numbers of Black, Latino, and other underrepresented Americans arm up out of fear for their safety.
Episode 15: Darien Gap 2021: A Haitian ExodusOct 29, 2021 · 34m
In 2010, a devastating earthquake drove Haitians from their homeland to rebuild their lives. Ten years later in the wake of a pandemic-shattered economy, thousands of native born Haitians that had made their home in South America left their lives behind again and began making their way north to America. CBSN Originals met families preparing to cross the treacherous Darien Gap, dense jungle that correspondent Adam Yamaguchi trekked 4 years earlier to document the sacrifice migrants are willing to make in the hopes of finding a better life in the US.
Episode 16: The Trials of Critical Race TheoryJan 27, 2022 · 47m
A new episode of CBS Reports' Reverb series examines the backlash to so-called critical race theory in schools and the impact on students and teachers.
Episode 17: Being Different in the DeltaNov 11, 2021 · 27m
A new episode of CBS Reports' Reverb series explores the history of anti-Asian racism in Mississippi's Delta region and a new generation that's demanding change.