Meet the Team
Chance Seales
Host, "The Why"
Chance Seales hosts Newsy's evening show "The Why." He's led national coverage of presidents, Congress and the Supreme Court from Washington for broadcast companies like Nexstar and Media General, and worked at Newsy in its earliest days. Chance and his husband live in D.C. and are the (way too) proud dads of Bear and Peggy, the world's sweetest French bulldogs.
Recent Work
Dream Jobs: Capitol Tour Guide
The Regional Dialects Of The Internet
To Help Suicidal Teens Recover, Doctors Appoint 'Caring Adults'
Dream Jobs: Bull Rider
'People Search Sites' Make Money Selling Access To Public Documents
Who Are The Kurdish People?
The Serious Study of Imaginary Friends
Dream Jobs: Fitness Influencer
Those That Dread Talking On The Phone
The Social Science Studies That Can't Be Replicated
How Judges Consider Gender In Sentencing
As Resale Markets Grow, So Has The Need For 'Authenticators'
Dream Jobs: STEM Teacher
Which Neighborhood You Grow Up In Can Predict Your Income As An Adult
The Origins Of The LGBTQIA+ Acronym
Examining Fairness In Cable News
Dream Jobs: Ship Captain
The Political And Predictive Power Of Dynamic Scoring
Why Experts Can't Rule Out The Possibility We Live In A Simulation
Dream Jobs: Literature Professor
When A Musician Dies, What Should Happen To Their Unreleased Work?
Dream Jobs: Translator
The Link Between Cost And Quality In American Health Care
Dream Jobs: Happy Hour Entrepreneur
Why Some Scientists Think Newborns Look More Like Their Dads
Dream Jobs: Pastor
Power May Corrupt, But Only By Heightening Existing Personality Traits
Dream Jobs: Muralist
Leave No Trace: Treating The Wilderness Like A Museum
