Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
Why Pick a Fight With Iran Now?
Episode 171
President Trump has given plenty of signals recently that he is prepared to take military action against Iran. The exact reasoning, however, is less …
12 hours ago
Black History Month Is Different This Year
Episode 170
The Trump administration is trying to sanitize U.S. history by removing mentions of slavery on historic monuments, scrubbing words such as “oppressio…
1 week ago
Iran Wants Him Arrested. He's Going Back Anyway.
Episode 169
The writer-director Jafar Panahi’s new film, It Was Just an Accident, is the second Iranian film ever nominated for multiple Oscars. Panahi is in the…
2 weeks ago
The Meaning of 'Melania'
The Melania movie is pitched as a documentary following the first lady of the United States in the lead-up to her husband’s second inauguration. But …
2 weeks, 5 days ago
How Jeff Bezos Broke The Washington Post
Episode 168
In a dismal morning Zoom call on Wednesday, The Washington Post’s executive editor, Matt Murray, announced that they were laying off roughly a third …
3 weeks ago
Tim Walz Fears a Fort Sumter Moment in Minneapolis
Episode 167
The Minnesota governor warns of a national unraveling and shares the view from his state.
“ The way you win this is through nonviolence, that you ca…
4 weeks ago
Another Death in Minneapolis
A second American was shot and killed by federal agents. The Atlantic staff writer Adam Serwer joins from Minneapolis to describe what he’s seen ther…
1 month ago
The Discarded
Episode 166
Last year, there was a mass exodus of federal workers: Some were pushed out, while others left on their own. All in all, more than 300,000 Americans …
1 month ago
Do ICE Officers Have 'Immunity'?
Episode 165
Tensions are high in Minneapolis this week. The Trump administration is sending more federal agents. Protesters are calling for justice for the killi…
1 month, 1 week ago
'Aren't We Supposed to Be the Good Guys Here?'
Episode 164
President Donald Trump likely won’t listen to this podcast, but Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona has a warning for him: Any attempt to take Greenland us…
1 month, 2 weeks ago