Podcast Episodes

Chicago, ICE, Modi-Xi-Putin and US Open

Chicago’s mayor says police won’t help federal troops after US President Donald Trump threatens to deploy them. Two firefighters are being held by ICE after an ID check during a Washington wildfire. …

Published on 7 hours ago

Trump tariffs, Abbas, Meta chatbots, UK migration and Tony Hawk

A U.S. court rules most Trump-era tariffs illegal but leaves them in place for now. The U.S. blocks Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas from attending the UN General Assembly. Meta has appropriated t…

Published on 1 day, 7 hours ago

CDC messaging, de minimis, Ukraine and Hurricane Katrina

The White House announces a new leader for the CDC as staffers lash out at vaccine messaging. The de minimis duty-free exemption for low-value import packages to the U.S. ends. We look at Trump's fra…

Published on 2 days, 7 hours ago

CDC, Minnesota shooting, DC crime, Kyiv and Tomatina

The CDC leader fired by the White House refuses to quit. A shooter kills two Minneapolis school children in a Catholic church. Federal agents take on local police work in Washington DC. A Russian ove…

Published on 3 days, 7 hours ago

Fed showdown, France, Mamdani and Tayvis

Lisa Cook vows to fight President Donald Trump's Fed firing as governor in court, testing the limits of presidential authority. France's government is on the rocks after the prime minister called a s…

Published on 4 days, 7 hours ago

Gaza outcry, Fed firing, Intel and Tesla

International outcry grows after an Israeli airstrike kills 20, including five journalists in an attack on a Gaza hospital. U.S. President Donald Trump is firing a Federal Reserve Governor. And the b…

Published on 5 days, 7 hours ago

Gaza, Abrego and screwworm

*This episode has been updated with the latest on the Gaza and Kilmar Abrego Garcia stories.

Israel strikes a hospital in Gaza, killing at least 20 people, including five journalists who worked for R…

Published on 6 days, 1 hour ago

Chicago, Ukraine, redistricting, Pakistan and Africa’s luxury tourism

The Pentagon is working on plans to deploy the U.S. military to Chicago, the Washington Post has reported. President Donald Trump's push to redraw U.S. House of Representatives districts could set th…

Published on 1 week ago

Pentagon, Powell, Walmart, DC troops and Gaza's children

The Pentagon’s intelligence chief has been fired in the latest purge by President Donald Trump's administration. Fed Chair Jerome Powell hints at a rate cut in September. Walmart’s earnings reveal sh…

Published on 1 week, 1 day ago

Famine in Gaza, Putin's demands, Russia’s economy and Jackson Hole

* Updated to include details of Jerome Powell's speech in Jackson Hole, and the FBI raid on the home of former Trump adviser John Bolton. A global hunger monitor says famine has struck an area of Ga…

Published on 1 week, 2 days ago