Podcast Episodes

The GOP's Beleaguered Budget

Episode 1056

House Speaker Mike Johnson has several holdouts in his own party on the budget blueprint he wants to put on the House floor in the coming days. Meredith Lee Hill, Congress reporter for POLITICO cover…

Published on 10 months ago

Judge Deliberates Mayor Adams' Fate

Episode 1057

U.S. Justice Department attorneys and Mayor Eric Adams appeared before federal Judge Dale Ho, asking that the five federal corruption and bribery charges against Adams should be dropped. Elie Mystal,…

Published on 10 months ago

Workday Nap, Anyone?

Episode 1050

A recent AP story focused on people who take naps to help refocus on workdays and callers share if they break for naps and if their employers support that.

Published on 10 months ago

Trump's Attack on Science Funding

Episode 1058

Katherine Wu, staff writer for The Atlantic, explains how the Trump administration's cuts to research grants has already — and will continue to — impact scientific progress in the United States.

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Published on 10 months ago

Trump's Pivot Towards Putin

Episode 1053

European leaders have called an emergency meeting after President Donald Trump suggested Ukraine is to blame for Russia’s invasion of it. Richard Stengel, former Under Secretary of State during the O…

Published on 10 months ago

Thursday Morning Politics: Adams in Court; Trump Moves on Congestion Pricing

Episode 1054

Stephen Nessen, transportation reporter for the WNYC Newsroom, breaks down the latest news that President Donald Trump has intervened to halt congestion pricing in Manhattan. Christina Greer, associa…

Published on 10 months ago

What's Driving America's Decline in Mobility?

Episode 1055

Yoni Appelbaum, historian, a deputy executive editor of The Atlantic and the author of Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity (Random House, 2025), argu…

Published on 10 months ago

Is the Resistance 2.0 Leaving Democratic Politicians Behind?

Episode 1052

Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN senior reporter covering Democratic politics and campaigns across the country, and the author of Battle for the Soul: Inside the Democrats' Campaigns to Defeat Trump (Viking,…

Published on 10 months ago

Trump Policies on Religion and Identity

Episode 1051

Robert P. Jones, president and founder of Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) and the author of The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy: And the Path to a Shared American Future (Simon & Schuster, …

Published on 10 months ago

The Governor & Mayor Adams

Episode 1049

As Mayor Adams faces pressure to step down over allegations of a deal to have his federal corruption charges dropped, Gov. Hochul met with City leaders to discuss his future. Brigid Bergin, WNYC's se…

Published on 10 months ago