Podcast Episodes

Inside sports’ escalating stalking problem

Stalking has become an unsettling part of the elite-sports landscape. The Athletic’s Carson Kessler investigates why cases are climbing.

Washington Post reporter Michael Birnbaum unpacks the key take…

Published on 4 weeks, 1 day ago

Why Zelenskyy is bringing backup to the White House

Politico’s Paul McLeary joins to talk about what’s next as President Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington, D.C., today. Trump failed to secure a peace agreement afte…

Published on 4 weeks, 2 days ago

The three leaders who will decide Ukraine’s fate

Reuters White House correspondent Steve Holland discusses the high-stakes meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin in Alaska — and what it could mean for President Zelenskyy’s Ukra…

Published on 1 month ago

Why economists are worried about Trump’s pick to oversee jobs data

Three out of 10 people have trouble falling and staying asleep. Jennifer Senior, staff writer for The Atlantic, explains why many commonly recommended solutions can only go so far.

The Wall Street Jo…

Published on 1 month ago

How Trump is expanding the military’s role on U.S. soil

The National Guard was deployed into Washington, D.C. Vera Bergengruen from the Wall Street Journal explains the unprecedented ways the Trump administration is using the military on domestic soil.

Th…

Published on 1 month ago

Trump seizes control of D.C. police. Here’s what that means.

Trump deployed the National Guard to Washington, D.C. Brian Mann from NPR explains how the president is using emergency powers to take control of the city’s police force.

Elizabeth Findell from the W…

Published on 1 month ago

Billions of dollars are going to ICE. What will it do with the money?

Caitlin Dickerson with the Atlantic reports on how Congress has allocated an unprecedented sum of money to immigration enforcement, and how they might spend it. 

President Putin is set to visit the U…

Published on 1 month ago

Israel is planning a major escalation of the war in Gaza. What to know.

Benjamin Netanyahu wants to take control of all of Gaza. Alexander Cornwell with Reuters unpacks what that means. 

The Trump administration is pulling support for harm-reduction policies for addictio…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Trump’s tariffs are raising billions. Where is that money going?

Tariffs for nearly 70 countries are implemented today. CNN’s Elisabeth Buchwald explains where all the money is going.

Republicans are under pressure to sell the tax-and-spending bill during summer r…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

The hidden culprit behind your rising electricity bills

More universities are beginning to engage with the Trump administration on settlements and other agreements. Liam Knox of Bloomberg News joins to discuss how the White House’s pressure campaign is bu…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago