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The tariff countdown
Episode 1360
President Donald Trump has promised that a fresh wave of tariffs on April 2 will usher in an era of growth in American manufacturing. But does history bear that out? We’ll explain how steel tariffs u…
Published on 8 months, 4 weeks ago
CoreWeave’s IPO tests money magic of AI
Episode 1359
The artificial intelligence cloud computing provider CoreWeave sold shares to the public today with so-so results. Because it’s the first major IPO of the current generative AI era, some argue that C…
Published on 9 months ago
The chilling effect of ICE arrests
Episode 1358
On today’s episode, Kai and Reema discuss the disturbing arrest of a Turkish national with a valid student visa at Tufts University and the effects these immigration detentions are having on politica…
Published on 9 months ago
Beyond the “Signalgate” headlines
Episode 1357
In all the talk about senior White House officials discussing military attack plans over the messaging app Signal (and accidentally invited a journalist to the chat), one detail is being overlooked: …
Published on 9 months ago
Trump’s race for the world’s rare earth minerals
Episode 1356
The United States and Ukraine are weighing a deal that would give the U.S. a cut of revenues from Ukraine’s rare earth minerals. But Gracelin Baskaran, mining economist at the Center for Strategic an…
Published on 9 months ago
The Trump administration’s big group chat fail
Episode 1355
Most of us can only wonder what goes on in U.S. national security leaders’ group chats, but The Atlantic’s Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg doesn’t have to. Last week, Goldberg was accidentally inclu…
Published on 9 months ago
Our tribute to cherry blossom season
Episode 1354
It’s almost peak bloom in Washington, D.C., which means it’s time for our annual cherry blossom celebration! But first, some federal funding news: Columbia University will give in to far-reaching dem…
Published on 9 months, 1 week ago
We answer more of your questions about tariffs
Episode 1353
Not totally sure how tariffs work, who pays for them and how they’re collected? Look no further. In today’s episode, Kai and Nova answer these questions and more. We’ll explain how tariffs are applie…
Published on 9 months, 1 week ago
U.S. trade tensions with the EU just got tenser
Episode 1352
President Donald Trump’s tariff fight with the European Union just got a little more heated after the EU accused U.S. tech giants Google and Apple of breaching antitrust rules. Could this escalate th…
Published on 9 months, 1 week ago
What we can learn from a past tariff tiff (rerun)
Episode 1351
Hey Smarties! Today we’re revisiting an episode from earlier this year that might help you make sense of all the tit for tat tariff fight from the past few weeks. It unpacks some tariff history and t…
Published on 9 months, 1 week ago