Podcast Episodes

The U.S. Captures Nicolás Maduro

On Today’s Episode:

Trump Says U.S. Will ‘Run’ Venezuela After Capture of Maduro

Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: thehead…

5 months ago

Dozens Killed in New Year’s Fire, and Trump Abandons National Guard Push in 3 Major Cities

Plus, your Friday news quiz. 

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How a Fire Ripped Through a Swiss Bar and Broke a Village’s Heart by Ségolène Le Stradic

Trump…

5 months ago

How Russia Is Brutalizing Its Own Soldiers, and More Than 5 Million Pages of Epstein Files

Plus, the viral video that got the White House’s attention. 

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How Russia’s War Machine Brutalizes and Exploits Its Own Soldi…

5 months ago

C.I.A. Strikes Inside Venezuela, and U.S. Tells U.N. Agencies to ‘Adapt, Shrink or Die’

Plus, the mountain climbing brothers trying to rewrite the world's maps.

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C.I.A. Conducted Drone Strike on Port in Venezuela…

5 months ago

Zelensky and Netanyahu Go to Mar-a-Lago, and Student Loan Borrowers Face New Reality

Plus, food trends coming in 2026. 

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Trump and Zelensky Meet to Iron Out Peace Plan, but Deal Remains Elusive by Aishvarya Ka…

5 months, 1 week ago

Trump’s Greenland Strategy, and the New Promise of Weight-Loss Pills

Plus, the biggest lottery jackpots ever. 

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Angering Denmark, Trump Appoints Special Envoy to Greenland by Amelia Nierenberg,…

5 months, 1 week ago

What to Know About the Latest Epstein Files, and a Flood of U.S. Guns to Canada

Plus, a day of Waymo chaos in San Francisco. 

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What to Know on the Initial Release of Materials From the Epstein Files by Al…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Brown University Shooting Suspect Found Dead, and Trump Eases Marijuana Restrictions

Plus, your Friday news quiz.

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What We Know About the Shootings at Brown and M.I.T. by Francesca Regalado

Trump Moves to End G…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump’s Combative Prime Time Speech, and the Growing Right-to-Die Movement

Plus, don’t blame the dogs in strollers. 

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A Bellicose Trump Points Fingers in Defending His Record on the Economy by David …

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Mike Johnson Shuts Door on Key Health Care Vote, and a Dangerous New Drug Hits U.S. Cities

Plus, the subway stop that’s also a museum. 

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Johnson Rules Out House Vote to Extend Health Insurance Subsidies by Michael G…

5 months, 2 weeks ago