Episodes
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The Pat McAfee Show
Football season arrives amid roster questions and global growth
The episode connects Week Zero uncertainty, NFL roster decisions, player safety, and football’s expanding international footprint before the season begins.
Aug 28, 2026 · 2h 31m
Cybersecurity Headlines
AI agents coordinate attacks as cyber threats cross trust boundaries
The episode connects industrial systems, government networks, phishing, and AI platforms through a common problem: systems acting on untrusted signals.
Aug 28, 2026 · 33 min
Wall Street Week
Debt pressures test governments, markets and creative industries
The episode connects fiscal choices and bond-market confidence with the unequal economics of Jackson Hole and a rapidly changing entertainment business.
Aug 28, 2026 · 1h 1m
What A Day
Trump turns self-branding into a fight over history
The episode examines whether attaching Trump’s name to institutions and monuments can reshape public memory after his presidency.
Aug 28, 2026 · 23 min
Deadline: White House
Six-month Iran war exposes strategic and financial failures
The episode connects an undefined military mission to depleted readiness, public costs, alleged propaganda, and potential conflicts of interest.
Aug 28, 2026 · 39 min
First Things First
NFL contenders test quarterbacks, depth and ambition
The preseason debates reveal which teams are making meaningful evaluations and which are still gambling on uncertain quarterback plans.
Aug 28, 2026 · 1h 28m
Deadline: White House
Trump’s theatrics test Republican candidates before 2026
The episode connects Trump’s economic record, immigration policies, and election restrictions to Republican vulnerability in the approaching midterms.
Aug 28, 2026 · 43 min
Mad Money w/ Jim Cramer
Cramer argues for thesis-driven portfolio discipline
The episode frames investing as an ongoing test of fundamentals, concentration, valuation, and the reasons behind every position.
Aug 28, 2026 · 44 min
Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words
Hanson weighs Rubio’s 2028 case against America’s deeper fractures
The episode links Republican succession, congressional oversight, Middle East diplomacy, classical literature, and civic decline through a single argument about institutional resilience.
Aug 28, 2026 · 1h 27m
The Next Level
Why Mark Cuban Misreads Today’s Republican Coalition
The discussion tests whether moderate, wealthy observers understand the GOP’s cultural base and how Democrats can build more locally effective campaigns.
Aug 28, 2026 · 32 min
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Psychiatric prescribing faces scrutiny in Clancy case
The episode asks whether fragmented care, medication changes, and severe sleep deprivation can help explain a catastrophic postpartum deterioration without erasing personal responsibility.
Aug 28, 2026 · 1h 50m
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Advanced nuclear faces AI’s surging power demand
AI and other emerging technologies are creating demand for reliable clean electricity, forcing a choice between nuclear expansion, alternatives, cost, safety, and deployment speed.
Aug 28, 2026 · 52 min
10% Happier with Dan Harris
Sara Bareilles finds creative freedom in grief and acceptance
Bareilles connects grief, mental-health treatment, fertility, aging, and political disillusionment through a shared argument for meeting reality without trying to fix it.
Aug 28, 2026 · 1h 4m
Short Wave
NASA turns spy-satellite hardware toward the universe
Roman’s unusually broad surveys could test cosmic expansion, map dark matter, find distant planets, and expose discoveries its planners did not anticipate.
Aug 28, 2026 · 14 min
The Indicator from Planet Money
Three economic pressures reshape schools, tech and sneaker retail
The episode connects teacher compensation, social-media regulation and changing consumer tastes to broader pressures on institutions and companies.
Aug 28, 2026 · 9 min
Stock Movers
Memory-chip stocks stumble as AI demand reshapes the trade
The episode weighs whether NVIDIA-fueled AI demand can overcome oversupply concerns while tracing the effects across Asian technology markets and cities.
Aug 28, 2026 · 8 min
Stock Movers
European stocks move on earnings, analyst calls and buybacks
The episode connects company-specific market catalysts with a wider look at how cities and infrastructure are adapting to growth and technology.
Aug 28, 2026 · 6 min
Morning Wire
Clancy jury weighs psychosis against criminal intent
The episode puts a closely watched trial’s competing theories of mental illness, medication, intent, and responsibility alongside a border crisis and a cultural legacy debate.
Aug 28, 2026 · 20 min
Stock Movers
European stocks move as cities plan for explosive growth
The episode connects immediate market signals with the longer-term question of how technology and planning can keep fast-growing cities functional.
Aug 28, 2026 · 6 min
The Headlines
Six months of war deepen Iran’s crisis as Trump targets Lake Ontario
The episode connects the war’s worsening human toll with presidential symbolism, transnational crime, and the softer politics of celebrity philanthropy.
Aug 28, 2026 · 15 min
Science Friday
Doctors adopt AI while questioning its authority
AI is entering clinical workflows faster than doctors, patients, and hospitals can agree on how to evaluate, govern, or take responsibility for it.
Aug 28, 2026 · 18 min
IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Taraji P. Henson argues that peace requires saying no
The conversation connects burnout and inherited expectations to mental health, boundaries, and the difficult work of choosing personal peace.
Aug 28, 2026 · 1h 3m
The President's Daily Brief
Iran’s vanished leader meets Russia’s threat to Britain
The episode connects uncertainty over Iran’s succession with escalating Russia-Ukraine tensions and a deadly Himalayan disaster.
Aug 28, 2026 · 27 min
Pivot
Dolly Parton’s legacy meets Meta’s child-safety reckoning
The episode connects Parton’s durable model of cultural influence and philanthropy with urgent questions about technology, politics, and public accountability.
Aug 28, 2026 · 1h 13m