Episodes
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Up First from NPR
Canada Escalates Tariffs as Administration Targets Visitor Visas
The episode connects a cultural loss with two policy fights that could reshape trade, immigration enforcement, and relations between the United States and Canada.
Aug 26, 2026 · 16 min
The Bulwark Daily
Democrats debate the path to victory in Republican-leaning states
The discussion tests whether Democrats can broaden their appeal without alienating the progressive voters and candidates essential to the party’s coalition.
Aug 26, 2026 · 59 min
Morning Wire
California law, Iran pressure and WNBA rules collide
The episode connects a new California address-protection law, economic coercion abroad and a dispute over sex-based eligibility in women’s sports.
Aug 25, 2026 · 24 min
WSJ What’s News
Mail-voting rules advance as lawmakers challenge personalized prices
The episode connects fast-moving decisions on voting, immigration, markets, labor and consumer data to broader fights over government power and household costs.
Aug 25, 2026 · 14 min
The Headlines
New CTE evidence forces football to confront youth safety
The episode connects a devastating brain disease among former NFL players to urgent questions about how, and when, children should play tackle football.
Aug 25, 2026 · 11 min
The President's Daily Brief
Washington tightens Iran pressure as regional risks widen
The episode connects economic coercion, maritime threats, battlefield escalation, and diplomacy across several pressure points linking Iran, Russia, and the Middle East.
Aug 25, 2026 · 24 min
Pivot
Comedy confronts Trump, corporate power and shrinking public trust
The conversation connects political spectacle, media consolidation and weakened institutional accountability across government, entertainment and military journalism.
Aug 25, 2026 · 1h 11m
Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
Bessent’s Iran threats collide with trade and voting fights
The episode connects financial coercion abroad, economic disruption at home, and federal efforts to reshape election administration.
Aug 25, 2026 · 1h 5m
The Dan Bongino Show
Bongino rejects calm as political conflicts intensify
The episode frames disputes over children, elections, religion, health care, speech, and national security as a single struggle over liberty and government power.
Aug 25, 2026 · 1h 18m
Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
El-Sayed faces culture-war attacks as primary money shapes races
The episode connects candidate messaging, edited controversy, and opaque outside spending to the risks facing progressive campaigns.
Aug 25, 2026 · 1h 3m
The Matt Walsh Show
Walsh links power outages to infrastructure, not racial neglect
The episode tests competing explanations for public-service failures while extending the argument into policing, race statistics, media narratives, and Watergate.
Aug 25, 2026 · 49 min
The NPR Politics Podcast
Tariffs put North American trade and midterms under pressure
The dispute could raise costs, disrupt integrated supply chains, weaken U.S. credibility, and reshape political incentives before the 2026 midterms.
Aug 25, 2026 · 17 min
Louder with Crowder
Crowder credits Trump’s immigration push and Iran sanctions
The episode frames immigration enforcement and economic pressure on Iran as tests of whether the Trump administration is delivering a meaningful break from prior policy.
Aug 25, 2026 · 1h 4m
WSJ What’s News
Canada’s tariffs and Flock cameras widen political fault lines
The episode connects a trade fight affecting politically important states with a bipartisan challenge to expanding license-plate surveillance.
Aug 25, 2026 · 11 min
Breaking News from Pod Save America
Trump’s Canada fight tests Republican political judgment
The episode connects tariff-driven economic costs and foreign-policy messaging to the broader question of how Democrats should contest conservative media spaces.
Aug 25, 2026 · 26 min
Morning Wire
Evening Wire tracks geopolitical tensions and Dolly Parton’s death
The episode connects fast-moving foreign-policy disputes, legal controversies, and a major cultural loss across one news cycle.
Aug 25, 2026 · 14 min
Consider This from NPR
Dolly Parton turned Appalachian roots into universal stardom
Parton’s career shows how songwriting, self-invention, and cross-cultural appeal can carry a country artist far beyond genre boundaries.
Aug 25, 2026 · 12 min
The President's Daily Brief
Russia deploys drone that chooses its own target
The reported strike tests whether lethal force can be delegated to machines while diplomatic signals point away from renewed full-scale war with Iran.
Aug 25, 2026 · 15 min
Breaking News from Pod Save America
Canada turns Trump’s tariff threat into political leverage
The episode examines how a trade conflict with Canada could damage the economy, reshape U.S. political narratives, and expose the risks of authoritarian economic policy.
Aug 25, 2026 · 23 min
Global News Podcast
China rejects Iran sanctions as crises spread from Haiti to the Danube
The episode connects geopolitical pressure, fragile security, climate extremes, and automation to disruptions in energy, livelihoods, and global stability.
Aug 25, 2026 · 29 min
Today, Explained
Ossoff turns a Trump aide’s unusual access into a national test
The clash over Natalie Harp shows how proximity to Trump can become a political weapon—and a proving ground for John Ossoff’s national ambitions.
Aug 25, 2026 · 28 min
The Journal.
Sanctions test whether economic pressure can end Iran’s war
The episode weighs whether sanctions can force Iran back to negotiations without provoking retaliation that widens the conflict.
Aug 25, 2026 · 20 min
Letters from an American
Canada rejects tariff talks as trust in Washington erodes
The dispute tests whether the United States can still use economic pressure without weakening its alliances and driving partners toward new coalitions.
Aug 25, 2026 · 16 min
The Daily
Canada rejects U.S. deal and bets on economic independence
Canada’s decision could reshape its economy, political identity, and relationship with its largest trading partner during a prolonged trade war.
Aug 25, 2026 · 41 min