Episodes
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Up First from NPR
Florida primary upends Senate race as Meta faces addiction trial
The episode connects volatile election results and trade uncertainty with a consequential legal test of how social platforms affect young users.
Aug 19, 2026 · 16 min
The Bulwark Daily
Southern Democrats test coalition politics as civil service faces ideological targeting
The episode connects the South’s electoral stakes with a personal account of how political identity can override public service and institutional competence.
Aug 19, 2026 · 1h 20m
Morning Wire
Trump weighs Iran talks and overseas cartel operations
The episode connects consequential foreign-policy decisions with two difficult questions about abuse, mental illness, intent, and criminal responsibility.
Aug 18, 2026 · 23 min
The President's Daily Brief
Iran threatens escalation as Russia builds a covert drone network
The episode connects Iran’s external threats and internal fragility with Russia’s effort to project attacks toward NATO territory.
Aug 18, 2026 · 23 min
Pivot
Trump’s Iran policy collides with media and succession politics
The discussion connects war policy, White House communications, Democratic strategy, and online radicalization to the incentives shaping political media.
Aug 18, 2026 · 1h 2m
The Headlines
Tariff brinkmanship, mail-ballot contradictions and a Tupac trial
The episode connects immediate policy disputes with a long-delayed murder case and the economic pressures reshaping regional theater.
Aug 18, 2026 · 10 min
WSJ What’s News
Meta faces trillion-dollar test over youth safety
The case could shape how platforms are held accountable for alleged harms to children and expose Meta to extraordinary financial liability.
Aug 18, 2026 · 11 min
All the Wrong Moves: How America Made Trump
Trump’s Iran threats test presidential restraint and America’s alliances
The discussion examines how threats involving Iran, Hormuz, and nuclear weapons could escalate abroad while weakening the alliances needed to contain crises.
Aug 18, 2026 · 49 min
Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
Iran’s leverage collides with nuclear threats and military decay
The episode connects stalled negotiations and fuel-price pressure to escalating nuclear rhetoric, strained sailors, and a defense system that spends heavily while conditions deteriorate.
Aug 18, 2026 · 1h 5m
Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
Tariff refunds, border walls and screens expose policy tradeoffs
The episode connects corporate windfalls, environmental conflict and classroom technology to broader questions about who benefits from public policy.
Aug 18, 2026 · 60 min
Louder with Crowder
Crowder links nuclear deterrence to accountability debates
The episode brings strategic arguments about nuclear weapons into a broader dispute over mental illness, criminal responsibility, and fetal rights.
Aug 18, 2026 · 1h 7m
The Dan Bongino Show
Scott Pressler pitches a conservative voter-registration machine
The episode connects arguments about government policy and election administration to a practical conservative strategy for expanding turnout.
Aug 18, 2026 · 1h 34m
The Matt Walsh Show
Walsh challenges the racial politics surrounding Arday’s death
The episode tests competing claims about academic racism, representation, harassment, and accountability against a sharply adversarial critique.
Aug 18, 2026 · 56 min
The NPR Politics Podcast
Florida primaries expose America’s partisan sorting
Florida’s contests show how ideological migration, redistricting, Trump’s influence, and intraparty tensions are reshaping assumptions about national politics.
Aug 18, 2026 · 23 min
WSJ What’s News
Bond yields climb as deficits test markets and research
Rising government borrowing costs are colliding with fragile bond demand, tighter research funding and new pressures on media and technology institutions.
Aug 18, 2026 · 11 min
Morning Wire
ABC challenges FCC as trust in institutions frays
The episode connects disputes over government pressure, wartime economic anxiety, public-health compliance, and unreliable information across a crowded news cycle.
Aug 18, 2026 · 13 min
The President's Daily Brief
Israeli strikes raise stakes on Syria’s Turkish border
The episode connects an Israeli effort to contain Syria’s military recovery with a separate Pentagon review that could threaten university funding.
Aug 18, 2026 · 16 min
The Tucker Carlson Show
Weldon revives disputed claims about 9/11 intelligence failures
The conversation tests allegations about Able Danger, government secrecy, and war motives against the human cost remembered by a firefighter who was there.
Aug 18, 2026 · 13 min
Consider This from NPR
States challenge Meta’s design of addictive platforms
The case could determine whether social media companies face legal and product-design consequences for risks to children.
Aug 18, 2026 · 10 min
Candace
Debate exposes fractures over the Tyler Robinson case
The episode shows how disputed evidence, shifting standards of proof, and production controversies turned a debate into a broader reputational fight.
Aug 18, 2026 · 1h 29m
Global News Podcast
Meta’s child-safety trial tests the limits of platform accountability
The case could force major changes to how social platforms are designed for children while exposing Meta to extraordinary financial and regulatory consequences.
Aug 18, 2026 · 34 min
Today, Explained
License-plate cameras turn local policing into movement surveillance
Flock’s network can help investigate crimes, but its expanding use raises questions about privacy, oversight, and warrants.
Aug 18, 2026 · 26 min
The Journal.
Costco turns good hourly jobs into a business advantage
The episode examines whether generous pay and benefits can make frontline work financially secure while strengthening a retailer’s long-term performance.
Aug 18, 2026 · 18 min
Letters from an American
Trump claims credit as prescription prices fall
The episode separates Trump’s public claims from the policy record behind a significant decline in prescription-drug prices.
Aug 18, 2026 · 13 min