Episodes
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The Daily
France’s parenting battle tests rules, empathy and public support
France’s parenting dispute reveals how discipline, childcare infrastructure and demographic anxiety shape family life beyond any single method.
Aug 9, 2026 · 42 min
Global News Podcast
Colombia’s new president joins South America’s rightward turn
The episode connects Colombia’s security agenda to wider fights over executive power, accountability, migration, and responsible tourism.
Aug 8, 2026 · 29 min
Global News Podcast
Fetal surgery, blind boxing and Zambia’s space dream
The episode connects medical innovation, inclusion, public safety and sustainable tourism through stories that turn unlikely challenges into practical action.
Aug 8, 2026 · 29 min
Today, Explained
Gas prices turn presidential accountability into a midterm test
The episode shows why voters punish presidents for visible economic pain even when wars and global markets limit their control.
Aug 8, 2026 · 29 min
The Daily
Billy Strings turns survival into bluegrass momentum
Billy Strings connects musical success to sobriety, fatherhood, and the difficult work of breaking generational trauma.
Aug 8, 2026 · 54 min
Up First from NPR
Senate confirms Blanche as detention profits and media consolidation grow
The episode connects a narrowly approved attorney general, expanding immigration-detention contracts, and a proposed media merger to broader fights over power, accountability, and competition.
Aug 8, 2026 · 17 min
Candace
Candace Owens challenges evidence behind Kirk death claims
The episode tests competing narratives about Charlie Kirk’s death while widening the dispute to propaganda, institutional accountability, and political influence.
Aug 7, 2026 · 1h 5m
Global News Podcast
AI designs new viruses as biosecurity fears grow
The episode connects a potential medical breakthrough to the risk that the same technology could enable harmful infections, alongside major political and public-health failures.
Aug 7, 2026 · 33 min
Global News Podcast
Thailand shooting exposes gaps in gun enforcement
The episode connects a school shooting and a fast-spreading Ebola outbreak to the limits of laws and institutions when public trust fails.
Aug 7, 2026 · 31 min
Today, Explained
Microdramas expose streaming’s attention crisis
Television is adapting to fragmented attention and abundant online video, raising a harder question about whether simpler entertainment can preserve excellence.
Aug 7, 2026 · 29 min
The Journal.
Jersey Mike’s bets its sandwich empire on Wall Street
The company’s rapid path from a teenager’s local shop to an $8 billion private-equity deal and IPO tests whether its community-driven brand can scale without losing customer trust.
Aug 7, 2026 · 20 min
Letters from an American
Johnson signs a law that reshaped Black voting rights
The episode shows why constitutional guarantees required federal enforcement—and how later court decisions weakened those protections.
Aug 7, 2026 · 12 min
The Daily
Water utilities expose America’s cyber defense gaps
Iranian-linked intrusions show how basic weaknesses in municipal water systems could become a national-security problem, even without confirmed contamination.
Aug 7, 2026 · 32 min
Up First from NPR
Trump’s Iran claims collide with unresolved Hormuz talks
The episode connects a constitutional fight over citizenship with a war-driven crisis testing U.S. credibility, economic pressure, and control of a vital waterway.
Aug 7, 2026 · 14 min
Pod Save America
A populist rupture could reshape the 2028 race
The episode connects Democratic factional fights and Republican scandals to a possible third-party challenge that could fracture Trump’s coalition.
Aug 7, 2026 · 1h 31m
The Bulwark Daily
Republicans enable Trump as global threats grow
The episode argues that Republican acquiescence to Trump is weakening democratic accountability while distracting the United States from economic and strategic challenges.
Aug 7, 2026 · 1h 6m
Candace
Candace questions public apologies and disputed personal histories
The episode tests how far public figures’ apologies and trauma narratives should be trusted when past conduct or key details remain contested.
Aug 6, 2026 · 1h 3m
Global News Podcast
FIFA crisis meets a fractured political landscape
The episode connects questions of institutional accountability, political realignment, security, technology and representation across several continents.
Aug 6, 2026 · 32 min
Today, Explained
A murder trial tests what postpartum psychosis means for responsibility
The case forces a difficult examination of criminal responsibility, maternal mental-health care, and the warning signs that can precede psychiatric crisis.
Aug 6, 2026 · 30 min
The Journal.
Trump turns corporate access into a fundraising strategy
The episode examines how corporate donations support Trump’s political and ceremonial ambitions while creating questions about influence, oversight, and long-term risk.
Aug 6, 2026 · 21 min
Letters from an American
Lincoln’s income tax made citizens stakeholders in the Union
The episode connects Civil War-era taxation to a current argument over whether tax cuts strengthen the economy or deepen national debt.
Aug 6, 2026 · 8 min
Pod Save America
El-Sayed’s Michigan win tests Democrats’ coalition strategy
The primary exposes Democrats’ tensions over outside money, working-class voters, progressive policy, and the path to defeating Mike Rogers.
Aug 6, 2026 · 1h 15m
The Daily
A lettuce outbreak exposes America’s food-safety gaps
The outbreak shows how contaminated produce can move through a complex supply chain while weak testing, inspections and public-health capacity delay accountability.
Aug 6, 2026 · 34 min
Up First from NPR
Hormuz talks collide with Michigan’s Senate fight and Trump’s economic pitch
The episode connects a potentially consequential shipping crisis with two political tests of whether leaders can persuade voters amid economic and cultural pressure.
Aug 6, 2026 · 16 min